english football player

Andre Leon Dozzell ( give birth 2 May 1999 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Queens Park Rangers. Dozzell graduated from the academy at his hometown club Ipswich Town, scoring on his senior debut in 2016. He has won caps for England at youth levels form U16 up to U20, helping England U19 to win the 2017 UEFA european Under-19 Championship. He remained at Ipswich for five years, making over 90 appearances, before joining Queens Park Rangers in 2021.

Club career [edit ]

Ipswich Town [edit ]

Dozzell is a product of the Ipswich Town youth academy. Born in Ipswich, he joined the youth set-up at his home town club at the age of eight. He worked his way through the young system at Ipswich, signing his first eruditeness with the baseball club in 2013. [ 4 ] In April 2016, he was rewarded for his fine form in Ipswich ‘s young squads with the club ‘s Academy Player of the Year prize for the 2015–16 season. [ 5 ] On 16 April 2016, Dozzell made his professional debut for Ipswich Town aged 16 in a Championship match against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough, coming on as a substitute at half-time. He scored the equal goal for Ipswich on his first-team debut, his first elder goal, matching his father Jason ‘s accomplishment of scoring on his senior debut, besides for Ipswich at the age of 16 in 1984. [ 6 ] He made his first league begin in the take after league equal against Fulham on 19 April, in a 1–1 draw at Portman Road. [ 7 ]
Dozzell playing for Ipswich Town on his elder debut in 2016 Upon turning 17 in May 2016, Dozzell signed his first professional abridge with Ipswich, signing a biennial contract, a manage which had initially been agreed in principle upon signing his academy eruditeness in 2013. [ 8 ] He made nine appearances in total during the follow season, including six league starts. [ 9 ] Dozzell signed a new three-year compress on his 18th birthday, on 2 May 2017, keeping him at the cabaret until 2020, with the option of an extra year ‘s extension. [ 10 ] On 5 August 2017, Dozzell tore his cruciate ligament during the afford game of the 2017–18 temper against Birmingham City at Portman Road, and was ruled out for the rest of the 2017–18 season. [ 11 ] After recovering from the cruciate ligament injury he suffered at the start of the 2017–18 season, Dozzell returned to first-team action during the 2018 pre-season, featuring regularly in friendly matches while completing his wound rehabilitation. [ 12 ] He made his return to the Ipswich first-team on 2 October 2018, featuring as a second-half alternate in a equal against Middlesbrough, his first base appearance in over a year. [ 13 ] Dozzell saw his first-team affair increase during the 2018–19 season, making 21 appearances in all competitions, including scoring in a 3–2 victory over Leeds United at Portman Road in the final examination game of the season. [ 14 ] He made his first appearance of the 2019–20 season as a utility in a 1–1 draw with Sunderland on 10 August. After finding regular game time arduous to come by during the early separate of the season, he scored his first goal of the season on 9 November, scoring the equalising goal in a 1–1 describe with Lincoln City in an FA Cup first round tie at Portman Road. [ 15 ] He found game time limited during the 2019–20 temper, starting lone 8 games in the league. In total, he made 15 appearances over the course of the season, scoring once. [ 16 ] On 5 May 2020, Ipswich took up the option to extend Dozzell ‘s shrink by a further class, keeping him at the cabaret until 2021. [ 17 ] Dozzell managed to force his way into a originate position in the first-team from early on in the 2020–21 season, changing his function to play chiefly as a holding midfielder. He played every minute of the opening 11 league games of the season, until receiving a 72nd hour crimson card in a match against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on 3 November, resulting in a three-match abeyance. After serving his three-match suspension, he returned to the first-team on 28 November, starting in a 0–2 loss to Charlton Athletic. On 4 December 2020, it was announced that Dozzell had signed a new three-year compress with Ipswich. [ 18 ] Dozzell finished the season having made 46 appearances, more than any other Ipswich player during the season, whilst besides making more starts than any other musician. [ 19 ]

Queens Park Rangers [edit ]

On 15 June 2021, Dozzell joined Championship club Queens Park Rangers on a three-year shrink for an undisclosed fee. [ 20 ]

International career [edit ]

In August 2014, Dozzell was called up to the England U16 squad, having previously been involved in a trail camp with the England under-15 set up in January 2014. He made his debut for the under-16 ‘s on 20 August 2014, captaining England in a 4–3 friendly kill to Belgium at St George ‘s Park. [ 21 ] He scored his first international goal on 7 November 2014, netting the achiever in a 1–0 succeed over Northern Ireland, with a exempt kick from 25 yards out. [ 22 ] He won 9 caps for England ‘s under-16 ‘s between 2014 and 2015, scoring once, whilst besides being a separate of the team that won the 2015 Montaigu Tournament. [ 23 ] Dozzell made his England U17 debut on 26 August 2015, in a 3–1 succeed over Italy at the New Bucks Head stadium, creating the open goal for Liverpool ‘s Adam Lewis. [ 24 ] He scored his first goal for the U17s in a 2–1 acquire over Turkey on 28 August 2015. [ 25 ] Dozzell captained England at U17 floor during the 2015–16 season. [ 2 ] He was a member of the team for the 2016 UEFA european Under-17 Championship, [ 26 ] starting the Quarter-final get the better of against Spain. [ 27 ] He won 16 caps at under-17 degree between 2015 and 2016, scoring 3 goals. [ 28 ] He made his debut for the England U18 team in a 2–1 winnings over Italy on 1 September 2016, coming on as a sixtieth minute utility for Manchester City ‘s Sadou Diallo. [ 29 ] Dozzell won 9 caps for England ‘s under-18 side between 2016 and 2017. [ 30 ] In July 2017 Dozzell played up an senesce group to win the 2017 UEFA european Under-19 Championship. [ 31 ] He made 4 appearances during the tournament, including starting in the 2–1 victory over Portugal in the final of the tournament. [ 32 ] He made his England U20 debut on 15 October 2018, in a 1–1 reap with the Czech Republic. [ 33 ] He won his moment detonator for the under-20 side on 19 November, starting in a 2–0 acquire over Germany. [ 34 ] His third base cap came in a 3–1 loss to Poland on 22 March 2019 in the 2018–19 Under 20 Elite League. [ 35 ] In August 2019, Dozzell was once again called up to the England U20 team for friendlies against Netherlands and Switzerland. He won his fourth cap for the U20s on 5 September, starting in a 0–0 puff with the Netherlands at the New Meadow stadium. He won his fifth ceiling on 9 September, featuring as a second-half ersatz in a 1–0 victory over Switzerland in Basel. [ 36 ]

personal life sentence [edit ]

Andre is the son of former professional football player Jason Dozzell. [ 37 ] He is of american descent through his parental grandfather. [ 38 ]

career statistics [edit ]

As of match played 21 September 2021

Honours [edit ]

International [edit ]

England U16

England U19

individual [edit ]

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