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My Take
Dele Alli fascinates me as both a footballer and an ultimately hopeful human story. At his peak, his late runs into the box made him one of the most instinctive attacking midfielders England had produced in years — a kid from Milton Keynes who broke into senior football as a teenager. What earns my deeper respect, though, is the honesty he has shown about his personal struggles since. Plenty of athletes hide behind polished statements; he chose vulnerability, and I think that took more courage than any cup final. Born in 1996, he still has time, and I find myself genuinely rooting for whatever his second act turns out to be.
Overview
Bamidele Jermaine "Dele" Alli ( DEL-ee AL-ee; born 11 April 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and is currently a free agent. Born and raised in Milton Keynes, he joined the youth system at Milton Keynes Dons aged 11 and broke into the first team five years later, during the 2012–13 season.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dele Alli
- Name (Japanese)
- デレ・アリ
- Reading
- でれ・あり
- Born
- April 11, 1996 (age 30)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rat
- Origin
- Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 188 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.