Dennis Frank Wise was born on 16 December 1966 and is an English former professional football player and manager who played as a central midfielder.
31 Facts About Dennis Wise
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Dennis Wise is the president of Serie B side Como 1907.
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Dennis Wise is best known for having spent the majority of his career at Chelsea, from 1990 to 2001.
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Dennis Wise was a popular figure amongst the Chelsea support, and was named the club's Player of the Year on two occasions.
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Internationally, Dennis Wise was in and out of the squad for the England national football team, with the majority of his appearances coming in 2000, when Kevin Keegan was manager.
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Dennis Wise was named in the UEFA Euro 2000 squad, playing in all three of England's group games.
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Dennis Wise was briefly caretaker manager at Southampton, following the departure of Harry Redknapp, before he took over the reins at Swindon Town on a permanent basis.
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Dennis Wise has since worked as a pundit for Sky Sports.
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Dennis Wise started his career as an apprentice with Southampton, but was left without a club after he fell out with manager Lawrie McMenemy.
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Dennis Wise moved to Wimbledon on 28 March 1985 at the age of 18 on a free transfer and made his debut under manager Dave Bassett.
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Dennis Wise returned to Plough Lane following his loan spell and helped the club gain promotion to the Football League First Division in 1986.
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Dennis Wise was a member of the infamous Wimbledon "Crazy Gang" that reached the 1988 FA Cup Final.
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Dennis Wise made a decisive contribution in the Cup Winners' Cup final, a dinked pass over the Stuttgart defence setting up Gianfranco Zola to score the winner, moments after coming on as a substitute.
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Dennis Wise made just 17 league appearances, scoring st Liverpool, and was sent home from a pre-season tour of Finland and suspended by the club on 20 July 2002 after breaking the nose and jaw of teammate Callum Davidson in an argument.
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The Football League Disciplinary Commission later ruled that Dennis Wise had been harshly treated by Leicester and ordered that he be reinstated and given the maximum punishment of two weeks' wages.
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Dennis Wise then signed for Millwall on 24 September 2002 and became player-manager in 2003.
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Millwall were the first team from outside the top flight to reach the FA Cup final since Sunderland in 1992 when Dennis Wise led them to their first ever FA Cup Final in 2004.
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Dennis Wise decided to leave as a new regime entered the club.
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Dennis Wise returned to Southampton on a free transfer on 27 June 2005 and made 12 appearances for the club.
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Dennis Wise joined up with Micky Adams, who had been his manager whilst he was at Leicester.
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Dennis Wise made an emphatic start, beginning his spell with Coventry by scoring a goal in each of his first three games with the club, including a spectacular overhead kick from the edge of the penalty area against Hull City.
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Dennis Wise finished his Coventry career having scored six goals in thirteen appearances.
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Dennis Wise made his England debut on 1 May 1991 and scored the game's only goal as England defeated Turkey in a Euro 92 qualifying match at the Izmir Ataturk Stadium.
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Dennis Wise earned a recall to the England team in 1999, after four years away from the national setup, playing in the match against Belgium.
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Dennis Wise featured in three of the four friendly matches for England in the build-up to the Euro 2000 tournament in the Netherlands and Belgium and was included in the final squad by manager Kevin Keegan.
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On 22 May 2006, Dennis Wise was appointed Swindon Town player-manager on a three-year contract, with ex-Chelsea teammate Gustavo Poyet as his assistant.
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On 20 September 2006, Dennis Wise was linked with the vacant Leeds United managerial post, following the sacking of Kevin Blackwell.
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Dennis Wise received a standing ovation from fans and in a press conference unveiling him to the media, he said that he believed that it did not matter that he formerly played for Chelsea.
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Dennis Wise took over with the club second from bottom of the Championship and in a difficult financial position.
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On 29 January 2008, Newcastle United announced that Dennis Wise would be joining the club as Executive Director, an advisor to the board on footballing matters, reporting directly to the club chairman Chris Mort.
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Dennis Wise was selected as his relative youth and being a "bundle of energy" suited the new role that would involve "travelling around Europe and further afield".