Dean West
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| Dean WEST | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dean West | |
| Date of birth | 5 December 1972 | |
| Place of birth | Wakefield, England | |
| Position | Right Full Back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | King's Lynn | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1991-1995 1995-1999 1999-2004 2004 2004-2005 2005- |
Lincoln City Bury Burnley Lincoln City Boston United King's Lynn |
119 (20) 110 (8) 158 (5) 4 (0) 24 (0) 45 (3) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Dean West (born 5 December 1972) is an English semi-professional football player, who currently plays for King's Lynn F.C. in the Southern League. He is best known as a right sided full-back, but can also play in midfield if needed.
West began his career as a trainee at Lincoln City where he graduated to the first team after undergoing his youth training. The young right-back began to put in some excellent displays and was spotted by Stan Ternent the manager of Bury who would go on to sign him.
West became very popular with the fans at Gigg Lane and made the right-back slot his own, helping Bury to rapid promotion up to the First Division and making over 100 appearances for the club. It was at the end of the 1997/98 season when Ternent left Bury to become manager of Burnley, a club he had played for and had deep emotional ties to. In 1999, West followed Ternent, signing for Burnley on a free transfer under the Bosman ruling.
Dean West is what is known as 'a bandit'.
West was initially very impressive and won over the Clarets' faithful with a series of excellent performances, culminating in his winning of the 'Player of the Season' award.
He moved back to the club he had begun his footballing career at - Lincoln City, but failed to make any impression, starting just four games before being used in a player exchange deal, moving to Boston United. He played for Boston up until the end of the 2005 season after which he was released. He subsequently joined King's Lynn.
Throughout his career, West has been known as a committed and dedicated full back who loves to overlap with the winger in front of him and get forward at every opportunity.
