Dylan James Fox (born 15 April 1994) is an Australian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays primarily as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

for

Singapore Premier League The Singapore Premier League, commonly abbreviated as the SPL, officially known as the AIA Singapore Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional football league sanctioned by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), wh ...

club

Tampines Rovers Tampines Rovers Football Club (currently known as BG Tampines Rovers due to sponsorship reasons) is a professional association football, football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of t ...

Club career

Sutherland Sharks

Fox started his youth career with

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

-based

Sutherland Sharks Sutherland Sharks FC is an Australian association football club based in the suburb of Sutherland in Sydney, New South Wales. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW. Its home games are played at Seymour Shaw Park, loca ...

. He was promoted to the senior team in 2013 and played in the

National Premier Leagues NSW The National Premier Leagues NSW is a semi-professional soccer competition in New South Wales, Australia. The competition is conducted by Football NSW, one of the two organising bodies in New South Wales (the other being the National Premier L ...

Bonnyrigg White Eagles

In 2014, he moved to

Bonnyrigg White Eagles Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC is an Australian semi-professional association football, soccer club based in Bonnyrigg, New South Wales, Bonnyrigg, Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, currently playing in the NSW League One. The club was founded in 1968 ...

and played until 2015 and scored 3 goals in 43 league matches.

Wellington Phoenix

In October 2015, Fox joined the

A-League A-League Men, also known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional soccer league in Australia and New Zealand and the highest level of the Australian soccer league system. Established in 2004 as the A-League by the ...

with

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League Men, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the 2007–08 ...

offering him a two-year contract. He was named the Player's Player at the Wellington Phoenix awards for the 2017–18 season and was a close second to

Roy Krishna Roy Christopher Krishna (born 30 August 1987) is a Fijian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker and Captain (association football), captains the Fiji national football team, ...

for Player of the Year. He was also named the best Wellington Phoenix Under-23 Player of the Year in 2016. In March 2019, Wellington Phoenix and Fox mutually terminated his contract while he was sidelined with a season-ending injury and having received an offer from Korean club FC Anyang.

Anyang

On 18 March 2019, Fox signed for

K League 2 The K League 2 () is the men's second-highest division of the South Korean football league system. It is contested between thirteen professional clubs and operates on a promotion and relegation system with K League 1. History In 2011, the or ...

club

Anyang Anyang ( zh, s=安阳, t=安陽; ) is a prefecture-level city in Henan, China. Geographical coordinates are 35° 41'~ 36° 21' north latitude and 113° 38'~ 114° 59' east longitude. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the eas ...

. Without any appearances, he left the club in August.

Central Coast Mariners

In August 2019, Fox returned to the

, signing a one-year contract with

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The Mar ...

NorthEast United

On 2 October 2020, Fox joined

Indian Super League The Indian Super League (ISL) is a professional association football league in India and the highest level of the Indian football league system. Administered by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and its commercial partner Football Sport ...

club

NorthEast United NorthEast United Football Club is an Indian professional Association football, football club based in Guwahati, Assam that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of Football in India, Indian football. The club was founded on ...

on a one-year deal. Appearing in 21 matches, he played a crucial role in their campaign, helping

Khalid Jamil Khalid Ahmed Jamil (born 21 April 1977) is an Indian professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Indian Super League club Jamshedpur. Jamil spent most of his playing career at Mahindra United, Air India a ...

's side finish third on the league table before bowing out to

ATK Mohun Bagan Mohun Bagan Super Giant, commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan, is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, it is one of the oldest football clubs in Asia. The club competes in the Indian Super League, ...

in the semi-finals.

Goa

On 31 August 2021, Fox joined another Indian Super League club

Goa Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...

on a one-year deal. He scored his first ISL goal on 23 January 2022 against

Bengaluru Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

in Goa's 1–1 draw.

Jamshedpur

On 30 December 2022, Fox signed for

Jamshedpur Jamshedpur (; ), also known as Tatanagar, is a major industrial city in eastern India. It is the List of cities in Jharkhand by population, largest city in the state of Jharkhand. With a population of 629,658 in the city limits and 1.3 million ...

on a contract until the end of the 2022–23 season.

Lahti

On 28 February 2024, Fox moved to Finland after signing with

Lahti Lahti (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Päijät-Häme. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lahti is approximately , while the Lahti sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mo ...

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

. He make his debut on 6 April in a league match against

Ilves Tampereen Ilves, commonly known as Ilves, (; Finnish language, Finnish for "Eurasian lynx, Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Nokia Arena (Tampere), Nokia Arena. The colors of Ilves, ...

Tampines Rovers

On 5 January 2025, Fox moved to Singapore to sign with

where he was later announced as a new player for the remainder of the 2024–25 season campaign.

Career statistics

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fox, Dylan Living people 1994 births Men's association football defenders Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland Australian men's soccer players Emigrants from Northern Ireland to Australia Wellington Phoenix FC players FC Anyang players FC Lahti players Central Coast Mariners FC players A-League Men players New Zealand Football Championship players National Premier Leagues players Expatriate men's footballers in India Australian expatriate sportspeople in India Australian expatriate men's soccer players NorthEast United FC players Indian Super League players Australian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Australian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand Veikkausliiga players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC players 21st-century Australian sportsmen 21st-century British sportsmen Singapore Premier League players Tampines Rovers FC players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Singapore Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore