Kieran O'Neill Dowell (born 10 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Hull City.
Dowell previously played for Everton, from where he had loan spells with Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Derby County and Wigan Athletic. He spent the second half of the 2024–25 season on loan at Birmingham City. Internationally, he represented England from under-16 up to under-21 level.
Dowell made his debut for the club on 11 December 2014, replacing the injured Christian Atsu 11 minutes into a UEFA Europa League group match against FC Krasnodar at Goodison Park. Everton, who had already advanced into the next round, lost 0–1. With his only first team appearances of the season, he signed his first professional contract with the club.
After being given a number 51 shirt in the 2015–16 season, Dowell, however, suffered ankle injury that saw him sidelined for two months.
He scored on his return for the Everton U21 on 6 December 2015, in a 3–1 win over Liverpool U23. Dowell went on to score nine more goals for the reserve side, including a stunner against Southampton U21 and a hat-trick against Leicester City U23.
On 30 April 2016, he made his Premier League debut as an 87th-minute substitute for Ross Barkley in a 2–1 home win over Bournemouth. Dowell then started the final game of the 2015–16 season against Norwich City at Goodison Park.
Two months after making his Premier League debut, Dowell signed a three-year contract with the club, keeping him until 2019. In the 2016–17 season, Dowell was a member of the Everton U23 squad to win the inaugural Premier League 2 title, in which he made the total of 22 appearances and scoring 5 times.
His performance throughout April won him April's Premier League 2 Player of the Month.
On 28 December 2018, it was announced that Dowell would join Sheffield United as of 2 January 2019 on loan for the rest of the season. On 28 April 2019 United were promoted to the Premier League. The following season, on 11 July 2019, Dowell joined Derby County on a season-long loan., however on 3 January 2020 it was announced by derby that his loan had been cancelled by "mutual agreement" This was down to a very poor showing and sending a shot over the stadium from 18 yards out On 3 January 2020, Everton cancelled Dowell's loan to Derby and sent him on loan to Wigan for the remainder of the season. On 14 July 2020, Dowell scored a hat-trick as Wigan defeated Hull City by a scoreline of 8–0; the result was Wigan's biggest victory in club history.
On 7 November 2023, Dowell made an appearance for the Rangers Reserves in a Scottish Challenge Cup fourth round match at home to Airdrieonians. He started the match and scored the second goal for Rangers in a 4-2 defeat. Dowell left Rangers in January 2026.
Following the end of the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Dowell was called up to the England U21 squad, for whom he made his debut in a 1–1 draw with Netherlands U21 on 1 September 2017.
On 27 May 2019, Dowell was included in England's 23-man squad for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||
| Everton | 2014–15 | Premier League | 0 |
| 2015–16 | Premier League | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | Premier League | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | Premier League | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Premier League | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | |
| Nottingham Forest (loan) | 2017–18 | EFL Championship | 10 |
| Sheffield United (loan) | 2018–19 | Championship | 2 |
| Derby County (loan) | 2019–20 | Championship | 0 |
| Wigan Athletic (loan) | 2019–20 | Championship | 5 |
| Norwich City | 2020–21 | Championship | 6 |
| 2021–22 | Premier League | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | Championship | 5 | |
| Rangers | 2023–24 | Scottish Premiership | 2 |
| 2024–25 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | Scottish Premiership | 1 | |
| Rangers B | 2023–24 | 1 | |
| Birmingham City (loan) | 2024–25 | League One | 5 |
| Hull City | 2025–26 | Championship | 0 |
Norwich City
Rangers
Birmingham City
England U20
England U21
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