Dean Holden

Dean Holden

Personal information
Full name	Dean Thomas John Holden
Date of birth	15 September 1979 (1979-09-15)
Place of birth	Salford, England
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Rochdale
Number	17
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2002	Bolton Wanderers	13	(1)
2001	→ Valur (loan)	7	(0)
2001–2002	→ Oldham Athletic (loan)	23	(2)
2002–2005	Oldham Athletic	85	(8)
2005–2007	Peterborough United	56	(4)
2007–2009	Falkirk	48	(2)
2009–2011	Shrewsbury Town	50	(0)
2010	→ Rotherham United (loan)	6	(0)
2011–2012	Chesterfield	31	(3)
2011–2012	→ Rochdale (loan)	7	(0)
2012–	Rochdale	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:56, 4 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Dean Thomas John Holden (born 15 September 1979) is an English footballer who currently plays for Rochdale in League One.

Career

Born in Salford, Greater Manchester, Holden started his career with Bolton Wanderers and then moved on to Oldham Athletic after a successful loan period. After over 100 first-team appearances for them he joined Peterborough United in 2005. He was made captain but, with his contract close to expiry, he was transferred to Falkirk on 1 January 2007 for an undisclosed fee. Holden is nominally a right back but can also play as a centre back or left back. He occasionally played in central midfield while with Peterborough, largely due to the absence of Paul Carden.

Despite his English birth and having played for the England Youth team, Holden qualifies to represent Northern Ireland through his grandparents (from Omagh) and was called up to their full squad for the first time in June 2007. On January 27, 2008, Holden received a broken leg, after a late tackle by Celtic's Stephen McManus, during Falkirk's 1–0 home defeat.

Holden signed a two-year contract with Shrewsbury Town on 26 June 2009. On 5 August 2010 Holden signed on loan at Rotherham United, initially for only one month but this was extended twice until he was recalled early by Shrewsbury on 20 October. On 31 January 2011, Holden had his contract cancelled by mutual agreement and he became a free agent. Chesterfield FC signed him on 3 February 2011 in a short term contract that will expire at the current season's end.

On November 3rd 2011, Holden joined Rochdale AFC on loan until January 2012. At the same time, central defender Neal Trotman made the move from Rochdale to Chesterfield.

On the 3 January Holden made his loan switch permanent on a six month contract with Trotman signing on a permanent basis in the opposite direction.

Honours

Chesterfield FC

• Football League 2 winner 2010/11

Personal life

In June 2006, Holden married television presenter Danielle Nicholls. They live in Worsley and have three children.

External links

• Dean Holden career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database