18 Facts About Sean Dyche

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Sean Mark Dyche is an English professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Premier League club Everton.

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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 after they had performed poorly throughout the season.

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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 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 re-join AFC Bournemouth.

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Sean Dyche was named Championship manager of the month for September 2013, and led Burnley to their best start to a season since they were founded in 1882.

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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, an impressive start to their second successive top-flight season after finishing 16th the season prior.

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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's father was a management consultant at British Steel Corporation, working in Egypt, India, and Corby.