Dean Bowditch

Dean Bowditch
Personal information
Full name Dean Peter Bowditch
Date of birth (1986-06-15) 15 June 1986
Place of birth Bishop's Stortford, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Midfielder / Striker
Club information
Current team
Milton Keynes Dons
Number 9
Youth career
Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2009 Ipswich Town 72 (8)
2005Burnley (loan) 10 (1)
2006Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 11 (1)
2006Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 3 (1)
2007–2008Northampton Town (loan) 10 (2)
2008Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 5 (0)
2008–2009Brentford (loan) 9 (2)
2009–2011 Yeovil Town 71 (25)
2011– Milton Keynes Dons 149 (31)
National team
2001–2002 England U16 8 (0)
2002–2003 England U17 5 (0)
2004–2005 England U19 6 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:54, 2 February 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:21, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Dean Peter Bowditch (born 15 June 1986) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder or striker for Milton Keynes Dons. Bowditch started his career with Ipswich Town as a trainee before being selected for the first team in 2003.

Family

He has an older brother Ben Bowditch, who plays for Potter's Bar Town.

Career

Ipswich Town

He made his Ipswich Town first team debut in March 2003, aged 16, when he came off the bench against local rivals Norwich City, a match in which Ipswich won 2–0. The following season, becoming the youngest Ipswich player to score a hat-trick, against Watford. He picked up the Dale Roberts award as the best performer from the academy for 2003–04. A series of injuries saw Bowditch feature less for the Ipswich first team and he was loaned to Burnley, Wycombe and Brighton. On 22 November 2008 he signed a one-month loan deal at Northampton Town.

On 11 February 2008, Bowditch agreed to re-join Brighton on loan, initially for one-month. On 31 October 2008, he joined Brentford on loan until January 2009, with an option to be recalled after one month.[1]

Ipswich released Bowditch at the end of the 2008–09 season.[2]

Yeovil Town

Bowditch signed a one-year deal with League One club Yeovil on 30 July 2009.[3] He scored on his debut against Tranmere but was later injured. On 14 November, he returned from injury and scored as a second-half substitute in Yeovil's 1–0 win over Southend. He scored his ninth goal of the season against Leeds United on 5 April 2010 in a 2–1 defeat. He reached double figures for the season with the opener against Millwall on Tuesday 13 April 2010. He finished the season as Yeovil's top scorer. On 16 June 2010, he signed a new contract with Yeovil. He was informed by the club at the end of the 2010/11 season that he was one of seven Yeovil players who would be awarded new contracts.[4] He rejected this contract offer and left Yeovil.

Milton Keynes Dons

On 20 June 2011, Dean Bowditch signed a two-year deal with MK Dons,[5] becoming manager Karl Robinson's first signing of the 2011/12 season. Despite playing as a striker for most of his career he has spent the majority of his spell at the Dons playing wide left, providing 13 assists and scoring 15. He has become a fan favourite for the Dons and was their top scorer and topped the assist table for the 2012/13 season, despite being primarily deployed as a winger or a wide midfielder. On 10 March 2014, Bowditch signed a new one-year deal with the Dons.[6]

Career statistics

As of 6 May 2014.[7]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ipswich Town 2002–03[8] First Division 40000000 40
2003–04[9] First Division 164102110 205
2004–05[10] Championship 213002010 243
2005–06[11] Championship 210001000 220
2006–07[12] Championship 91001000 101
2007–08[13] Championship 00000000 00
2008–09[14] Championship 10001000 20
Total 728107120829
Burnley (loan) 2004–05[10] Championship 101000000 101
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2005–06[11] League Two 111000000 111
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 2006–07[12] League One 31000010 41
2007–08[13] League One 50000000 50
Total 8100001091
Northampton Town (loan) 2007–08[13] League One 102000000 102
Brentford (loan) 2008–09[14] League Two 92000000 92
Yeovil Town 2009–10[15] League One 3010000000 3010
2010–11[16] League One 4115201010 4515
Total 71252010107525
Milton Keynes Dons 2011–12[17] League One 4112433030 5115
2012–13[18] League One 398533110 4812
2013–14[19] League One 121100000 131
2014–15[20] League One 407103010 457
2015–16[21] Championship 223300000 253
Total 14931146915018238
Career Total 300651761739034873
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League Trophy and Play-off matches.

References

  1. "Dean Completes Loan". Ipswich Town Official Site. 31 October 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  2. "Town Release Seven". Club Fanzine. 8 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-05-11. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
  3. "Striker Dean Signs". Yeovil Town Official Site. 30 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
  4. "Terry Skiverton offers seven new Yeovil Town deals". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 5 May 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  5. "MK Dons sign Dean Bowditch from Yeovil Town". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 21 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  6. "Bowditch pens new deal". Milton Keynes Dons FC. 10 March 2014.
  7. "Dean Bowditch". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  8. "Games played by Dean Bowditch in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  9. "Games played by Dean Bowditch in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  10. 1 2 "Games played by Dean Bowditch in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  11. 1 2 "Games played by Dean Bowditch in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  12. 1 2 "Games played by Dean Bowditch in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  13. 1 2 3 "Games played by Dean Bowditch in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  14. 1 2 "Games played by Dean Bowditch in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  15. "Games played by Dean Bowditch in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  16. "Games played by Dean Bowditch in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  17. "Games played by Dean Bowditch in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  18. "Games played by Dean Bowditch in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  19. "Games played by Dean Bowditch in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  20. "Games played by Dean Bowditch in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  21. "Games played by Dean Bowditch in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

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