Dean Marney (footballer)

For other people named Dean Marney, see Dean Marney (disambiguation).
Dean Marney

Marney playing for Burnley in 2011
Personal information
Full name Dean Edward Marney[1]
Date of birth (1984-01-31) 31 January 1984[1]
Place of birth Barking, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Burnley
Number 8
Youth career
1993–2002 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2002–2006 Tottenham Hotspur 8 (2)
2002–2003 → Swindon Town (loan) 9 (0)
2004 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 2 (0)
2004 → Gillingham (loan) 3 (0)
2005 → Norwich City (loan) 13 (0)
2006–2010 Hull City 125 (9)
2010– Burnley 180 (8)
National team‡
2005 England U21 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:15, 24 April 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:38, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Dean Edward Marney (born 31 January 1984) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Burnley.

Club career

Tottenham Hotspur

Born in Barking, London,[1] Marney is a box-to-box midfielder and a product of the Tottenham Hotspur youth system. Although predominantly a midfielder he showed an aptitude at right back and understudied to then Spurs right back Stephen Carr, and was viewed by many as the Irish international's natural successor. He really emerged onto the scene in a mid season friendly against Irish champions Bohemians putting in a man of the match performance from right back. Unable to get his start as a young player in the Tottenham team, he was loaned out early on in his career to Swindon Town.

His initial first team action for Spurs came in August 2003, against Birmingham City. By January 2004 he had joined Queens Park Rangers on loan, as by that time Spurs had strengthened their strike force. Upon his return he was handed his debut start, but that would be his only appearance until November 2004, when he joined Gillingham on loan.

When he returned to Tottenham, he was immediately thrown in at the deep end, as a last minute choice to face an Everton team on 1 January, in which he scored the first and last goals of the match in a 5–2 victory, the second being a superb 25-yard curler into the top right corner.[3]

He struggled with form until February 2005, the month in which he participated in his first international, an England under-21 match versus the Netherlands. He has not appeared for England since then.

After considerable squad strengthening in the early part of the 2005–06 season, which included the signings of Edgar Davids and Jermaine Jenas, he found himself out of action, and moved for a season-long loan to Norwich City in the hope of winning them promotion back to the Premier League. However his time at Norwich City was cut short due to injury and he returned to Tottenham on 31 October 2005.

Hull

Phil Parkinson made Marney his second signing for Hull City on 14 July 2006 for an undisclosed fee.

Burnley

Burnley manager Brian Laws made Marney his first summer signing on 28 May 2010.[4] Marney scored his first goal for Burnley in a 3–3 draw with Sheffield United on 16 October 2010.

Marney struggled to establish himself in the Burnley team in his first season at the club, having spells in and out of the side. For the opening few games of his second season, Marney found himself out of favour and used predominantly as a substitute. However, a string of impressive performance from the midfielder saw him given an extended run in the side and Marney finished the season as one of the Clarets most impressive performers. The 2012-13 season is considered by many to be the best of Marneys career to date, being an almost ever-present in the Clarets side missing matches only through suspension and injury. Marney helped Burnley stave off relegation and eventually finish 11th in the Championship.

Marney began the 2013-14 season in a similar vein, performing very well during pre-season and the opening matches of the Football League Championship, where he formed an effective partnership with former Wolves and Wigan Athletic midfielder, David Jones, who signed for the Clarets in the summer. Over his first 3 seasons with Burnley he appeared in approximately 75% of their league games and, with his contract about to expire in 2013, signed a new 2-year deal.[5]

International career

Marney represented England at international gaining one cap for the England under-21 side in England's 2–1 defeat to Netherlands U-21 in February 2005. He has not appeared for England since then.

Style of play

Marney is a free-flowing midfielder and has proven to be a key factor in distribution throughout the teams he has played for. He has recently, at his latest club Burnley, developed a reputation of being a 'hard man' of football, picking up 12 yellow cards and 1 red card in the 2012–13 season, higher than all of his Burnley colleagues and the second in the Championship. He is not shy of a challenge but shows good control of his aggression.

Career statistics

As of match played 22 April 2016.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swindon Town (loan) 2002–03[6] Second Division 90———90
Tottenham Hotspur 2003–04[7] Premier League 300000—30
2004–05[8] Premier League 523000—82
Total 823000—112
Queens Park Rangers (loan) 2003–04[7] Second Division 20——1[lower-alpha 1]030
Gillingham (loan)
2004–05[8]
 Championship 30———30
Norwich City (loan) 2005–06[9] Championship 130—20—150
Hull City 2006–07[10] Championship 3721030—412
2007–08[11] Championship 41610201[lower-alpha 2]0456
2008–09[12] Premier League 3104000—350
2009–10[13] Premier League 1610010—171
Total 12596060101389
Burnley 2010–11[14] Championship 3633020—413
2011–12[15] Championship 3701040—420
2012–13[16] Championship 3821021—413
2013–14[17] Championship 3831030—423
2014–15[18] Premier League 2002000—220
2015–16[19] Championship 1100000—110
Total 180880111—1999
Career total 340191701912037820
  1. ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in Football League Championship play-offs

Honours

Hull City

Burnley

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 414. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  2. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 444. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  3. ↑ "Tottenham 5–2 Everton". BBC Sport. 1 January 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "Burnley swoop for Hull City midfielder Dean Marney". BBC Sport. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  5. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22366489
  6. ↑ "Games played by Dean Marney in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Games played by Dean Marney in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Games played by Dean Marney in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Dean Marney in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Dean Marney in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Games played by Dean Marney in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Dean Marney in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Dean Marney in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Dean Marney in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Dean Marney in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Dean Marney in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Dean Marney in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Dean Marney in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Dean Marney in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  20. ↑ "D. Marney". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

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