Dylan Wenzel-Halls (born 15 December 1997) is an Australian

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who plays for the

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club

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Club career

Youth career

Wenzel-Halls played youth football at local club Ipswich Knights, played in their under-8 team through to under-15 team at Brisbane Lions and then at Olympic FC from 2013 to 2015, and with Brisbane Roar youth in 2016.

Western Pride

In the 2017 NPL Queensland grand final, Wenzel-Halls scored an 89th-minute free kick against Moreton Bay United, winning the match 2-1 and securing Pride’s first piece of silverware. He was named in the 2017 NPL QLD Team of the Year, and won the 2018 Queensland NPL Golden Boot with 24 goals in 14 games. While playing for Western Pride, Wenzel-Halls broke the record for the most goals scored in a single

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match, scoring seven goals in a 15–0 win over Sunshine Coast.

Brisbane Roar

On 4 May 2018, following his goal-scoring exploits in the NPL, Wenzel-Halls signed a one-year contract with

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. He made his professional debut on 24 November 2018 against Melbourne City, replacing

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in injury time with the Roar going on to win the match 2–0. Wenzel-Halls grabbed his first A-League assist in a 2–1 loss to

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on 30 November 2018, providing the cutback for Henrique's goal. He scored his first A-League goal in a Round 17 clash with Adelaide United on 2 February 2019, scoring the Roar's second goal as they went down 4–3 at

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Western United

On 20 June 2021, Wenzel-Halls left

and joined Western United, signing a three-year contract. In January 2023, Wenzel-Halls departed the club by mutual consent to allow him pursue another opportunity.

Central Coast Mariners

A couple of days after leaving , it was announced by

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that they had signed Wenzel-Halls until the end of the 2024–25 season. Wenzel-Halls made his debut for the Mariners against Brisbane Roar, his first A-League club, on 1 April 2023, after an injury-stalled start to his time at the club. Wenzel-Halls scored his first goal for the Mariners against Western United, his other former club, at

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on 7 April 2023, his second appearance for the Mariners. Wenzel-Halls was part of the Mariners team that won the 2023–24 A-League, an unused substitute in the 2023 A-League Men Grand Final in which the Mariners won 6–1 against Melbourne City at

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. The following season, Wenzel-Halls was also part of the Mariners' 2023-24 treble winning season, winning the A-League Championship, A-League Premiership and

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. Wenzel-Halls departed the club in the post-season, to take up an overseas opportunity.

Penang

Following his departure from Central Coast Mariners, Wenzel-Halls joined

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club

on 2 September 2024. On 12 January 2025, he scored his first career hat-trick in a 3–3 draw against

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at home.

Honours

Club

Western United * A-League Men Championship: 2021–22 Central Coast Mariners * A-League Men Championship: 2022–23, 2023-24 *

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Premiership: 2023-24 *

: 2023-24

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wenzel-Halls, Dylan Living people 1992 births Brisbane Roar FC players Western United FC players Central Coast Mariners FC players Penang F.C. players National Premier Leagues players A-League Men players Malaysia Super League players Australian men's soccer players Men's association football forwards Australian expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Australian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Soccer players from Ipswich, Queensland 21st-century Australian sportsmen Ipswich Knights FC players