Dylan Pierias
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 Pierias playing for Western Sydney Wanderers in 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Dylan Pierias | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 February 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Adelaide United | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Keilor Park | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Spring Hills | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | FFV NTC | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Pascoe Vale | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Melbourne City NPL | 37 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Melbourne City | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Western United | 94 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Western Sydney Wanderers NPL | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Adelaide United | 25 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Australia U-17 | 14 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Australia U-20 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Australia U-23 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 July 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dylan Pierias (Macedonian: Дилан Пиеријас, romanized: Dilan Pierijas, pronounced [ˈpi.e.ri.jas];[2] born 20 February 2000) is an Australian professional soccer player who currently plays as a winger for Adelaide United in the A-League. He previously played football in the A-Leagues for Melbourne City, Western United, and Western Sydney Wanderers.
Melbourne City
Pierias began playing as a seven-year-old at Keilor Park SC, moving to Spring Hills as a teenager.[3]
With eight first team players unavailable through suspension or injury, Pierias debuted for Melbourne City against Brisbane Roar on 11 February 2017 at 16 years of age, making him the first person born in the 21st Century to play in the A-League.[4][5]
Western United
Pierias joined Western United for the 2019–20 season,[6] the club's debut season in the league following their establishment in 2018. In May 2021, he signed a two-year contract extension with Western United.[7] Pierias was substituted on in the 89th minute in the winning 2022 A-League Men Grand Final against his former club Melbourne City. Replacing Dylan Wenzel-Halls, Pierias was one of the eleven men for Western United on AAMI Park at the final whistle of the match. He departed Western United at the end of the 2022-23 season after 4 seasons at the club, making 94 league appearances.[8]
Western Sydney Wanderers
Pierias joined Western Sydney Wanderers ahead of the 2023–24 season.[9] Pierias played 26 games for the Wanderers and scored 3 goals in the 2023-24 season, but following a season in which the club failed to qualify for the finals series, Pierias departed the club.[10]
Adelaide United
In June 2024, Pierias joined his fourth A-League club in Adelaide United[11] as a replacement for the recent departures of Craig Goodwin, Nestory Irankunda, and Ben Halloran. Pierias scored in his first match against his last club, Western Sydney, in an impressive 4–1 away win.[12] Primarily playing a defensive role on the wing, he scored twice more by the start of February, already equalling his goal tally of the previous season.
On 20 December 2025, Pierias was forced off through injury during a 1–0 win over Perth Glory. The club later confirmed that he had suffered a “significant knee injury”, which would rule him out until late 2026.[13]
