Dean Gordon

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Dean Gordon
Personal information
Full name	Dean Gordon
Date of birth	February 10, 1973 (1973-02-10) (age 35)
Place of birth	Croydon, London, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Left-back
Youth clubs
	Crystal Palace
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–1998 1998–2002 2001 2002–2004 2004 2004–2005 2005 2005–2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006–2007 2007 2007 2007	Crystal Palace Middlesbrough → Cardiff City (loan) Coventry City → Reading (loan) Grimsby Town APOEL Crook Town Blackpool Lewes Crook Town Worksop Town Albany United Auckland City New Zealand Knights Lewes Torquay United Whitby Town	201 (20) 063 0(5) 007 0(1) 035 0(1) 003 0(0) 020 0(2) 00? 0(?) 00? 0(?) 001 0(0) 002 0(0) 00? 0(?) 012 0(0) 00? 0(?) 005 0(2) 006 0(0) 001 0(0) 008 0(0)
National team
1994–1995	England U21	013 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:23 May 18, 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Dean Gordon (born February 10, 1973 in Croydon, South London) is an English professional footballer who plays in the position of left back. Gordon has international experience with the England Under-21s. He is strong in the tackle and impressive going forward down the left flank. His speedy forays often resulted in spectacular goals as he let fly from the edge of the box.

Gordon began his career as a trainee with Crystal Palace, turning professional in July 1991. He went on to make over 200 appearances for the Eagles before joining Middlesbrough for a fee of £900,000 on July 6, 1998. In his first season at the Riverside he played in every league game and quickly became one of the fans' favourites.

In November 2001 Gordon went on loan to Cardiff City^[1] and was released by Middlesbrough at the end of that season. He joined Coventry City in July 2002 ^[2] and was a regular in his first season at Highfield Road. However, he lost his place and joined Reading on loan in March 2004.^[3]

Gordon had a trial with Hibernian in July 2004,^[4] but joined Grimsby Town on a free transfer on August 2004, but was released in March 2005. On his release he moved to Cyprus to play for APOEL.

In November 2005, Gordon joined non-league Crook Town, where he could rebuild his English football career, which had been delayed due problems with gaining international clearance,^[5] while being near to his business in Darlington.^[6] He subsequently had an unsuccessful trial with Barnsley before joining Blackpool in January 2006,^[7] but was released after playing just once.^[8] A proposed move to Chester City was blocked as Gordon was not allowed to sign for two clubs inside the transfer window. As a result, he moved to Lewes in February 2006,^[9] before the following month rejoining Crook Town.^[10] Later that month he joined Worksop Town,^[11] where he played until the end of the season.

Gordon then moved to New Zealand and signed for Auckland North Shore team Albany United in June 2006^[12]. He subsequently moved to Auckland City in September the same year,^[13] scoring twice in five games.^[14]

In December 2006 Gordon left City to join A-League team New Zealand Knights in a surprise move,^[15] forgoing the chance to play for City against Barcelona in the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.^[16]

He played six times for the Knights in the A-League,^[17] before returning to England where he rejoined Lewes in February 2007.^[18]

He began training with English club Torquay United^[19] and signed for the Gulls on non-contract terms on February 16, 2007. He made his debut the following day in a 1-0 defeat at home to Hartlepool United. He played eight times as Torquay were relegated to the Conference National and was released at the end of the season.

Gordon played 7 games for Northern Premier League side Whitby Town on a match to match basis in late 2007 before being released.

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[edit] External links

• Dean Gordon's career stats at Soccerbase