Dundee FC are delighted to announce the signing of Dylan Carreiro.
19 year old Dylan, has been on trial with the club for a few weeks, during which he trained with the first team and impressed in closed doors games for the under 20s team.
He started out with Toronto FC at their Academy in 2010 at the age of 15 and after two years joined Queen Park Rangers in the English Premiership.
With QPR he featured for both the under 18s and under 21s teams. During his time in England he also played a number of times at international level.
Starting out with the Canadian under 17s side while in Toronto he made the step up to the Canada under 20s team.
February 2013 saw him play in the CONCACAF Men’s Under-20 Championship and just last month he captained his country in the Dale Farm Milk Cup.
Managing director John Nelms told us, “Dylan is a fine young player with loads of potential. He will be part of our building for the future. We are looking to add young players like Dylan who will be the bricks in the foundation of Dundee Football Club for many years to come.”
Paul Hartley told us, “I think he’s a promising player. He’s had a good upbringing, where he’s come from.”
The manager went on to say, “We like what we have seen. He’s got good potential, an attacking player who will work towards our first team.
“He’s got something a bit different, he plays just off the front.”
