- Kieron Dyer
Infobox Football biography
playername = Kieron Dyer
fullname = Kieron Courtney Dyer
height = height|meters=1.73
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|12|29|df=y
cityofbirth =Ipswich
countryofbirth =England
position = Attacking Midfielder
currentclub = West Ham United
clubnumber = 7
youthyears = 1995–1996
youthclubs = Ipswich Town
years = 1996–1999
1999–2007
2007–
clubs = Ipswich Town
Newcastle United
West Ham United
caps(goals) = 096 (11)
190 (23)
002 0(0)
nationalyears = 1997–1999
1998
1999–2007
nationalteam = England U21
England B
England
nationalcaps(goals) = 011 0(1)
003 0(0)
033 0(0)
pcupdate = 07:30, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 21:31, 22 August 2007 (UTC)Kieron Courtney Dyer (born
29 December 1978 inIpswich ,England ) is an English footballer, ofAntiguan descent, currently playing for West Ham United.Club career
Ipswich Town
Dyer's football career began with his hometown team, Ipswich Town, whom he signed for as a 17-year-old trainee in 1996. He broke into the Ipswich first team during his first season at the club, and quickly established a reputation as one of the top youngsters in English football outside of the Premier League. He spent three years at
Portman Road , then requested a transfer in order to further his international prospects, after Ipswich failed to gain promotion through the playoffs into the Premier League in 1999.Newcastle United
Dyer was sold to Newcastle United in July 1999 for a fee of £6m, which is still the record transfer fee received by
Ipswich Town . He was the only English player signed byRuud Gullit during his spell as Newcastle's manager. Dyer opened his Newcastle goalscoring account at home to local rivalsSunderland , but the game ended in a 2-1 defeat, which saw Gullit resign shortly afterwards.On April 2 2005, Dyer was involved in an on-pitch brawl with fellow teammate
Lee Bowyer in Newcastle United's Premiership match with Aston Villa. This resulted in Dyer receiving a red card for that particular game plus a further three game ban. Bowyer received a more severe punishment of a four game ban and a fine of more than £200,000 - approximately six weeks wages - as it was adjudged that he had attacked Dyer.At the start of the 2005-06 season Dyer was once again on the injured list, preventing his selection for club or country. This followed a close-season in which Newcastle manager
Graeme Souness signed a number of other midfield players includingEmre Belözoğlu , Scott Parker,Albert Luque andNolberto Solano .Dyer returned to first-team action on
February 4 2006 against Portsmouth, Newcastle's first game following the departure of Souness. Kieron marked his first start of the season since the opening day against Arsenal with a goal in theFA Cup fifth round against Southampton on 18 February, 2006.Dyer became the first Newcastle United player to score at the
Emirates Stadium in the 1-1 draw with Arsenal onNovember 18 2006 . In what was his first start in seven months, (since the 4-1 victory overSunderland at theStadium of Light ), Dyer opened the scoring in the game after 30 minutes, with his first league goal for Newcastle in over 20 months. He continued his rich vein of form, also netting against Tottenham, Bolton, Birmingham, Aston Villa,AZ Alkmaar andWatford . Following his return from injury Dyer showed his versatility by playing in central midfield, right midfield and as an attacking midfielder, supportingObafemi Martins .Dyer was given permission to speak to West Ham United in August 2007 after both clubs agreed an undisclosed transfer fee. On August 4,
West Ham United confirmed that the deal had fallen through due to Newcastle's pulling out of the deal.cite news | title = Dyer to hold talks with West Ham | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/6918873.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date =2007-08-01 | accessdate = 2007-08-01]West Ham United
However, he completed a move to
West Ham United onAugust 16 2007 for £6m, signing a four year deal. [cite news | title = West Ham complete signing Dyer | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/6918873.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date =2007-08-16 | accessdate = 2007-08-16] [cite news | title = Dyer delighted to join Hammers| url = http://www.whufc.com/articles/article.php?page_id=9380 | publisher = whufc.co.uk | date =2007-08-16 | accessdate = 2007-08-16] He made his debut for West Ham in the 1-0 away win atBirmingham City onAugust 18 2007 . [cite news | title = Birmingham 0-1 West Ham | | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/6941856.stm| publisher = bbc.co.uk | date =2007-08-18 | accessdate = 2007-08-18] Just ten days later he was stretchered off after a tackle byJoe Jacobson in a Carling Cup match against Bristol Rovers, which resulted in his right leg being broken in two places. [cite news | title = Dyer suffers suspected broken leg | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/6967762.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date =2007-08-28 | accessdate = 2007-08-28] Dyer subsequently missed the rest of the 2007–08 season. His injury was re-assessed in August 2008 when it was decided that a six week specialist rehabilitation programme was required before he began pre-season training.cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/westham/2497358/West-Ham-play-down-Kieron-Dyer-injury-reports.html|title=West Ham play down Kieron Dyer injury reports|last=Lawless|first=Matt|date=August 4, 2008|publisher=Telegraph (London)|accessdate=2008-08-27]International career
After representing his country at Youth, Under 21, and 'B' level, his debut for England came on 4 September 1999 when he started in England's 6-0 win against Luxembourg. He then played for his country at the
2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004.After almost 2 years without making an appearance for England, his outstanding form for Newcastle earned him a call up to
Steve McClaren 's England Squad for the friendly against Spain onFebruary 7 2007 . He started in place ofWayne Rooney (wearing the Number 9 shirt) and earned his 29th Cap. England lost 1-0 but Dyer was the high point in an otherwise lacklustre England performance. Dyer also came on as a substitute forMicah Richards in the 3-0 victory over Andorra onMarch 28 2007 , gaining his 30th cap.Notes
External links
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