Dean Nicholas Saunders was born on 21 June 1964 and is a Welsh football manager and former professional footballer.
24 Facts About Dean Saunders
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Dean Saunders played for Liverpool and Aston Villa in the 1990s, and set a new British transfer record when he joined the former from Derby County.
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Dean Saunders began at his hometown club Swansea City before playing for Brighton, Oxford United, Bradford City, Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United as well as spells at Galatasaray and Benfica.
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Dean Saunders was capped 75 times at senior level for Wales between 1986 and 2001, scoring 22 times, making him one of the nation's highest-scoring and most-capped players of all time, although Wales never qualified for any major international competitions while Saunders was playing for them.
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Dean Saunders turned professional in the summer of 1982, after Swansea had finished sixth in their debut season as a First Division club.
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Dean Saunders was an instant success as his six goals in the final 12 league games secured First Division survival.
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Dean Saunders made his Derby County debut on 29 October 1988 against Wimbledon in a First Division fixture at the Baseball Ground in which he scored twice.
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Dean Saunders scored 23 goals in all competitions, though just 10 of these were the league where the club only managed a sixth-place finish - one of their lowest positions since their current top flight tenure began in 1962.
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Dean Saunders scored twice against FC Tirol in the third round first leg and a hat-trick in the return game.
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Dean Saunders managed six goals in his first four league games including two on his home debut against the club who had sold him; he scored the winning goal at Anfield later in the season.
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Dean Saunders ended the campaign with 16 goals in total with 12 in the league, one being a 35-yard strike against Ipswich.
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Dean Saunders's only season at the City Ground was a disappointment with a shortage of goals which contributed to Forest's relegation before joining Sheffield United in Division One.
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Dean Saunders remained at Sheffield United for two years before another spell abroad with Benfica before moving back to the Premier League with newly promoted Bradford City.
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Dean Saunders was one of the Wales national team's most prolific goalscorers.
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Dean Saunders moved with Souness to Newcastle United in 2004, initially in the role of striker coach, and then later becoming first-team coach.
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Dean Saunders started the Certificate in Football Management course at the University of Warwick Business School in June 2007 and holds the UEFA Pro Licence coaching badge.
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Dean Saunders was allowed to combine the role with his position as assistant manager of Wales.
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Dean Saunders made several signings in the summer of 2010, and after an uncertain start, the team finished in the play-off positions.
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On 23 September 2011, Dean Saunders was named manager of Doncaster Rovers following their sacking of Sean O'Driscoll.
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On 7 January 2013 Dean Saunders was confirmed as the new Wolves manager on a one-year rolling contract, succeeding Stale Solbakken less than 48 hours after his dismissal, with both his assistant manager Brian Carey and fitness coach Mal Purchase at Doncaster making the move to Molineux.
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Dean Saunders stated that he hoped to remain in the job and "sort the club out from top to bottom", but his contract was terminated three days after relegation was confirmed, following only four months in the job.
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On 27 December 2014, Dean Saunders was named as interim manager of Crawley Town after John Gregory stepped down due to health problems.
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On 13 May 2015, Dean Saunders was appointed the manager of Chesterfield on a two-year contract following Paul Cook's departure for Portsmouth.
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In 2018 Callum Dean Saunders signed a professional contract with Nantwich Town.