David Dunn

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David Dunn
Personal information
Full name David Dunn
Date of birth December 27, 1979 (age 27)
Place of birth    Great Harwood, England
Height 5ft 10in
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Blackburn Rovers
Number 19
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997-2003
2003-2007
2007-		 Blackburn Rovers
Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers		 135 (30)
058 0(7)
005 0(0)   
National team2
2002 England 001 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 22:40, 23 March 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 19/10/2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

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

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[edit] Playing career

[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 automatic 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 League 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 surprisingly 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.

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.

[edit] Birmingham City - 2003 to 2007

After signing a four-year contract, Dunn'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 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 with Dunn still not returning to fitness.

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 committed to Birmingham City and their push for promotion back to the Premiership.[citation needed]

[edit] Blackburn Rovers - 2007 to present

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 Blackburn for an undisclosed fee believed to be £2.2million. Bolton manager Sam Allardyce was "extremely disappointed" by the move.[1]

On February 3, 2007 he played his first Premiership match since his return to Rovers against Sheffield United F.C. [2]

[edit] Personal life

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

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Allardyce anger at Dunn decision", bbc.co.uk/sport, 17 January 2007.
  2. ^ Tactical Formation. Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved on February 8, 2007.

[edit] External links


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