| Dean Saunders | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dean Nicholas Saunders | |
| Date of birth | 21 June 1964 | |
| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Swansea ( Abertawe "mouth of the Tawe " is a city and county in Wales. 73 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Wales (assistant manager) | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1980–1982 | Swansea City | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1982–1985 1985 1985–1987 1987–1988 1988–1991 1991–1992 1992–1995 1995–1996 1996–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2001 |
Swansea City → Cardiff City (loan) Brighton & Hove Albion Oxford United Derby County Liverpool Aston Villa Galatasaray Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Benfica Bradford City Total |
49 (12) 4 (0) 72 (21) 59 (22) 106 (42) 42 (11) 110 (37) 27 (15) 43 (5) 43 (17) 17 (5) 45 (3) 617 (190) |
| National team | ||
| 1986–2001 | Wales | 75 (22) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Dean Nicholas Saunders (born 21 June 1964 in Swansea) was a Welsh footballer who played as a striker in a professional career which lasted from 1982 until 2001. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Swansea ( Abertawe "mouth of the Tawe " is a city and county in Wales. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
He is probably best known for playing for Aston Villa. However he also played for Swansea City, Cardiff City(on loan), Brighton, Oxford United, Derby County, Liverpool, Galatasaray, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Benfica and Bradford City. Swansea City AFC ( Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Abertawe) is a Welsh football team playing in the Coca Cola Championship from Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club are an English football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. For the Northern Irish football club see Oxford United Stars F Derby County Football Club is a professional football club based at Pride Park Stadium in Derby England. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Sport Lisboa e Benfica (spɔɾ liʒˈboɐ i bɐ̃ĩˈfikɐ commonly referred to as simply Benfica, S Bradford City Association Football Club (also known as The Bantams, and previously The Paraders) is an English football club based in Bradford
He is currently working as an assistant manager to Wales manager John Toshack. John Benjamin Toshack OBE (born 22 March 1949) is a Welsh football manager and former player He is also an occasional pundit for the BBC, sometimes providing analysis on Wales's matches.
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Career
Saunders began his career with Swansea City, where his father Roy had been a player and coach, signing as an apprentice on leaving school in 1980. Swansea City AFC ( Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Abertawe) is a Welsh football team playing in the Coca Cola Championship from Roy Saunders (born 4 September, 1930) is a former professional footballer He played almost 50 games for Swansea, signing as a professional in 1982 and turning out for them in the two seasons in which they completed two successive relegations that pushed the club from the First Division to the Third. The Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League between 1993 and 2004 and the highest division of English football overall between From the 1992-93 to the 2003-04 season, the Football League Third Division was the third-highest division of The Football League and the fourth-highest
During his time at the club was loaned out to Welsh rivals Cardiff City. Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. He joined Brighton & Hove Albion on a free transfer for the 1984–85 season and remained there until February 1987, when he was snapped up by First Division strugglers Oxford United. Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club are an English football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. The Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League between 1993 and 2004 and the highest division of English football overall between For the Northern Irish football club see Oxford United Stars F Saunders immediately settled into the Oxford squad and his goals helped them avoid relegation at the end of the 1986-87 season. But his efforts were not enough to save Oxford from going down in bottom place at the end of the 1987–88 season. Saunders began the 1988–89 season still in the Second Division, but was soon sold to Derby County for £1million and Oxford manager Mark Lawrenson was later sacked by the club's board after he complained to them about selling Saunders. Mark Thomas Lawrenson (born 2 June, 1957 in Preston, England) is a former professional football player a defender in the Liverpool
Saunders made his Derby County debut on 29 October 1988 against Wimbledon in a First Division fixture at the Baseball Ground. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) This article refers to the original club from London which existed until 2004 The Baseball Ground was a stadium in Derby, UK. It was first used for Baseball as the home of Derby County Baseball Club from 1890 until He made an impressive start at his new club scoring twice in his first game. In his first season at his new club he scored 14&nsbp;goals. His goals helped Derby finish an impressive fifth in the 1988–89 First Division table—their highest finish since they were league champions in 1975—but they were unable to compete in the UEFA Cup due to the ban on English teams in European competition following the Heysel Disaster of 1985. Derby County Football Club is a professional football club based at Pride Park Stadium in Derby England. The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA. The Heysel Stadium disaster occurred owing to Football hooliganism in which a retaining wall of the Heysel Stadium in Brussels collapsed on May 29
He scored 17 league goals in the 1990–91 season but Derby still went down in bottom place. Derby's relegation saw most of the country's top clubs queue up in their bid to capture his services, and Everton were favourites to sign him. But Saunders ended up at Liverpool, who paid a then English record fee of £2. 9million to capture him as successor for Everton-bound Peter Beardsley. Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE (born 18 January 1961, Newcastle upon Tyne) is a renowned English former footballer of
In 1991–92, Saunders partnered Ian Rush (also his strike partner for Wales) in a formidable strikerforce backed by young Steve McManaman which saw the club win the FA Cup for the fifth time in its history in manager Graeme Souness's first full season in charge. Ian James Rush, MBE (born 20 October 1961) is a Welsh former footballer who played as a Striker and is best known for playing The Wales national football team represents Wales in international men's football. Steven "Steve" McManaman (born 11 February 1972 in Bootle, Merseyside, England) is an English former footballer of the The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after Graeme James Souness (ˈsuːnɨs (born 6 May, 1953 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager In September 1992, Saunders was transferred to Aston Villa for £2. 5million and was an instant hit with the Villa Park faithful. He developed a strong partnership with Dalian Atkinson and the pair's goals guided Villa to an impressive runners-up finish in the first season of the Premier League. Dalian Robert Atkinson (born 21 March, 1968 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire) is an English former footballer who played as a The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs Although Villa's league form slipped in 1993–94 and they finished 10th, Saunders scored twice in the League Cup final to secure victory over Manchester United at Wembley, securing a second successive UEFA Cup campaign for the midlanders. original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA.
Saunders hit the target 15 times in the 1994–95 season but Villa came one place short of relegation—two years after they came one place short of the league title.
As part of new Villa manager Brian Little's rebuilding programme, which resulted in most of the Ron Atkinson era of players being sold, Saunders was off-loaded to Turkish club Galatasaray and old Liverpool manager Graeme Souness. Brian Little can refer to William Brian Little, financier and founding partner of Forstmann Little & Company Brian Little (footballer, English Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches In fact, according to Shelley Webb's book Footballers' Wives, the first Saunders' wife Helen knew of the move was when she went to Turkey with him one weekend, to find that by Monday he'd signed for the Istanbul club and this was her new home. Shelley Webb is a TV presenter writer and sports journalist perhaps most famous for writing the book "Footballer's Wives". Footballers' Wives is a British television Drama surrounding the fictional premiership football club Earls Park F Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey
Saunders spent one season at Galatasaray, before he returned to the Premiership with Nottingham Forest in 1996. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English professional football club based at the City Ground in West Bridgford, a suburb of Nottingham His only season at the City Ground was a disappointment with a shortage of goals which contributed to Forest's relegation. The City Ground is a football stadium in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Trent. Aftrer another spell abroad with Benfica (again under Souness), he joined Sheffield United in Division One, where he remained for two years before moving back to the Premier League with newly promoted Bradford City. Sport Lisboa e Benfica (spɔɾ liʒˈboɐ i bɐ̃ĩˈfikɐ commonly referred to as simply Benfica, S Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons Bradford City Association Football Club (also known as The Bantams, and previously The Paraders) is an English football club based in Bradford He remained at Bradford for three years until he finally hung up his boots in the 2001–02 season.
International
Dean Saunders was one of the Welsh national side's most prolific goalscorers. He made his Welsh debut as a 21-year-old against the Republic of Ireland in 1986. The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in international football. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) He was capped 75 times and scored a creditable 22 goals, putting him fourth on the all time Wales list behind Ian Rush, Ivor Allchurch and Trevor Ford. Ian James Rush, MBE (born 20 October 1961) is a Welsh former footballer who played as a Striker and is best known for playing Ivor John Allchurch MBE ( October 16, 1929 - July 10, 1997) was a Welsh footballer Trevor Ford ( October 1, 1923 - May 29 2003) was a Welsh international Center forward who played for Aston Villa No Welsh fan will ever forget his goal which secured a famous 1-0 win over the mighty Brazil in Cardiff in 1991. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Cardiff ( 'kɑːdɪf) is the Capital and the largest city and county in Wales. He won the last of his 75 caps as a replacement in the World Cup qualifier against the Ukraine on the 28 March 2001, a few months short of his 37th birthday. The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Saunders is rated alongside the likes of Ian Rush and Mark Hughes when Welsh fans discuss who the greatest Welsh striker of all time was. Leslie Mark Hughes (born 1 November 1963 in Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales) nicknamed Sparky, is a former Welsh international football
Coaching
He initially became a coach at Bradford after his retirement, and then moved to Newcastle United F.C. in 2004, initially as strikers coach, and then first-team coach under old boss Graeme Souness. Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English football club based in Newcastle upon Whilst at Newcastle, he became famous for his "Dean Saunders mime show" where he stood at the touchline and made random hand signals to players which to most were undecipherable. Many at St James commented that it was like watching a game of charades. Souness was sacked on 2 February 2006 due to a run of poor results, and his entire backroom team including Saunders were also replaced. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Saunders started the Certificate in Football Management course at the University of Warwick Business School in June 2007. [1]
In June 2007, Saunders was appointed assistant manager to John Toshack for the Wales national football team. John Benjamin Toshack OBE (born 22 March 1949) is a Welsh football manager and former player The Wales national football team represents Wales in international men's football.
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