Dwight Gayle

Dwight Gayle
Gayle playing for Newcastle United
Personal information
Full name Dwight Devon Boyd Gayle
Date of birth (1989-10-17) 17 October 1989
Place of birth Walthamstow, London, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.74 m)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Ridgeway Rovers
Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Ryan
2009–2011 Stansted
2011–2013 Dagenham & Redbridge 18 (7)
2011–2012Bishop's Stortford (loan) 42 (29)
2012–2013Peterborough United (loan) 9 (7)
2013 Peterborough United 20 (6)
2013–2016 Crystal Palace 64 (15)
2016–2022 Newcastle United 113 (34)
2018–2019West Bromwich Albion (loan) 39 (23)
2022–2024 Stoke City 45 (3)
2024 Derby County 6 (3)
2024–2025 Hibernian 28 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:10 , 17 May 2025 (UTC)

Dwight Devon Boyd Gayle (born 17 October 1989) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Gayle played in the Arsenal academy as a youth, but was released in 2007, after which he began his career with Ryan of the Essex Olympian Football League. In subsequent seasons, he would work his way back up through the English football pyramid via stints at Stansted, Bishop's Stortford, Dagenham & Redbridge and Peterborough United, before establishing himself in the Premier League with Crystal Palace. In 2016, he signed for Newcastle United where he spent six years scoring 34 goals in 122 games. Gayle joined Stoke City in July 2022 before leaving in February 2024. Later on in the month Gayle joined Derby County, being released in June 2024. Gayle joined Hibernian in September 2024 and retired at the end of the 202425 season.