 Dunn playing for Blackburn Rovers in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David John Ian Dunn[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 December 1979[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Great Harwood,[1] England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2003 | Blackburn Rovers | 136 | (30) |
| 2003–2007 | Birmingham City | 58 | (7) |
| 2007–2015 | Blackburn Rovers | 180 | (20) |
| 2015–2016 | Oldham Athletic | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 382 | (57) | |
| International career | |||
| 1998 | England U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 1998–2002 | England U21 | 20 | (3) |
| 2002 | England | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Oldham Athletic | ||
| 2017–2018 | Blackburn Rovers U-23 (co-manager) | ||
| 2020 | Blackpool (caretaker) | ||
| 2020 | Barrow | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
David John Ian Dunn (born 27 December 1979) is an English former professional football player, manager and coach.
Dunn played as an attacking midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career representing Blackburn Rovers. His first stint began as a youth team player in 1997, and he signed professional terms a year later. During this time, Dunn helped the club to win promotion out of the First Division in 2000–01, as well as lift the League Cup the following season. He also made his only appearance for England in 2002. He was sold to Premier League rivals Birmingham City for £5.5 million a year later before returning to Blackburn in 2007 for a fee of £2.2 million; continuing as a crucial squad member.[3] He remained there until 2015, with them now a Championship club, when he signed for Oldham Athletic, his final club as a player before his retirement under a year later.
He was player-manager at Oldham between September 2015 and January 2016 and then Blackburn's under-23s and first-team assistant coach. In 2020, he was a coach and briefly caretaker manager at Blackpool, and had five months as manager of Barrow.
- ^ a b c "David Dunn". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ "David Dunn". Premier League. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ "Highs and lows of David Dunn's ten Blackburn Rovers seasons". The Lancashire Telegraph. 12 August 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2020.