Dillon Phillips
{{Short description|English footballer (born 1995)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Dillon Phillips
| image = Dillon_Phillips_warming_up_prior_to_the_away_game_against_Brentford_in_2014.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Phillips warming up for Charlton Athletic in 2014
| fullname = Dillon Phillips{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/siteassets/efl-documents/202021/efl-squad-numbering-11.09.2020.pdf |title=Notification of shirt numbers: Charlton Athletic |publisher=English Football League |page=19 |access-date=20 September 2020}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|06|11|df=y}}{{cite web |title = Dillon Phillips |url = http://www.11v11.com/players/dillon-phillips-241808/ |publisher = 11v11 |access-date =15 November 2016}}
| birth_place = Hornchurch, England
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=2}}
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Rotherham United
{{small|(joining Hull City on 1 July 2025)}}
| clubnumber = 20
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2013
| youthclubs1 = Charlton Athletic
| years1 = 2013–2020
| clubs1 = Charlton Athletic
| caps1 = 81
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2013
| clubs2 = → Whitehawk (loan)
| caps2 = 4
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2015
| clubs3 = → Bishop's Stortford (loan)
| caps3 = 4
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2015–2016
| clubs4 = → Cheltenham Town (loan)
| caps4 = 36
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2020–2023
| clubs5 = Cardiff City
| caps5 = 33
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2022–2023
| clubs6 = → KV Oostende (loan)
| caps6 = 12
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2023–2025
| clubs7 = Rotherham United
| caps7 = 35
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2025–
| clubs8 = Hull City
| caps8 = 0
| goals8 = 0
| club-update = 16:27; 16 June 2025 (UTC)
}}
Dillon Phillips (born 11 June 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Following the expiration of his contract at {{English football updater|RotherhU}} side Rotherham United, he will join {{English football updater|HullCity}} club Hull City on 1 July 2025.
Club career
Phillips signed for the Charlton Athletic academy when he was eight years old.{{cite magazine |last=Sherress |first=Sharron |date=2019 |title=Dillon Philips Q&A |url=http://valleygold.org.uk |magazine=Valley Gold Newsletter 2019 |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Valley Gold |access-date=2019-11-12 }} 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.{{cite news|last1=Liddle|first1=Iain|title=Phillips joins Whitehawk on loan|url=http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/20131108-phillips-joins-whitehawk-on-loan-1162766.aspx|access-date=16 October 2016 |work=www.cafc.co.uk|date=8 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195938/http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/20131108-phillips-joins-whitehawk-on-loan-1162766.aspx|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}} He returned to the Conference South on a one-month loan with Bishop's Stortford on 3 January 2015.{{cite news|title=Charlton goalkeeper signs for Bishop's Stortford as Wright departs |url=http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/charlton-goalkeeper-signs-bishop-s-stortford/story-25800712-detail/story.html|access-date=16 October 2016 |work=Herts & Essex Observer|date=3 January 2015}} He joined National League club Cheltenham Town on a six-month loan in July 2015.{{cite news|last1=Palmer|first1=Jon|title=Cheltenham Town have signed goalkeeper Dillon Phillips on a youth loan from Charlton Athletic |url=http://www.ctfc.com/news/article/cheltenham-town-charlton-athletic-dillon-phillips-2529311.aspx|access-date=16 October 2016 |work=www.ctfc.com |date=6 July 2015}} 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.{{cite news|title=Dillon Phillips extends Cheltenham loan from Charlton |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34995135|access-date=16 October 2016|work=BBC Sport|date=3 December 2015}} He picked up an injury in March 2016, and missed the end-of-season run-in as Cheltenham secured promotion as National League champions.{{cite news|last1=Palmer|first1=Jon|title=Could goalkeeper make January return to Cheltenham Town?|url=http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/could-goalkeeper-make-january-return-to-cheltenham-town/story-29776844-detail/story.html |access-date=16 October 2016|work=Gloucestershire Live|date=4 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005190921/http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/could-goalkeeper-make-january-return-to-cheltenham-town/story-29776844-detail/story.html |archive-date=5 October 2016|url-status=dead}} He signed a new two-year contract with Charlton in May 2016.{{cite news |last=Jones |first=George |title=NEWS {{!}} 20-year-old Dillon Phillips goalkeeper signs new, two-year deal in SE7|url=http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/charlton-athletic-dillon-phillips-new-two-year-contract-3121145.aspx|access-date=16 October 2016|work=cafc.co.uk|date=21 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018213710/http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/charlton-athletic-dillon-phillips-new-two-year-contract-3121145.aspx|archive-date=18 October 2016|url-status=dead}}
On 16 October 2020, Phillips joined Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee.{{cite web |title=Dillon Phillips makes permanent transfer to Cardiff City |url=https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5f89bbca8216b/dillon-phillips-makes-permanent-transfer-to-cardiff-city |publisher=Charlton Athletic |access-date=16 October 2020}}
On 27 July 2022, Phillips joined Belgian First Division A side Oostende on a season-long loan deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62324132|title=Dillon Phillips: Cardiff City goalkeeper joins Oostende on loan|publisher=BBC|date=27 July 2022|accessdate=28 July 2022}} At the end of the 2022–23 season, he was released by Cardiff.{{cite web|url=https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/202223-retained-list|title=2022/23 Retained List|website=www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk|date=9 June 2023|accessdate=4 July 2023}}
On 4 July 2023, Phillips signed for Rotherham United on a two-year deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.themillers.co.uk/news/2023/july/signing--phillips-arrival-bolsters--goalkeeping-department/|title=SIGNING {{!}} Phillips arrives to bolster goalkeeping department|website=www.themillers.co.uk|date=4 July 2023|accessdate=4 July 2023}}
On 16 June 2025, it was announced that Phillips would sign for EFL Championship club Hull City upon the expiration of his contract with Rotherham at the end of the same month. His new contract is set to last two years, with the option of an additional third available.{{cite news|url=https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2025/june/16/phillips-signs-for-hull-city/|title=Phillips signs for Hull City|work=Hull City A.F.C.|date=16 June 2025|accessdate=16 June 2025}}
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Career statistics
{{updated|match played 3 May 2025}}
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Honours
Cheltenham Town
- National League: 2015–16{{cite book |editor-first=John |editor-last=Anderson |title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2016–2017 |year=2016 |publisher=Headline Publishing Group |location=London |isbn=978-1-4722-3395-0 |pages=622–623}}
Charlton Athletic
- EFL League One play-offs: 2019{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48324840 |title=Charlton Athletic 2–1 Sunderland |first=James |last=Law |publisher=BBC Sport |date=26 May 2019 |access-date=26 May 2019}}
Individual
- Charlton Athletic Player of the Year: 2019–20{{cite news |url=https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5f14b2c34d0f3/dillon-phillips-named-201920-player-of-the-year |title=Dillon Phillips named 2019/20 Player of the Year |publisher=Charlton Athletic Official Website |date=20 July 2020 |access-date=20 July 2020}}
References
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{{Rotherham United F.C. squad}}
{{Charlton Athletic F.C. Player of the Year}}
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Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Havering
Category:People from Hornchurch
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Charlton Athletic F.C. players
Category:Whitehawk F.C. players
Category:Bishop's Stortford F.C. players
Category:Cheltenham Town F.C. players
Category:Cardiff City F.C. players
Category:K.V. Oostende players
Category:Rotherham United F.C. players
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Belgian Pro League players
Category:English expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium