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Dwight Gayle
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Key facts
- 2013
- Peterborough United
- 2024
- Derby County
- Full name
- Dwight Devon Boyd Gayle
- Date of birth
- ( 1989-10-17 ) 17 October 1989 (age 36)
- Place of birth
- Walthamstow , London , England
- Height
- 5 ft 9 in (1.74 m)
- Position
- Striker
- Years
- Team
- 2007 2009
- Ryan
- 2009 2011
- Stansted
- 2011 2013
- Dagenham & Redbridge
- 2011 2012
- → Bishop's Stortford (loan)
- 2012 2013
- → Peterborough United (loan)
- 2013 2016
- Crystal Palace
- 2016 2022
- Newcastle United
- 2018 2019
- → West Bromwich Albion (loan)
- 2022 2024
- Stoke City
- 2024 2025
- Hibernian
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Walthamstow
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Peterborough United F.C.
- Position played
- forward
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- England
- Mass
- 73
- Image
- Dwight Gayle 14032026 (3).jpg
- Height
- 177
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- name in native language
- Dwight Gayle
- date of birth
- 1989-10-17
- Commons category
- Dwight Gayle
- sport number
- 9
- birth name
- Dwight Devon Boyd Gayle
- start of work period
- 2009-00-00
- social media followers
- 80520
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Encyclopedic overview
Dwight Devon Boyd Gayle (born 17 October 1989) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Gayle played in the Arsenal academy as a youth, but was released in 2007, after which he began his career with Ryan of the Essex Olympian Football League. In subsequent seasons, he would work his way back up through the English football pyramid via stints at Stansted, Bishop's Stortford, Dagenham & Redbridge and Peterborough United, before establishing himself in the Premier League with Crystal Palace. In 2016, he signed for Newcastle United where he spent six years scoring 34 goals in 122 games. Gayle joined Stoke City in July 2022 before leaving in February 2024. Later on in the month Gayle joined Derby County, being released in June 2024. Gayle joined Hibernian in September 2024 and retired at the end of the 2024–25 season.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dwight Gayle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.