David Dunn

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David Dunn
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Dunn playing for Blackburn Rovers in 2009
Personal information
Full name David John Ian Dunn
Date of birth (1979-12-27) 27 December 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Great Harwood, England
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Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1997–1998 Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2003 Blackburn Rovers 135 (30)
2003–2007 Birmingham City 58 (7)
2007–2015 Blackburn Rovers 180 (20)
2015–2016 Oldham Athletic 8 (0)
International career
1998 England U18 3 (0)
1998–2002 England U21 20 (3)
2002 England 1 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Oldham Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:40, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

David John Ian Dunn (born 27 December 1979) is an English professional footballer who was most recently player-manager for League One club Oldham Athletic, playing as an attacking midfielder.

He has also played for Birmingham City in between his two spells with Blackburn Rovers, and made his only appearance for England in 2002.

Club career

Blackburn Rovers

Dunn joined Blackburn Rovers as a trainee at the beginning of 1997 and made his debut during a goalless draw with Everton on 26 September 1998. Dunn came off the bench after 70 minutes, but was taken off again on 81 minutes, due to the sending off of Martin Dahlin.[2]

In his second appearance Blackburn beat Newcastle United at St James' Park in the League Cup and Dunn scored the winning penalty in the shootout.[3]

His first goal came in a 3–1 victory against Aston Villa on 26 February 1999, but the team was subsequently relegated in this, his first full season. In 2000–01 Blackburn entertained local team Rochdale in the League Cup where Dunn scored a hat-trick from the penalty spot, reported by Sky Sports as a World's First. He reached double figures in terms of goals in 2000, and continued his good form in 2001–02 when the club won the League Cup. Dunn starred in Rovers return to the Premier League, putting in a string of impressive performances, notably in the 7–1 battering of West Ham United and the 3–3 draw at Arsenal, where he managed to score two goals, one a last minute equaliser.[citation needed]

A string of fine performances in 2001 put Dunn in contention for a call-up to the England squad, but he did not win his first cap until September 2002, when he replaced Kieron Dyer. He impressed against Portugal but has not been given another chance on the big stage since. Dunn began the 2002–03 season in dazzling form but a loss of form and being made to play on the right wing did not help his cause and he fell out with then Blackburn manager Graeme Souness. Subsequently, Dunn was ready to move on to another club in the summer of 2003. Blackburn initially rejected offers from a number of clubs, but Birmingham City's revised bid of £5.5 million was accepted, and Dunn moved to the West Midlands in time for the start of the 2003–04 season.[citation needed]

Birmingham City

After signing a four-year contract, Dunn's Birmingham City career started brightly with a debut goal in the 1–0 victory over Tottenham on 16 August 2003.

A niggling hamstring sustained in February 2004 meant that Dunn spent much of the second half of that season on the sidelines. The beginning of 2004–05 again saw Dunn quickly re-establishing himself in the heart of the Birmingham midfield and chipping in with some vital goals. A recurrence of Dunn's hamstring problems in November 2004 limited him to just a handful of performances for the remainder of 2004–05 and kept him out of the side until midway through 2005–06.

Ultimately, Birmingham were relegated from the Premier League with Dunn still not returning to fitness.

In October 2006, Dunn was linked with a return to Blackburn in the upcoming transfer window. However, both Dunn and Rovers manager Mark Hughes denied this.

Return to Blackburn Rovers

In January 2007, Dunn looked set to return to Lancashire in a transfer to Bolton Wanderers after manager Sam Allardyce negotiated a fee for the midfielder, but on 17 January it was revealed that Dunn had turned his back on Bolton, having already passed his medical, in favour of a return to hometown club Blackburn for an undisclosed fee on a three-and-a-half-year deal believed to be £2.2 million.

He managed to play a small part in the remainder of the 2006–07 season and managed to earn a free kick against Sheffield United which led to Rovers scoring a last minute winner.[4]

On 3 February 2007, he played his first Premiership match since his return to Blackburn Rovers against Sheffield United. At the end of this campaign he managed to feature in 16 games in all competitions in total, including appearing in 11 Premier League matches.[5]

Dunn was a regular for Rovers in the 2007–08 season, in which he made 31 league appearances and scored once, against Arsenal. [6] He was appointed vice-captain by new manager Paul Ince for the 2008–09 season,[7] but the player managed only 17 appearances in all competitions, scoring once,[8] in a season disrupted by niggling injuries.[9] Despite missing the first two games of the 2009–10 season Dunn returned in the League Cup clash against Gillingham and scored on his return in a 3–1 win in the second round making Rovers progress to the third round of the tournament.

He then hit top form for Rovers, scoring first goals in the Premier League including strikes against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aston Villa, Arsenal, Bolton Wanderers and a memorable equaliser against local East Lancashire rivals Burnley at Ewood Park. Dunn made his 260th appearance for Blackburn Rovers in a home fixture with Chelsea at Ewood Park in a 1–1 draw on 21 March 2010, playing for 56 minutes before being replaced by Australian international Brett Emerton. He scored twice against Birmingham City on 24 March 2010 in a 2–1 victory at Ewood Park, one in front of the Darwen End in the 5th minute with him shooting with his left foot right in the corner of the goal and the other goal came on 67 minutes with a well timed header from a corner taken by winger El Hadji Diouf from the left by line, and he celebrated in front of the Walkersteel Blackburn End with all the Rovers supporters, and received a yellow card for going into the crowd. On 28 March, Dunn scored the winning goal from the penalty spot against rivals Burnley at Turf Moor.

On 26 January 2010, with Dunn's contract expiring at Rovers, he signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract to keep him with the club until at least July 2012.[10] He then scored his ninth Premier League goal of the season against Arsenal in the 2–1 win at Ewood Park. Over the course of the 2009–10 season, Dunn scored in both games against Burnley and Arsenal, the latter being his 50th goal for his hometown club.[citation needed]

Dunn scored his first goal of the 2010–11 season against Wolverhampton Wanderers with a close range header. On 2 February 2011, in the match against Tottenham Hotspur at Ewood Park, he made his 100th Premier League appearance since returning to the club for a second spell which ended in a disappointing 1–0 defeat. On 5 February 2011, he came on for Brett Emerton in the 60th minute with Rovers down 3–2 against Wigan Athletic at the DW Stadium, he netted a penalty kick in the 81st minute but couldn't prevent them from losing 4–3. During the Cotton Mill derby against Burnley on 17 March 2013, Dunn scored a 95th-minute goal for Rovers which secured a draw.[11] At the start of the new 2013–14 season, Dunn signed a new one-year deal to remain at Blackburn until summer 2014. He made his first appearance of the campaign, making a start as captain in the League Cup first round tie against Carlisle United at Brunton Park, in which Dunn had a tame first half penalty saved; Rovers lost 4–3 on penalties after extra time.

Dunn found himself on the scoresheet in the local derby against Bolton Wanderers with an excellent solo effort, beating three players before slotting into the net to put Blackburn one goal up on the way to a 4–1 victory. He also scored in the 3–2 victory for Blackburn, against Millwall.

Dunn was released by Blackburn following the end of his contract on 1 July 2014, but re-signed for the club on 11 July of the same year.[12]

On 27 April 2015, Dunn announced he would be departing Blackburn at the end of the season.[13]

Oldham Athletic

On 30 July 2015, Dunn signed for League One club Oldham Athletic on a one-year deal. Manager Darren Kelly stated that his addition would make the team's midfield one of the strongest in the league for the upcoming 2015/16 season.[citation needed]

Managerial career

On 13 September 2015, following the sacking of Kelly, Oldham Athletic confirmed that Dunn would take charge of all first team matters with immediate effect, on an interim basis.[14] On 7 October 2015, the Oldham board confirmed Dunn would now be appointed on a permanent basis after a recent unbeaten run.[15]

On 12 January 2016, with Oldham laying 22nd in the table and facing relegation, the club announced they had sacked Dunn as first-team manager.[16]

International career

Dunn has represented England at international level making 22 appearances scoring three goals for the England Under-21 team between 1999 and 2002.

In 2001, Dunn was called up to the England squad, but he did not win his first cap until 7 September 2002, when he replaced Steven Gerrard against Portugal at half-time.[17]

Club career statistics

As of 23 April 2014
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Blackburn Rovers 1998–99[18] Premier League 15 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 19 1
1999–2000[19] Division One 22 2 1 0 3 1 — 26 3
2000–01[20] Division One 42 12 5 2 5 4 — 52 18
2001–02[21] Premier League 29 7 2 1 5 0 — 36 8
2002–03[22] Premier League 28 8 2 0 2 0 4[lower-alpha 1] 0 36 8
Total 136 30 13 3 17 5 4 0 169 38
Birmingham City 2003–04[23] Premier League 21 2 3 0 1 0 — 25 2
2004–05[24] Premier League 11 2 0 0 1 0 — 12 2
2005–06[25] Premier League 15 2 3 1 2 0 — 20 3
2006–07[5] Championship 11 1 0 0 1 0 — 12 1
Total 58 7 6 1 5 0 — 69 8
Blackburn Rovers 2006–07[5] Premier League 11 0 3 0 — 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 16 0
2007–08[6] Premier League 31 1 0 0 3 0 4[lower-alpha 2] 0 38 1
2008–09[8] Premier League 15 1 2 0 0 0 — 17 1
2009–10[26] Premier League 23 9 1 0 4 1 — 28 10
2010–11[27] Premier League 27 2 0 0 0 0 — 27 2
2011–12[28] Premier League 26 2 0 0 2 0 — 28 1
2012–13[29] Championship 15 1 3 0 0 0 — 18 1
2013–14[30] Championship 23 4 0 0 1 0 — 24 4
Total 171 20 9 0 10 1 6 0 196 21
Career total 365 57 28 4 32 6 10 0 434 67
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup, three in UEFA Cup

Managerial statistics

As of 12 January 2016[31]
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Oldham Athletic England 13 September 2015 12 January 2015 20 3 9 8 15.00
Total 20 3 9 8 15.00

Personal life

Dunn was born in Great Harwood, Lancashire.[10] He has a daughter, Mia, with his ex-fiancee, Emmerdale actress Sammy Winward,[32] and a son, Isaac, with his wife Hayley.[7]

Honours

Blackburn Rovers

References

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  31. ↑ David Dunn management career statistics at Soccerbase
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