Lyndon Dykes Biography: Age, Parents, Wife, Children, Family, Net Worth

Lyndon John Dykes is a professional footballer who currently plays for Queens Park Rangers in the EFL Championship. He represents the Scotland national team after being born and raised in Australia to Scottish parents.

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Lyndon Dykes Biography

Dykes is on record to have previously played in Australia and he played for Mudgeeraba, Merrimac, Redlands United, and Surfers Paradise Apollo, as well as Scotland for Queen of the South and Livingston.

Lyndon Dykes Age

As of 2022, he was 27 years old.

Lyndon Dykes Parents

The names of his parents are not known.

Lyndon Dykes Career

Dykes spent a portion of his childhood living and playing rugby league in Canberra, where his family had settled. Dykes piqued the Canberra Raiders’ interest after assisting the Gungahlin Bulls to a cup final victory. Dykes was injured and his family returned to the Gold Coast, so the move never happened.

Lyndon Dykes toured England with the Australian schoolboys and this happened before he visited some relatives in Dumfries, his parents’ hometown. He then went back to Dumfries to play for the Queen of the South Under-20s.

Before returning to Australia in January 2015, he scored 22 goals in 14 competitive matches at this level.

Dykes returned to Scotland on June 7, 2016, and signed with Queen of the South, who were managed by Gavin Skelton at the time.

Dykes made his senior competitive debut for Queen’s at the age of 20 in a 2-0 Scottish League Cup win over Queen’s Park at the Excelsior Stadium on July 16. On August 9, he scored his first senior goal in the Queen’s 3-1 League Cup victory over Hibernian.

Dykes signed a four-year contract with English club Queens Park Rangers on August 19, 2020, for a reported fee of £2 million.

Dykes reportedly made his competitive debut for the club on September 12th, and during the match, he scored a penalty in the 54th minute which ensured a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest.

Dykes was named the club’s Player of the Month in April 2021 after scoring six goals in six games, including a brace in a 4-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday on April 10. Dykes ended the season as QPR’s leading scorer, with 12 goals and 5 assists.

Dykes scored in the West L ondon derby in Queens Park Rangers’ 4-1 Championship loss to Fulham on October 16, 2021.

Dykes was admitted to the hospital in January 2023, and the club was said to be “closely monitoring” the striker. He was hospitalized for eight days after being diagnosed with pneumonia following a CT scan of his lungs.

Dykes represented Australia’s schoolboys before joining Queen of the South. He could have represented either Australia (his birthplace) or Scotland.

Rene Meulensteen who happened to be Australia’s assistant manager, came to watch Dykes play and this was against Celtic in October 2019. This happened at a time when he was playing for Livingston. However, it was reported that Scotland manager Steve Clarke contacted Dykes in that same week, and Dykes chose to play for Scotland.

Dykes was named to the Scotland squad for the first time on August 25, 2020, for UEFA Nations League matches against Israel and the Czech Republic.

On 4 September, he made his international debut in a 1-1 draw with Israel before scoring his first goal for Scotland a few days later in a 2-1 victory over the Czech Republic.

Dykes reportedly scored the game-winning goal for Scotland in the Nations League match which was against Slovakia on October 11th.

Dykes scored the game-winning goal against Moldova in a 2022 World Cup qualifier on September 4, 2021.

Three days later, he scored a penalty in the 30th minute of another 1-0 victory for Scotland, this time away to Austria in the same competition.

The following month, Dykes scored in close victories over Israel and the Faroe Islands, becoming the first Scotland player to do so since Colin Stein in 1969.

Dykes came off the bench in the 77th minute of a UEFA Nations League match against Ukraine on September 21, 2022, and scored a brace in the 80th and 87th minutes to secure a 3-0 win for Scotland.

Lyndon Dykes Wife

Lyndon Dykes is married to Victoria Thomson.

Lyndon Dykes Children

Lyndon Dykes has three children.

Lyndon Dykes Net Worth

Lyndon Dykes estimated net worth is not less than $1 million.

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