Dennis Wyness

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Dennis Wyness
Personal information
Full name	Dennis Middleton Wyness
Date of birth	March 22, 1977 (age 29)
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Height	5' 10"
Nickname	Shyness
Position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Number	19
Youth clubs
?-1994	Stoneywood
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1996-2000 1999 2000-03 2003-06 2005-06 2006-present	Aberdeen → Inverness CT (loan) Inverness CT Heart of Midlothian → Inverness CT (loan) Inverness CT	23 (16) 12 (0) 116 (67) 57 (11) 27 (8)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 17, 2006.

Dennis Wyness (born March 22, 1977 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish football attacking midfielder or second striker. He is currently enjoying his second spell with Scottish Premier League side Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Wyness began his career at Aberdeen, where he originally played as a midfielder. He was used sparingly as a squad player by several managers, until Ebbe Skovdahl allowed him to go on loan to Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 1999, where he played as a midfielder, then as a striker. Wyness signed a permanent contract for Caley Thistle in January 2000. However, during his first twelve months at the club he struggled to make an impact, and was eventually transfer-listed by then-manager Steve Paterson. This provided Wyness with a huge incentive to fight his way back into the team and he responded to his transfer listing by beginning to score goals almost immediately. He was eventually taken off the transfer list in December 2000, and soon became a firm favourite of the Caley Thistle supporters.

Wyness was Caley Thistle's top scorer of season 2000-01, with 24 league goals. The following season he netted 18 times in the league and, in season 2001-02, established a strike partnership with Paul Ritchie which resulted in 37 league goals between the two of them that season. In March 2003 he also scored the only goal of the game as Caley Thistle once again sent Celtic crashing out of the Scottish Cup.

Wyness's excellent performances in front of goal earned him a move to Hearts in the summer of 2003. Although highly-rated by former Hearts manager Craig Levein, Wyness found it hard to break into the Hearts team and was only occasionally used by Levein. He fared better under Levein's successor, John Robertson, who had also managed him at Caley Thistle, but when Robertson was replaced by George Burley in 2005 Wyness once again found himself out of favour at Tynecastle and returned on loan to Caley Thistle, viewed by many as his spiritual home. In January 2006 it was announced that Wyness' loan was to be extended to the end of the current season, and that has he also signed a pre-contract agreement to then rejoin the Inverness club on a permanent basis. In late May 2006, once his Hearts contract expired, he signed a two year deal with Caley Thistle, a move that was greatly welcomed by the fans.

Dennis Wyness currently holds the Caley Thistle scoring record, with a total of 90 goals as of 17 July 2006.

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• Soccerbase entry for Wyness

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