1. Sean Mark Dyche is an English professional football manager and former footballer who was most recently the manager of Premier League club Everton.
23 Facts About Sean Dyche
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Sean Dyche played for Bristol City, Luton Town, Millwall, Watford and Northampton Town.
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Sean Dyche was promoted with three of his six clubs.
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Sean Dyche was dismissed by Burnley in April 2022, when the club was in the relegation zone; the dismissal was widely criticised.
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Sean Dyche then joined Everton in January 2023, before getting sacked two years later in January 2025.
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Sean Dyche was a youth-team player at Nottingham Forest in the late 1980s, while Brian Clough was manager.
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Sean Dyche broke his leg early in his career, which Dyche claims held him back.
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Sean Dyche was present at the Hillsborough disaster, having travelled to the stadium as part of the Forest youth side.
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Sean Dyche left Forest in early 1990 without making a first-team appearance, and signed for Chesterfield, where he later became captain.
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Sean Dyche was part of the team that reached the FA Cup semi-finals in 1997.
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Sean Dyche left Chesterfield for Bristol City in 1997, helping them win promotion to Division One in his first season.
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City were relegated the following season, during which Sean Dyche spent time on loan at Luton Town.
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Sean Dyche moved to Millwall at the end of the campaign, where he won promotion to Division One in 2001 and came close to a Premier League place the following year, losing to eventual promotion winners Birmingham City in the play-offs.
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Mackay left to join Cardiff City in June 2011, and Sean Dyche was promoted to manager.
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Sean Dyche joined the England national under-21 football team as a temporary member of the backroom staff in September 2012, but the following month became manager of Burnley, succeeding Eddie Howe, who had left the club to rejoin Bournemouth.
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Sean Dyche was involved in the design and had willingly tailored his transfer spending as he and the board focused on the club's infrastructure and future.
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In January 2018, Sean Dyche signed a new contract with Burnley to remain as manager until the summer of 2022.
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Sean Dyche had guided Burnley to seventh place in the Premier League at the time of signing his contract.
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On 15 April 2022, Sean Dyche was dismissed by Burnley after being with the club for nine and a half years.
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On 30 January 2023, Sean Dyche was appointed manager of Premier League club Everton on a two-and-a-half-year contract, replacing Frank Lampard.
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Sean Dyche took his team into the final day of the season on 28 May 2023, with Everton holding a two-point lead in 17th over fellow relegation rivals Leicester City and Leeds United.
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Sean Dyche grew up as an admirer of Liverpool, but was a Kettering Town supporter.
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Sean Dyche's father was a management consultant at British Steel Corporation, working in Egypt, India, and Corby.