Dean Saunders
(Dean Nicholas Saunders)
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Born
1964 (62 years old)
Swansea, WalesPosition
Forward
Status
Retired
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White
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5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
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Dean Nicholas Saunders (born 21 June 1964) is a Welsh football manager and former professional footballer.
As a player, he was a striker in a career which lasted from 1982 until 2001. He played for Liverpool and Aston Villa in the 1990s, and set a new British transfer record when he joined the former from Derby County and was Aston Villa's record signing. He began at his home club Swansea City before also playing for Brighton, Oxford United, Bradford City, Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United as well as spells at 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 Wrexham and since then of Doncaster Rovers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Crawley Town and Chesterfield.
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 Turkish Cup |  Galatasaray | 1995-1996 | |
 English Football League Cup |  Aston Villa | 1993-1994 | |
 English FA Cup |  Liverpool | 1991-1992 |
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Former Youth Teams
 Swansea City | 1980-1982 | Youth | - | - |
Former Senior Teams
| Swansea City | 1982-1985 | Permanent | 49 app | 12 gls | |
 Cardiff City | 1985 | Loan | 4 app | 0 gls | |
 Brighton and Hove Albion | 1985-1987 | Permanent | 72 app | 21 gls | |
 Wales | 1986-2001 | International | - | - | |
 Oxford United | 1987-1988 | Permanent | 59 app | 22 gls | |
 Derby County | 1988-1991 | Permanent | 106 app | 42 gls | |
| Liverpool | 1991-1992 | Permanent | 42 app | 11 gls | |
| Aston Villa | 1992-1995 | Permanent | 112 app | 37 gls | |
| Galatasaray | 1995-1996 | Permanent | 27 app | 15 gls | |
 Nottingham Forest | 1996-1997 | Permanent | 43 app | 5 gls | |
 Sheffield United | 1997-1998 | Permanent | 43 app | 17 gls | |
 Benfica | 1998-1999 | Permanent | 17 app | 5 gls | |
 Bradford City | 1999-2001 | Permanent | 44 app | 3 gls |
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 Wrexham | 2008-2011 | Manager | - | - | |
 Doncaster Rovers | 2011-2013 | Manager | - | - | |
 Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2013 | Manager | - | - | |
 Crawley Town | 2014-2015 | Manager | - | - | |
 Chesterfield | 2015 | Manager | - | - |
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