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Ian Dunbavin
Personal information
Full name Ian Stuart Dunbavin
Date of birth (1980-05-27) 27 May 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Huyton, England[1]
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Liverpool 0 (0)
2000–2004 Shrewsbury Town 99 (0)
2004 → Morecambe (loan) 3 (0)
2004–2006 Halifax Town 53 (0)
2006 → Scarborough (loan) 14 (0)
2006–2014 Accrington Stanley 151 (0)
2014 → Chesterfield (loan) 0 (0)
Total 320 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Stuart Dunbavin (born 27 May 1980) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently a free agent following his release from Accrington Stanley in July 2014.

Career

Born in Huyton, Merseyside, Dunbavin played in the youth team at Liverpool but did not get a first team game so left for Shrewsbury Town in 2000. In 2004, after playing more than 100 times for Shrewsbury, he joined Halifax Town. He had a spell at Scarborough before joining Accrington Stanley in the summer of 2006.

In January 2009, Dunbavin was arrested on suspicion of assault and affray by Merseyside Police, as a result of a bar brawl, for which Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard had previously been arrested.[2] He later admitted to the charge of affray.[3] In August 2009, Dunbavin was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison, suspended for a year, for his part in the brawl. He was also ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work, and expressed "remorse and shame" for throwing two punches at the victim.[4]

On 2 January 2014, Dunbavin signed for Chesterfield on a one-month emergency loan.[5] He returned to Accrington Stanley at the end of the season, and was released by the club on 5 July 2014.[6]

He now coaches the young stoppers at U9 to U16 level. He returned to Liverpool's academy on a part-time basis in 2014 and turned full-time in October 2016.[7]

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J. (ed) (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ "Accrington Stanley goalkeeper arrested over Steven Gerrard alleged bar brawl". Liverpool Echo. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Gerrard cleared after bar brawl". BBC. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Six sentenced over Gerrard brawl". BBC. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Dunbavin Signs for Spireites". Chesterfield F.C. 2 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Dunbavin Leaves Club". Accrington Stanley F.C. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  7. ^ https://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/academy/staff/ian-dunbavin
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