Dean Shiels

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Dean Shiels
Full name	Dean Shiels
Date of birth	February 1, 1985 (1985-02-01) (age 23)
Place of birth	Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Hibernian
Number	22
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2004 2004-	Arsenal Hibernian	000 00(0) 098 0(21)
National team²
2005-	Northern Ireland	004 00(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 25, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of May 9, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Dean Shiels (born 1 February 1985, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish professional footballer currently playing for Hibernian in the Scottish Premier League. He was previously contracted to Arsenal, but made no first team appearances for the club.

In early 2006, Shiels had an operation to remove his right eye. He had been blind in that eye since a domestic accident when he was eight years old. In recent years, the eye had been giving him headaches and other problems, and it was agreed with his club that surgery was the best solution^[1].

Shiels returned to action later in 2006^[2] and re-established himself in Hibs' first team squad in the 2006-07 season, scoring in the team's first two league matches.

Shiels scored his first professional hat-trick for Hibs on 12 January 2008 in a 3-0 win over Inverness CT in the Scottish Cup. Shiels is one of the most popular players with Hibernian fans, with regular cheers of 'Deano, Deano' ringing out from the Easter Road crowd.

Shiels won his first Northern Ireland cap against Portugal in November 2005^[3] and has won four caps to date^[4].