Dean Whitehead
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| Dean Whitehead | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Dean Whitehead | |
| Date of birth | January 21 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Abingdon, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Stoke City | |
| Number | 8 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1999-2004 2004- | Oxford United Sunderland | 122 (45) 139 (13) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals | ||
Dean Whitehead (born January 21, 1982 in Abingdon, Oxfordshire) is an English Stoke City midfielder. He featured for Sunderland A.F.C. from 2004 to 2009, captaining the team from 2006 onwards to his departure. In the summer transfer window of the 2009/2010 season Whitehead departed to Stoke for a fee of £3 million.
[edit] Sunderland History
Dean whitehead was brought to sunderland from the league two club Oxford United by Mick McCarthy for £150,000, and ever since then he has managed to stay in the starting 11 and retain the position as a key player for sunderland. His best ever sunderland goal was a 30 yard free kick against Tottenham Hotspur in 2006. In the 2007/2008 season he suffered a serious knee injury which took out about a quarter of his season, but he has since managed to return to fitness and get back in the team where he held down a place right until he left the club in the summer of 2009.
[edit] Awards
Sunderland player of the season 2005
[edit] External links
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