Dean Whitehead
Dean Whitehead, the United Kingdom midfielder, made 200 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 14 times, averaging 0.07 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 2004-05, with 5 goals.
Dean Whitehead (born 12 January 1982) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is Darrell Clarke 's assistant manager at EFL League Two club Tranmere Rovers . A midfielder who occasionally played as a right-back, he made 622 league and cup appearances in a 19-year playing career, scoring 29 goals. Whitehead joined his local non-League club Abingdon Town before he signed for Football League club Oxford United in 1999. He played for Oxford in the Second Division until their relegation into the Third Division in 2001. He was signed by Championship club Sunderland in 2004. He won promotion in his first season with Sunderland, although they were relegated from the Premier League after one season. He was made captain by Roy Keane as Sunderland claimed an instant return to the top flight. After two more seasons in the north-east, Whitehead signed for Stoke City in 2009. He helped Stoke reach the 2011 FA Cup final , where the team finished runners-up to Manchester City . After spending four seasons with Stoke, Whitehead signed for Middlesbrough in 2013. He moved to Huddersfield Town two years later, helping them to get promoted from the Championship in 2017 before retiring in 2018. He has coached at Huddersfield Town, Shrewsbury Town , Port Vale , Beşiktaş (Turkey), Cardiff City , Watford , Barnsley , Stoke City, Blackburn Rovers , and Tranmere Rovers. — Wikipedia
- Position
- MF
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birthplace
- Abingdon-on-Thames
- Born
- 12 Jan 1982
- Height
- 180 cm
In June 2004, Whitehead signed for Championship club Sunderland on a free transfer . [ 41 ] Upon signing a three–year contract with the club, he revealed that his ambition and desire to play at a higher level was why he joined Sunderland. [ 42 ] Sunderland were ordered to pay £150,000 to Oxford at an FA tribunal, to compensate for the time and money put into his development. [ 43 ] Oxford would also receive 25% of any fee should Sunderland sell Whitehead. [ 44 ] Whitehead made his Sunderland debut, coming on as a late substitute for Ben Clark , in a 2–0 loss against Coventry City in the opening game of the season. [ 45 ] He quickly became a key member of the team, playing regularly despite facing competition from other midfielders. [ 46 ] His run in the first-team saw him praised by manager Mick McCarthy . [ 47 ] On 25 October 2004, he scored his first goal for the club, in a 1–0 win over Rotherham United . [ 48 ] He then scored his second goal of the season on 11 December, in a 2–0 win over Cardiff City . [ 49 ] Whitehead scored three more goals later in the season in games that ended up as Sunderland victories. [ 50 ] Following his good performance at Sunderland halfway through the season, he was given a new three-year contract during 2004–05 . [ 51 ] Despite missing out three matches during the season, as he went on to make forty–three appearances and scoring five times in all competitions. [ 52 ] He helped Sunderland to win the Championship in 2004–05, and was chosen as Players' Player of the Year by his teammates at the end of the season. [ 53 ] In the 2005–06 , Whitehead continued to establish himself in the starting eleven, with the club playing in the Premier League . [ 54 ] Despite the club's struggles in the Premier League at the start of the season, he made a positive impact for the side. [ 55 ] His performances earned him comparison to Manchester United's Roy Keane . [ 56 ] On 29 October 2005, he scored his first Premier League goal, in a 4–1 loss agains — Wikipedia
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