Dean Saunders
Saunders in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dean Nicholas Saunders | ||
| Date of birth | 21 June 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1982 | Swansea City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1985 | Swansea City | 49 | (12) |
| 1985 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1985–1987 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 72 | (21) |
| 1987–1988 | Oxford United | 59 | (22) |
| 1988–1991 | Derby County | 106 | (42) |
| 1991–1992 | Liverpool | 42 | (11) |
| 1992–1995 | Aston Villa | 112 | (37) |
| 1995–1996 | Galatasaray | 27 | (15) |
| 1996–1997 | Nottingham Forest | 43 | (5) |
| 1997–1998 | Sheffield United | 43 | (17) |
| 1998–1999 | Benfica | 17 | (5) |
| 1999–2001 | Bradford City | 44 | (3) |
| Total | 618 | (190) | |
| National team | |||
| 1986–2001 | Wales | 75 | (22) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008–2011 | Wrexham | ||
| 2011–2013 | Doncaster Rovers | ||
| 2013 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| 2014–2015 | Crawley Town | ||
| 2015 | Chesterfield | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Dean Nicholas Saunders (born 21 June 1964) is a Welsh football manager and former professional footballer who played as a striker in a career which lasted from 1982 until 2001. He was most recently the manager of Chesterfield.
He was a high-profile Premier League player in the 1990s for both Liverpool and Aston Villa, and set a new British transfer record when he joined the former from Derby County. He began at his hometown club Swansea City before also playing for Brighton, Oxford United, Bradford City, Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United as well as spells abroad at both Galatasaray and Benfica.
He was capped 75 times at senior level for Wales between 1986 and 2001, scoring 22 times, making him one of the nation's highest-scoring and most-capped players of all time, although Wales never qualified for any major international competitions while Saunders was playing for them.
Following his retirement from playing in 2001, he entered football coaching and then management, firstly of non-league Wrexham (2008–2011) and since then of Doncaster Rovers (2011–2013), Wolverhampton Wanderers (2013), Crawley Town (2014–2015), and Chesterfield (2015).
Saunders was born in Swansea and began his career with Swansea City, where his father Roy had been a player and coach, signing as an apprentice on leaving school in 1980.
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