David Dunn
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| David Dunn | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | David John Ian Dunn | |
| Date of birth | December 27, 1979 | |
| 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) 58 (7) 42 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
2002 |
England U21 England |
20 (3) 1 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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David John Ian Dunn (born December 27, 1979 in Great Harwood, England) is an English footballer who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers.
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[edit] Playing career
[edit] Blackburn Rovers
Dunn initially joined Blackburn Rovers as a trainee at the beginning of 1997 and made his debut during a goalless draw with Everton on September 26, 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 February 26, 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 he did not win his first cap until September 2002, when he 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'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.
[edit] Birmingham City
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.
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.
[edit] Blackburn Rovers
In January 2007, Dunn looked set to return to Lancashire in a transfer to Bolton after manager Sam Allardyce negotiated a fee for the midfielder, but on January 17, 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. 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 [2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Allardyce anger at Dunn decision", bbc.co.uk/sport, 17 January 2007.
- ^ Tactical Formation. Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved on February 8, 2007.
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