Stuart Dallas is a footballer who currently plays in the IFA Premiership

IFA Premiership

The IFA Premiership – formerly the Irish Premier League, and before that the Irish Football League–and still known in popular parlance simply as the Irish League, is the national football league in Northern Ireland, and was historically the league for the whole of Ireland. Clubs in the league are...

 for Crusaders

Crusaders F.C.

Crusaders Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish association football club, playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1898, hails from Belfast and plays its home matches at Seaview. Club colours are red and black. The current manager is Stephen Baxter, appointed in 2005...

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Club career

Stuart attended Cookstown High School

Cookstown High School

Cookstown High School is a combined High School and Grammar School in Northern Ireland. It is one of the largest in the area, falling within the Southern Education and Library Board area.- Site :...

 and Cookstown Primary School during his education, and played for local side Coagh United as an amateur. After a fine season in 2009–10, he signed for Crusaders that summer and made his debut against Donegal Celtic on 7 August 2010.

He continued his good form with a goal against Linfield

Linfield F.C.

Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team....

 at Seaview

Seaview

- Places:* Seaview, Victoria, Australia, locality in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia* Seaview, Canterbury, a suburb of Timaru, New Zealand* Seaview, Clifton beach, a beach in Karachi* Seaview, Isle of Wight, a small village in England...

, to help the Crues beat the Blues at home for the first time in 11 years. In his first year at Crusaders, Stuart received 6 prizes at the Annual Player of the Year awards ceremony. He was chosen as both the Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year

Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year

The Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in the IFA Premiership. It is one of two association football Player of the Year awards in Northern Ireland, with the other being the...

 and Young Player of the Year for the 2010–11 season.

International

Due to his early season form for the Crues, he received a call-up to the Northern Ireland U23

Northern Ireland National Under-23 Football Team

The Northern Ireland national under-23 team is a football team representing Northern Ireland featuring footballers playing in the Irish League...

 along with team-mates Chris Keenan

Chris Keenan

Chris Keenan is a footballer who currently plays for IFA Premiership side Carrick Rangers as a goalkeeper.After previously playing for Larne and Glentoran, he joined Crusaders in 2008, going on to make over 100 appearances for the club...

, Martin Donnelly

Martin Donnelly (footballer born 1988)

Martin Donnelly is a Northern Ireland international footballer born in Belfast who plays as a winger for Irish League side Cliftonville....

, and Jordan Owens. He played the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 defeat to Portugal

Portugal national under-21 football team

The Portugal national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Portugal and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation . They are nicknamed "Esperanças." Esperança means hope, thus they are Portugal's hopes for the future...

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At the end of the 2010–11 season, along with team mates Colin Coates

Colin Coates (footballer)

Colin Coates is a footballer from Northern Ireland who plays as a centre-back and is captain of IFA Premiership club Crusaders.-Club:...

 and Jordan Owens, he received a call-up to the full Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland national football team

The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association...

 squad, for 2011 Nations Cup games against Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland national football team

The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....

 and Wales

Wales national football team

The Wales national football team represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales , the governing body for football in Wales, and the third oldest national football association in the world. The team have only qualified for a major international...

. He made his debut against the Welsh in Dublin, coming on in the 60th minute.

International appearances and goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Goals
1	27 May 2011	Aviva Stadium Aviva Stadium The Aviva Stadium is a sports stadium located in Dublin, Ireland, with a capacity for 50,000 spectators. The stadium is built on the site of the old Lansdowne Road venue, which was demolished in 2007, and replaces that stadium as home to its chief tenants: the Irish rugby union team and the... , Dublin		0–2	2011 Nations Cup