Dylan Jacob Macallister (born 17 May 1982) is a retired Australian

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player who currently coaches for Manly United FC in the National Premier League. He previously played for Australian clubs Sydney Olympic, Northern Spirit,

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and

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, New Zealand club

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, Norwegian clubs

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, Lyn and Sparta Sarpsborg, and Hong Kong club Eastern Salon.

Club career

Sydney Olympic

Macallister was born in

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.As a youth, he played for his local Manly Warringah Dolphins before moving on to Sydney Olympic (then known as the Olympic Sharks). He marked his professional debut for the club in 1999 by scoring in his first appearance.

Northern Spirit

Having won the 2001–02 National Soccer League with the Sharks, Macallister proceeded to join another club from Sydney, the now defunct Northern Spirit. Macallister was then supposed to have left for Switzerland and

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in August, but immediately regretted signing the contract. The transfer was eventually called off and Macallister instead continued playing for Northern Spirit until he was bought by the Norwegian club Brann in February 2004.

SK Brann

After some initial success – he scored two goals against Molde in the second round of the 2004 season – Dylan figured mostly as a substitute. He scored 10 goals in 38 appearances which equates to approximately 20 matches in terms of playing time. Macallister's first season was blighted by a fatigue injury and after a good start to his second season he suffered a training injury, sidelining him for eight weeks.

FC Lyn

Macallister was sold to Lyn on 29 March 2006 and debuted in the season opener against

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. He appeared in the starting line-up in his third and fourth matches, scoring a fine goal in the fourth, but failed to become a regular. Following the end of the transfer dispute over

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and subsequent return of Lyn's other Nigerian players,

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and

Ezekiel Bala Ezekiel Bala (born 8 April 1987) is a Nigerian football striker who currently plays for Ålgård. He made his debut for Lyn in a cup match against Klemetsrud IL, on 11 May 2005, and scored 2 goals in a total of 23 league games for the club. ...

, Dylan Macallister was one of three non-EU players on the team at a time when Norwegian clubs were only allowed two non-EU players in their matchday squads. He was therefore loaned out to the First Division club Sparta Sarpsborg, from 16 August until the end of the season.

Sparta Sarpsborg

During his stay at Sparta he made nine appearances, scoring two goals. Sparta retained their spot in the league, but Macallister's season ended on a dull note as he was sent off in his last game. He returned to Lyn for the 2007 season, but made just five league appearances for the club, scoring no goals.

Central Coast Mariners

His contract with Lyn originally lasted to the end of the 2008 season, but it was announced on 28 March that he was released of his contract, and had signed with Australian

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club

. He scored two goals on debut for the Mariners against the

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Wellington Phoenix

On 13 May 2010, it was announced that he had signed a contract with the

in the Hyundai A league Australian Competition, bringing him to the capital to play as a target-man. In the highly publicised 2010 pre-season game v Argentina's Boca Juniors in the capital, Macallister scored the opening goal in the 24th minute. Phoenix went on to win 2–1. He scored 7 league goals in 14 starts during his time with the club.

Breiðablik

Macallister signed for Icelandic champions Breiðablik on 16 May 2011. He made his debut on 22 May in a 3–1 win against

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. On 20 July 2011, Macallister scored Breiðablik's first ever goal in a

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, in a 2–0 win against Norwegian champions Rosenborg.

Gold Coast United

On 11 August 2011 it was announced he had signed a contract with

outfit

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, scoring 5 goals in 15 appearances in the 2011/12 season.

Rockdale City Suns

On 25 May 2012, Macallister joined the NSW Premier League side

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to maintain match fitness before his next top level stint. He scored 4 goals in 5 games.

Melbourne Heart

Macallister played for the

side

in their opening game of the 2012/13 season against the

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, which they won 2–1; Macallister scored the winning goal in first half stoppage time. Now also runs a boys soccer team with former Albion Rovers legend Mark Leonard

Eastern Salon

Macallister was released from Melbourne Heart and joined Eastern Salon in January 2014. He has gained a cult like status in his short stint at Eastern Salon and is affectionately cheered on with the chant, "He's big, he's tall, he's going to score a goal, Macallister, Macallister!"

Return to Rockdale

Macallister signed for

in the

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for the remainder of the 2015 NSW NPL season and the 2015 FFA Cup.

International career

Dylan Macallister has made several appearances for Australia's various age-specific teams. He participated in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, scoring three goals for his national side. Australia would go on to finish as runners-up behind

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. He later played for the U-20 team in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. In the qualifiers for the 2004 Olympic Football Tournament he became Australia's top scorer with six goals in seven matches. Macallister earned his first call-up to the

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squad in 2009. He was an unused substitute in an Asian Cup qualifier against

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on 28 January 2009.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Sydney Olympic * NSL Championship (1): 2001–2002 ;Brann *

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(1): 2004 ;Eastern Sports Club *

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2014–15 *

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2013–14

International

;Australia *

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(1): 1999 (runners-up)

References

External links

Wellington Phoenix profile

Profile at lynfotball.net

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