Dillon Phillips

Dillon Phillips (born 11 June 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Cardiff City. He had brief loan spells at Whitehawk and Bishop's Stortford, before helping Cheltenham Town to win the National League whilst on a season-long loan during the 2015–16 campaign.

Dillon Phillips

Phillips warming up for Charlton Athletic in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Dillon Phillips[1]
Date of birth	11 June 1995[2]
Place of birth	Hornchurch, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Cardiff City
Number	1
Youth career
0000–2013	Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2020	Charlton Athletic	81	(0)
2013	→ Whitehawk (loan)	4	(0)
2015	→ Bishop's Stortford (loan)	4	(0)
2015–2016	→ Cheltenham Town (loan)	36	(0)
2020–	Cardiff City	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:30, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Phillips signed for Charlton Athletic academy when he was 8 years old.[3] He signed his first professional forms in the summer of 2013 at the age of 17 and joined Conference South side Whitehawk on a one-month loan on 8 November 2013.[4] He returned to the Conference South on a one-month loan with Bishop's Stortford on 3 January 2015.[5] He joined National League club Cheltenham Town on a six-month loan in July 2015.[6] He started every game for the "Robins", keeping ten clean sheets in 26 games, and had his loan extended until the end of the 2015–16 season.[7] He picked up an injury in March 2016, and missed the end-of-season run-in as Cheltenham secured promotion as National League champions.[8] He signed a new two-year contract with Charlton in May 2016.[9]

On 16 October 2020, Phillips joined Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee.[10]

Career statistics

As of 6 February 2021

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Charlton Athletic	2013–14[11]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2014–15[12]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2015–16[13]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2016–17[14]	League One	8	0	2	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	13	0
	2017–18[15]	League One	0	0	0	0	2	0	5[lower-alpha 1]	0	7	0
	2018–19[16]	League One	27	0	3	0	1	0	4[lower-alpha 2]	0	35	0
	2019–20[17]	Championship	46	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	47	0
	Total		81	0	6	0	3	0	12	0	102	0
Whitehawk (loan)	2013–14[18]	Conference South	4	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
Bishop's Stortford (loan)	2014–15[18]	Conference South	4	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
Cheltenham Town (loan)	2015–16[18]	National League	36	0	3	0	—		0	0	39	0
Cardiff City	2020–21[19]	Championship	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			126	0	10	0	3	0	12	0	151	0

1. Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.
2. One appearance in the EFL Trophy and three in the League One play-offs

Honours

Cheltenham Town

• National League: 2015–16[20]

Charlton Athletic

• EFL League One play-offs: 2019[21]

Individual

• Charlton Athletic Player of the Year: 2019–20[22]

References

1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Charlton Athletic" (PDF). English Football League. p. 19. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
2. "Dillon Phillips". 11v11. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
3. Sherress, Sharron (2019). "Dillon Philips Q&A". Valley Gold Newsletter 2019. United Kingdom: Valley Gold. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
4. Liddle, Iain (8 November 2013). "Phillips joins Whitehawk on loan". www.cafc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
5. "Charlton goalkeeper signs for Bishop's Stortford as Wright departs". Herts & Essex Observer. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
6. Palmer, Jon (6 July 2015). "Cheltenham Town have signed goalkeeper Dillon Phillips on a youth loan from Charlton Athletic". www.ctfc.com. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
7. "Dillon Phillips extends Cheltenham loan from Charlton". BBC Sport. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
8. Palmer, Jon (4 October 2016). "Could goalkeeper make January return to Cheltenham Town?". Gloucestershire Live. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
9. Jones, George (21 May 2016). "NEWS | 20-year-old Dillon Phillips goalkeeper signs new, two-year deal in SE7". cafc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
10. "Dillon Phillips makes permanent transfer to Cardiff City". Charlton Athletic. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
11. "Games played by Dillon Phillips in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
12. "Games played by Dillon Phillips in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
13. "Games played by Dillon Phillips in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
14. "Games played by Dillon Phillips in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
15. "Games played by Dillon Phillips in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
16. "Games played by Dillon Phillips in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
17. "Games played by Dillon Phillips in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
18. Dillon Phillips at Soccerway
19. "Games played by Dillon Phillips in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
20. Anderson, John, ed. (2016). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2016–2017. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 622–623. ISBN 978-1-4722-3395-0.
21. Law, James (26 May 2019). "Charlton Athletic 2–1 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
22. "Dillon Phillips named 2019/20 Player of the Year". Charlton Athleitc Official Website. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.