Dean Holdsworth

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Dean Holdsworth
Personal information
Full name	Dean Christopher Holdsworth[1]
Date of birth	8 November 1968 (1968-11-08) (age 40)
Place of birth	Walthamstow, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Newport County (Manager)
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986–1989 1988 1988 1988 1988 1989–1992 1992–1997 1997–2003 2002 2003 2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005 2006 2006–2007 2007 2007 2007–2008	Watford → Carlisle United (loan) → Port Vale (loan) → Swansea City (loan) → Brentford (loan) Brentford Wimbledon Bolton Wanderers → Coventry City (loan) Coventry City Rushden & Diamonds Wimbledon Havant & Waterlooville Derby County Weymouth Heybridge Swifts Cambridge United Newport County Redbridge	016 0(3) 004 0(1) 006 0(2) 005 0(1) 007 0(1) 110 (53) 169 (58) 158 (39) 006 0(0) 011 0(0) 007 0(2) 028 0(3) 048 (25) 003 0(0) 005 0(0) 003 0(1) 012 0(3) 00? 0(?)
National team2
1994	England B	001 0(1) [2]
Teams managed
2007–2008 2008–	Redbridge Newport County
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:45, 19 February 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 19:45, 19 February 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Dean Christopher Holdsworth (born 8 November 1968 in Walthamstow, London) is an English former professional football player, now manager at Welsh club Newport County, who play in English Conference South.

His twin brother David is also an ex-professional footballer, now managing Mansfield Town, having taken up his position in December 2008.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Managerial career 3 Outside football 4 References

[edit] Playing career

Holdsworth previously played for a number of clubs, most notably Wimbledon, where he was a member of the infamous Crazy Gang alongside Vinnie Jones, John Fashanu and Dennis Wise, and Bolton Wanderers for whom he was, at the time, their record signing. When there he made 97 league appearances and scored 39 times.

Holdsworth is a member of the Wimbledon Old Players Association and is a popular member of their Masters and XI side.

Holdsworth earned an England B cap in the 4-2 win against Northern Ireland B on May 10, 1994 at Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, scoring the 1st goal for England's B team.^[2]

Holdsworth started his career at Watford and had several loan spells out of the club before joining Brentford.

At Brentford he was to prove himself as a prolific goalscorer, scoring 38 goals in the Third Division championship winning season of 1991-92. This proved to be his final season with the club, as his exploits led to much interest from higher level clubs and he signed for Wimbledon in the summer of 1992.

He also had a spell at Derby County, where he was signed as assistant manager,^[3] but played as a striker during an injury crisis,^[4] leaving the club when manager Phil Brown was sacked in January 2006.

Holdsworth joined Newport County on a short term contract in February 2007 and was released at the end of the 2006-07 season.

[edit] Managerial career

Holdsworth was appointed as player-manager of Isthmian League club Redbridge in July 2007.

He then made a return to Newport County in May 2008 as their new manager in succession to Peter Beadle after handing in his resignation at Redbridge. He also relocated to Worcester to accommodate his new role at Newport County. After an initial poor start to the first season under Holdsworth, Newport improved in the second half of the season to finish 10th in the league. Holdsworth was awarded the Blue Square South Manager of the Month award for April 2009.

[edit] Outside football

Holdsworth was involved in tabloid scandal in 1996 when he had a highly publicised extramarital affair with topless model Linsey Dawn McKenzie, who was then aged 17.^[5]

In December 1999 he was sentenced to 18 months probation for punching his wife Samantha Holdsworth. ^[6]

Holdworth appeared in reality television series Deadline where ten celebrities had to produce their own weekly celebrity magazine. He was the sixth celebrity to be sacked by Janet Street-Porter.

Holdsworth participated in the second series of Sky One reality TV series Cirque De Celebrité. He was voted out by the judges in the first episode on Sunday, 7 October 2007. Tamara (another contestant) joined him in the bottom two, but was voted to stay in the competition by the three judges. However, because of a technical fault with the voting, Dean was asked to re-join the show.

[edit] References

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