Dean Holdsworth

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Born
1968 (57 years old)
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Technical Director

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Coaching

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White

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Kidderminster Harriers

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English National League

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Dean Christopher Holdsworth (born 8 November 1968) is an English former professional football player and manager who is the technical director at National League club Kidderminster Harriers. As a striker he scored 257 goals in 726 league and cup games over a 22-year career. Despite playing for 16 clubs in 19 spells the majority of his goals and appearances came at Brentford, Wimbledon, and Bolton Wanderers. He is the twin brother of David Holdsworth.

As a player, he started his career at Watford in 1986, where he spent three years before signing with Brentford, following a short loan spell. A highly successful three years followed before he was signed by Wimbledon in 1992. After an impressive five-year spell, he transferred to Bolton Wanderers. He spent six years at Bolton before, in 2003, joining Coventry City, Rushden & Diamonds and then back to Wimbledon. In 2004, he signed with Havant & Waterlooville, where he spent one season before joining Derby County as player–assistant manager. In 2006, he dropped out of the Football League for the final time, joining Weymouth. Short spells followed at Heybridge Swifts, Cambridge United, and Newport County.

His management career started at Redbridge in 2007. After one season there, he took the reins at Newport County. In his second season with the club, he took them to the Conference South title with 28 points to spare. In January 2011, he switched clubs to take charge at League Two side Aldershot Town until his dismissal in February 2013. He took charge at Chelmsford City in May 2013 before resigning five months later. He returned to management for five months with Brentwood Town in June 2015. In March 2016, he led a consortium to purchase Bolton Wanderers. A year later, he sold his shares to fellow co-owner Ken Anderson due to disagreements with how he ran the club. he He joined Kidderminster Harriers as technical director in December 2023.

0 goals scored in the current 2026-2027 Season

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Former Youth Teams

Watford	0000-1986	Youth	-	-

Former Senior Teams

Watford	1986-1989	Permanent	16 app	3 gls
Carlisle United	1988	Loan	4 app	1 gls
Port Vale	1988	Loan	6 app	2 gls
Swansea City	1988	Loan	5 app	1 gls
Brentford	1988	Loan	7 app	1 gls
Brentford	1989-1992	Permanent	110 app	53 gls
Wimbledon FC	1992-1997	Permanent	167 app	58 gls
Bolton Wanderers	1997-2003	Permanent	158 app	39 gls
Coventry City	2002	Loan	6 app	0 gls
Coventry City	2003	Permanent	11 app	0 gls
AFC Rushden and Diamonds	2003	Permanent	7 app	2 gls
Wimbledon FC	2003-2004	Permanent	28 app	3 gls
Havant and Waterlooville	2004-2005	Permanent	42 app	24 gls
Derby County	2005-2006	Permanent	3 app	0 gls
Weymouth	2006	Permanent	4 app	0 gls
Heybridge Swifts	2006	Permanent	6 app	5 gls
Havant and Waterlooville	2006	Permanent	6 app	1 gls
Cambridge United	2007	Permanent	3 app	1 gls
Newport County	2007	Permanent	12 app	3 gls
Redbridge	2007-2008	Permanent	0 app	0 gls