David Dunn

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David Dunn
Personal information
Full name	David Dunn
Date of birth	December 27, 1979
Place of birth	Great Harwood, England
Height	5ft 10in
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Birmingham City
Number	8
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1997-2003 2003-	Blackburn Rovers Birmingham City	135 (30) 57 (7)
National team**
2002	England	1 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19/10/2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 19/10/2006.

David Dunn (born 27 December 1979 in Great Harwood, Lancashire) is an English football player who currently plays for Birmingham City as a midfielder.

[edit] Blackburn Rovers - 1997 to 2003

Dunn initially 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 a Blackburn player.

Dunn's first goal came in a 3-1 victory against Aston Villa, on 6 February, 1999, but the team was subsequently relegated in this, his first full season.

His best season in a Blackburn shirt would appear to be 2000-01, when he played a big role in helping the club to autmatic promotion from Division 1. He reached double figures in terms of goals, and continued his good form in 2001-02 when the club won the Worthington Cup.

Dunn was at one time dubbed "the New Gazza", a testament to his flair and technical ability. A string of fine performances in 2001 put Dunn in contention for a call-up to the England squad, but suprsingly he did not win his first cap until September 2002, when he controversially replaced Kieron Dyer.

After falling out of favour with then Blackburn boss, Graeme Souness, Dunn was ready to move on to another club in the summer of 2003

[edit] Birmingham City - 2003 to present

Blackburn initially rejected offers from a number of clubs, but Birmingham City's revised bid of £5.5 million Pound sterling was accepted, and Dunn moved to the West Midlands in time for the start of the 2003-04 season.

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

Unfortunately a niggling hamstring sustained in February 2004 meant that Dunn spent much of the second half of the second half of that season on the sidelines. The beginning of 2004-05 again saw Dunn on good form, 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 despite Dunn's still not returning to fitness. It looks extremely likely that Dunn will continue to play for Birmingham despite their relegation from the Premier League and play for Birmingham in their quest to get promoted from the Championship.

In October 2006, Dunn was linked with a return to Blackburn Rovers in the upcoming transfer window. However, both Dunn and Blackburn Rovers manager Mark Hughes denied this. Dunn stated that he was commited to Birmingham City and their push for promotion back to the Premiership.

[edit] Personal life

Dunn has had a string of relationships but most recently was Sammy Winward, who plays Katie Sugden in Emmerdale. They got engaged and Sammy gave birth to his first child Mia in Bolton on 12th June 2005. Sammy and David later split up in September, but remain friends.

Birmingham City F.C. - Current Squad
1 Taylor | 2 Kelly | 3 Sadler | 4 Taylor | 5 Upson | 6 Clemence | 7 Larsson | 8 Dunn | 9 Forssell | 10 Jerome | 11 Gray | 12 Nafti | 13 Doyle | 14 Campbell | 15 Kilkenny | 16 Tébily | 17 Danns | 18 Oji | 21 N'Gotty | 22 Johnson | 23 Birley | 24 Jaïdi | 25 Aluko | 26 Muamba | 27 Bendtner | 28 McSheffrey | Manager: Bruce