Stuart Dallas

After replacing Chris Hackett in the 57th minute, he scored Northampton's second goal in a 2–0 victory.

He bagged his second Northampton goal in his third match for the club, following up fellow Brentford loanee Luke Norris' opener in a 3–2 defeat to Rochdale on 22 October.

Stuart Dallas (born 19 April 1991) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for club Leeds United and the Northern Ireland national team.

Whilst many of his early career appearances were as a winger, in recent seasons he has gained prominence as a utility player, appearing more often in midfield and at full-back.

Born in Cookstown, Dallas grew up in Cookstown and attended Cookstown Primary School and Cookstown High School during his education, winning the U14 and U15 Coleraine and District League titles with the high school in 2004 and 2005.

He started his career at Coagh United, where he made his debut in 2007 whilst working as a joiner.

In January 2010, Dallas played in a 4–0 Irish Cup sixth round defeat against Crusaders, with Dallas' performance prompting Crusaders manager Stephen Baxter to talk to Dallas and his father about the possibility of offering him a contract.

A deal was agreed later that week, with Dallas joining Crusaders in the summer of 2010, training once a week and earning £70 a week.

He made his debut against Donegal Celtic on 7 August 2010.

He scored his first goals against Coleraine on 21 August, and his first goal at Seaview proved to be the winning goal in a 5–4 victory over Glenavon.

In his first year at Crusaders, Dallas received six prizes at the Annual Player of the Year awards ceremony.

He was chosen as both the Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year for the 2010–11 season.

Dallas made 38 appearances and scored 16 goals during the 2010–11 season.

Dallas made two appearances in Crusaders' Europa League second qualifying round matches against Premier League side Fulham early in the 2011–12 season, starting both games as Crusaders lost 7–1 on aggregate.

Dallas made 47 appearances and scored 10 goals during the 2011–12 season.

Dallas' final goal for Crusaders was the winning goal against Portadown on 2 January 2012, and his final match was the 2012 Setanta Sports Cup final victory over Derry City, in which he scored in the penalty shootout.

He departed the club in the summer of 2012, after making 85 appearances and scoring 26 goals during his two seasons with Crusaders.

On 12 April 2012, it was announced that Dallas had signed a pre-contract with League One side Brentford who were managed by Uwe Rosler and he joined the club that summer.

He made his debut for the Bees (the first professional appearance of his career) in a 1–0 Football League Trophy win over Crawley Town on 9 October, coming off the bench after 75 minutes to replace Scott Barron.

He made his league debut 4 days later as a substitute in a 1–1 draw away to Scunthorpe United.

His first start came in a 4–2 FA Cup replay win at home to Bradford City on 18 December.

He made 11 appearances over the course of the 2012–13 season and scored no goals.

After making 3 cup appearances for Brentford in the 2013–14 season, Dallas signed for League Two side Northampton Town on a month's loan on 5 October 2013 and went straight into the squad for the Cobblers' match that day against AFC Wimbledon.

On 5 November, Dallas' loan was extended until 1 January 2014.

He scored the only goal of the game against Accrington Stanley on 30 November.

An injury suffered to Brentford's on-loan Cardiff City winger Kadeem Harris meant that Dallas was recalled early from his loan on 23 December.

He made 12 appearances for Northampton and scored three goals.

Of his time at Northampton, Dallas said "on a personal note my loan spell was OK. I was playing every week. It was a good experience but results did not go our way and it was hard, when you are at the bottom everything seems to go against you".

He also remarked that the training was less intense than he was used to at Brentford.

Dallas found his minutes on the pitch limited during the early months of 2014, but he broke into the starting lineup in April, starting in six of the Bees' final seven games of the season.

Dallas scored his first Brentford goal with what turned out to be a consolation in a 4–1 defeat to Colchester United on 26 April.

He made it two in two games when he scored the opener in a 2–0 win over Stevenage on the final day.

Dallas made 21 appearances and scored two goals in a season in which Brentford secured automatic promotion to the Championship.

On 26 June 2014, Dallas signed a new three-year contract, potentially keeping him at Griffin Park until the summer of 2017.

He scored his first goal of the 2014–15 season on his second appearance of the campaign, scoring two goals in the opening ten minutes of a League Cup first round shootout victory over Dagenham & Redbridge, which finished 6–6 after extra time, equalling the record number of goals scored in a League Cup match.

He also converted Brentford's first penalty in the shootout.

Dallas scored his first league goal of the season on 19 August 2014, bagging the winner in a 2–1 victory over Blackpool.

Since 2015 Dallas has become a regular for Northern Ireland, having earned over fifty caps and played at UEFA Euro 2016.

Dallas signed a new two-year contract at Brentford on 13 November, which would have kept him at Griffin Park until the end of the 2015–16 season.

He was a key part of the Leeds United team under Marcelo Bielsa that won the 2019–20 EFL Championship and promotion to the Premier League.