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Eleanor
Dale
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England
Sunderland
Sunderland
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Position:
Midfielder
Age:
24

Name: Eleanor Dale
Nationality: England
Date of Birth: February 9, 2002
Position: Midfielder
Current club: Sunderland
WSL 2 clubs played for: Durham, Sunderland

Midfielder Eleanor Dale plays for Sunderland and has taken part in the vast majority of the side's WSL 2 matches in 2025/2026, making 17 appearances overall and accumulating 1,287 minutes of playing time. She has been selected in the starting XI in 14 of these appearances across their 22 fixtures and been used as a substitute on three occasions.

Dale last played in the competition on May 2 for Sunderland versus Ipswich Town. In that game the English player netted a goal for her team in their 2-1 defeat. In total, the midfielder has netted four WSL 2 goals in 2025/2026, making her tied as the team's third-top league scorer, and chipped in with one assist. She has been booked twice.

It was versus Southampton that Dale scored for the first time in the league this season in a 1-0 victory on January 25.

In last season's WSL 2, Dale appeared in 14 games for Sunderland, scored eight goals and provided one assist.

Dale moved to Sunderland in July 2024 from Everton, for whom she made six league appearances in total, providing one assist.