Kieron Dyer

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Kieron Dyer
Personal information
Full name	Kieron Courtney Dyer
Date of birth	29 December 1978 (1978-12-29) (age 30)
Place of birth	Ipswich, England
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder, Winger
Club information
Current club	West Ham United
Number	7
Youth career
1995–1996	Ipswich Town
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–1999 1999–2007 2007–	Ipswich Town Newcastle United West Ham United	096 (11) 190 (23) 013 0(0)
National team2
1997 1997–1999 1998 1999–2007	England U20 England U21 England B England	004 0(0) 011 0(1) 003 0(0) 033 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:30, 6 December 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 21:14, 29 December 2008 (UTC) (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Kieron Courtney Dyer (born 29 December 1978 in Ipswich) is an English footballer, currently playing for West Ham United.

[edit] Club career

[edit] Ipswich Town

Dyer's football career began with his hometown team, Ipswich Town, whom he signed for as a 17-year-old trainee in 1996. He broke into the Ipswich first team during his first season at the club, and quickly established a reputation as one of the top youngsters in English football outside of the Premier League. He spent three years at Portman Road, then requested a transfer in order to further his international prospects, after Ipswich failed to gain promotion through the playoffs into the Premier League in 1999.

[edit] Newcastle United

Dyer was sold to Newcastle United in July 1999 for a fee of £6m, which is still the record transfer fee received by Ipswich Town. He was the only English player signed by Ruud Gullit during his spell as Newcastle's manager. Dyer opened his Newcastle goalscoring account at home to local rivals Sunderland, but the game ended in a 2-1 defeat, which saw Gullit resign shortly afterwards.

On 2 April 2005, Dyer was involved in a heated on-pitch brawl with teammate Lee Bowyer in Newcastle United's Premiership match with Aston Villa and both had to be pulled apart and separated by their teammates and other Villa players.^[1] This resulted in Dyer receiving a red card for that particular game plus a further three game ban. Bowyer received a more severe punishment of a four game ban and a fine of more than £200,000 - approximately six weeks wages - as it was adjudged that he had attacked Dyer.

At the start of the 2005-06 season Dyer was once again on the injured list, preventing his selection for club or country. This followed a close-season in which Newcastle manager Graeme Souness signed a number of other midfield players including Emre Belözoğlu, Scott Parker, Albert Luque and Nolberto Solano.

Dyer returned to first-team action on 4 February 2006 against Portsmouth, Newcastle's first game following the departure of Souness. Dyer marked his first start of the season since the opening day against Arsenal with a goal in the FA Cup fifth round match against Southampton on 18 February 2006.

Dyer became the first Newcastle United player to score at the Emirates Stadium in the 1-1 draw with Arsenal on 18 November 2006. In what was his first start in seven months, (since the 4-1 victory over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light), Dyer opened the scoring in the game after 30 minutes, with his first league goal for Newcastle in over 20 months. He continued his rich vein of form, also netting against Tottenham, Bolton, Birmingham, Aston Villa, AZ Alkmaar and Watford. Following his return from injury, Dyer showed his versatility by playing in central midfield, right midfield and as an attacking midfielder, supporting Obafemi Martins.

Dyer was given permission to speak to West Ham United in August 2007 after both clubs agreed an undisclosed transfer fee. On 4 August, West Ham United confirmed that the deal had fallen through due to Newcastle's pulling out of the deal. ^[2] However, the deal was rectified with Dyer finalising a move to Upton Park.

[edit] West Ham United

Dyer completed a move to West Ham on 16 August 2007 for £6m, signing a four year deal.^[3][4] He made his debut for West Ham in the 1-0 away win at Birmingham City on 18 August 2007.^[5] However, this has been one of the few positives in Dyer's time at West Ham as he has since been blighted by injury. Just ten days after his debut he was stretchered off after a tackle by Joe Jacobson in a Carling Cup match against Bristol Rovers, which resulted in his right leg being broken in two places.^[6] Dyer subsequently missed the rest of the 2007–08 season. His injury was re-assessed in August 2008 when it was decided that a six week specialist rehabilitation programme was required before he began pre-season training.^[7] On 3 January 2009, Dyer made his comeback for West Ham after 17 months out, coming on as a second half substitute against Barnsley in the FA Cup third round tie at Upton Park. ^[8] Dyer's injuries continued in May 2009 when he was ruled out with a hamstring injury. He played in West Ham's first game of the 2009/10 season against Wolves but had problems with injuries after this game. ^[9] He managed only one more game, away to Blackburn Rovers, before hamstring problems hit again. He returned for two further games before another injury in September kept him out until returning in a reserve game against Stoke City in November when he scored two goals. ^[10]

[edit] International career

After representing his country at Youth, Under 21, and 'B' level, his debut for England came on 4 September 1999 when he started in England's 6-0 win against Luxembourg. He then played for his country at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004.

After almost two years without making an appearance for England, his outstanding form for Newcastle earned him a call up to Steve McClaren's England Squad for the friendly against Spain on 7 February 2007. He started in place of Wayne Rooney (wearing the Number 9 shirt) and earned his 29th Cap. England lost 1-0 but Dyer was the high point in an otherwise lacklustre England performance. Dyer also came on as a substitute for Micah Richards in the 3-0 victory over Andorra on 28 March 2007, gaining his 30th cap.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kieron Dyer career stats at Soccerbase
• FootballDatabase provides Kieron Dyer's profile and stats

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