Elijah Malik Dixon-Bonner (born 1 January 2001) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English f ...

Club career

Dixon-Bonner was born in

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and began his career with

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joining the club at Under-9 level before moving to Liverpool in 2015 at the age of 14. He moved through the club's under-16 and under-18 levels, and captained the England under-16 team. In the 2018–19 season, Dixon-Bonner was part of the victorious

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squad and he scored during the penalty shootout win over Manchester City in the final. He signed his first professional contract with the club in February 2018 and played for the club's under-23 team before signing an extension to his deal in November 2019. He made his first-team debut on 4 February 2020, as a 90th minute substitute in the

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fourth round replay against

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. In the summer of 2021, Dixon-Bonner spent time on trial with

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, but was not offered a contract. Despite this, he was named in Liverpool's squad for the

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, and featured for the first team in a 2-0 win over

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in the

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in October 2021. In June 2022 it was announced by Liverpool that he would leave the club at the end of the month when his contract expired.

Queens Park Rangers

On 13 October 2022, Dixon-Bonner joined

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side

following a successful trial. He made his debut for the club coming on as a 82nd minute substitute for

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in a 0-1 home defeat to Birmingham City on 18 March 2023. In November 2023, Dixon-Bonner made his full league debut, playing the duration of a 1–1 draw with fellow strugglers

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. The match was new manager

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' first since his appointment, praising the midfielder's performance and hinting at his importance over the remainder of the season. On 10 June 2024, Dixon-Bonner signed a new contract to extend his spell at the club. On 12 March 2025, Dixon-Bonner joined Swedish

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club Västerås SK on loan until 8 July.

International career

He has captained England under-16 and was a member of the England under-17 squad that hosted the

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Career statistics

Notes

Honours

Liverpool *

: 2018–19

References

External links

Profile
at the Queens Park Rangers F.C. website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dixon-Bonner, Elijah 2001 births Living people Footballers from Harlow English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders England men's youth international footballers Black British sportsmen 21st-century Black British people Arsenal F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Västerås SK Fotboll players English Football League players Superettan players 21st-century English sportsmen English expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden English expatriate sportspeople in Sweden