1. David John Ian Dunn was born on 27 December 1979 and is an English former professional football player, manager and coach.
52 Facts About David Dunn
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David Dunn made his only appearance for England in 2002.
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David Dunn remained there until 2015, with them now a Championship club, when he signed for Oldham Athletic, his final club as a player before his retirement under a year later.
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David Dunn was player-manager at Oldham between September 2015 and January 2016 and then Blackburn's under-23s and first-team assistant coach.
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David John Ian Dunn was born on 27 December 1979 in Great Harwood, Lancashire.
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David Dunn joined Blackburn Rovers as a trainee at the beginning of 1997 and quickly impressed the reserve team.
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David Dunn made his debut during a goalless draw with Everton on 26 September 1998.
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David Dunn came off the bench after 70 minutes but was taken off after just 11 minutes on the pitch, due to the sending off of Martin Dahlin.
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The end of the year saw David Dunn being linked a move away from Blackburn Rovers, as Preston North End wanted to sign him on loan.
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David Dunn began the season when he appeared in a number of matches, either starting a match and coming on as a substitute, without able to play the whole game for the side.
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David Dunn then spend the next two months playing for the reserve side, though he did return to the first-team once, coming against Leeds United in the third round of the League Cup.
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David Dunn later withdrew the transfer request a month later.
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David Dunn then scored in the next two matches, against Nottingham Forest and Watford.
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David Dunn reached double figures in terms of goals in 2000 after scoring five more goals, including a brace against Crystal Palace on 22 December.
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David Dunn then scored three goals throughout April and then helped Blackburn achieve promotion back to the Premier League for the first time since 1999.
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David Dunn later reflected on his performance on his column for the Lancashire Telegraph.
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Since returning from injury, David Dunn continued his good form in the season and regained his place in the midfield position.
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David Dunn started the season well, scoring two goals in two separate weeks against Liverpool and Chelsea.
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Subsequently, David Dunn was ready to move on to another club in the summer.
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David Dunn even turned down a contract extension from Blackburn Rovers, further doubting his stay at the club.
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David Dunn later said that he regretted leaving Blackburn Rovers for Birmingham City.
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David Dunn later spoke about his embarrassing incident on numerous occasions.
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The beginning of his second season saw David Dunn continuing to recover from his injury.
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David Dunn quickly re-established himself in the heart of the Birmingham midfield and chipped in some vital goals despite suffering from injury along the way.
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However, David Dunn was plagued with injuries throughout the first half of the season.
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David Dunn rejected a move to Bolton Wanderers in favour of returning to his boyhood club.
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David Dunn then hit top form for Rovers, scoring first goals in the Premier League including strikes against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aston Villa, Arsenal, Bolton Wanderers and a memorable equaliser against local rivals Burnley at Ewood Park.
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Since returning from injury, David Dunn regained his first-team place, playing in the midfield position for the next two months.
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However, David Dunn suffered a knee injury that kept him out for a month.
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David Dunn was released by Blackburn following the end of his contract on 1 July 2014, but re-signed for the club on 11 July of the same year.
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However, David Dunn suffered a minor knock that eventually kept him out for the month.
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On 30 July 2015, David Dunn signed for League One club Oldham Athletic on a one-year deal.
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David Dunn represented England at international level and was first called up to the England U18 squad for the first time and made his debut for the U18 squad on 12 February 1998.
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David Dunn was then a part of their squad for the 1998 UEFA European Championship in Cyprus, where they were eliminated in the Group Stage.
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In November 1998, David Dunn was called up to the Under-21 squad for the first time.
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In May 2000, David Dunn was called up to the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Slovakia.
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David Dunn played two times in the tournament, as England were eliminated in the Group Stage.
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David Dunn was called up for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship and played three times, as they finished last in their group.
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David Dunn was considered to be in the England squad for the FIFA World Cup, but he did not make the final cut.
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Three months later, on 3 September 2002, David Dunn was called up to the England for the first time and made his first cap on 7 September 2002, when he replaced Steven Gerrard against Portugal at half-time.
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On 13 September 2015, following the sacking of Darren Kelly, David Dunn was appointed as the caretaker manager of his playing club Oldham Athletic, with him supposed to remain in that position until a permanent replacement was found.
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David Dunn's departure led to the exits of Dean Holden and Keith Brown, who were both members of David Dunn's coaching staff.
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David Dunn left the club sat in twenty-second place, with Dunn being replaced by heavily experienced John Sheridan a day later.
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On 25 February 2016, David Dunn returned to his former playing club Blackburn Rovers to work alongside his former teammate Damien Johnson in the academy set-up as the under-23s assistant coach.
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On 22 February 2017, David Dunn was promoted to first-team coach under new manager Tony Mowbray.
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David Dunn remained in that role until the end of the season; he reverted to his previous position after Blackburn were relegated to League One.
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David Dunn departed Blackburn for the third time in June 2018, in order to concentrate on his family and other business interests outside of football.
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In January 2020, David Dunn joined League One side Blackpool as an assistant coach.
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In July 2020, David Dunn became linked with the vacant managerial position at Barrow, whose previous manager Ian Evatt had recently departed to join Bolton Wanderers just shortly after guiding the club to promotion into the English Football League.
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David Dunn left the club following the sacking of Andy Crosby in February 2024.
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David Dunn was in a relationship with actress Sammy Winward; the couple were once engaged and had a daughter named Mia.
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David Dunn later went onto business with former teammate Garry Flitcroft, running a timber firm named Flitcraft.