Dean Holdsworth

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dean Holdsworth
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 8, 1968(1968-11-08)
Age	56
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Walthamstow
Horoscope	Scorpio

Dean Holdsworth Biography

Dean Holdsworth is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on November 8, 1968 in Walthamstow, United Kingdom. Dean Christopher Holdsworth (born 8 November 1968) is an English former professional footballer and manager. As a striker, he was a goal scorer in 193 league matches in a span of 22 years. Although he played for 16 clubs over 19 seasons, most games and goal scoring occurred from Brentford, Wimbledon, and Bolton Wanderers. Holdsworth is twin-brother to David Holdsworth.

Holdsworth was awarded the England B cap during the 4-2 victory over Northern Ireland B on 10 May 1994 at Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, scoring the first goal of England’s B team.

Holdsworth was involved in tabloid scandal in 1996 when he had a highly publicised extramarital affair with topless model Linsey Dawn McKenzie, who was then aged 17. In December 1999 he was sentenced to 18 months probation for punching his wife Samantha Holdsworth.

He scored just three goals in 17 Premier League starts in 1997–98, as Colin Todd’s side slipped out of the top-flight after finishing 18th, behind 17th place Everton on goal difference. He rediscovered his scoring touch in the First Division, hitting 12 goals in 26 starts in 1998–99. He then hit 14 goals from 24 league starts in 1999–2000, as Sam Allardyce led Bolton to the semi- finals of the play-offs, the FA Cup and the League Cup. He scored 15 goals from 29 starts in 2000–01, including a hat-trick past Scunthorpe United in a 5–1 win at the Reebok Stadium. The “Trotters” reached the play-off final, and beat Preston North End 3–0 at the Millennium Stadium to regain their top- flight status. He was restricted to nine league starts and 22 substitute appearances in 2001–02, scoring once each against Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. He made 10 goalless appearances in 2002–03, though was briefly joined in Lancashire by his brother David for the first time since leaving Watford.

Holdsworth was to establish his worth as a prolific goal scorer in”The “Bees”, as the club went from 13th in 1989-1990 to the play-offs in 1990-91 prior to that, Holdsworth had 38 goal during his Third Division championship winning season from 1991-92 together along with Gary Blissett. He was named to the PFA Team of the Year. Phil Holder was unable to keep his place in the team at Griffin Park following these exploits.

Dean Holdsworth Net Worth

Dean Holdsworth is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dean Holdsworth 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Holdsworth was primarily an attacking player, but during the latter half of his career, he preferred to be a front man. He was a fast striker with a good shot. He made his debut at Watford which placed 9th in the First Division in 1986-87 under Graham Taylor’s direction, before losing the league between 1987-88, with Dave Bassett and then Steve Harrison. He was loaned for Carlisle United towards the end of the season. He scored one goal during the four Fourth Division games for Clive Middlemass. John Rudge’s team joined Port Vale in March, and scored two goals during his time at Vale Park in six Third Division appearances. He began 1988-89 on loan with Terry Yorath’s Swansea City, and returned to Vicarage Road after one goal in five Third Division games. He later joined Steve Perryman’s Brentford on loan before becoming a permanent member of the club at the cost of PS125,000 on September 29, 1989.

As an athlete, he began his career with Watford in the year 1986. There the player spent three years prior to signing with Brentford after a brief loan period. Three years of success were followed by his signing to Wimbledon during 1992. After a remarkable five-year period, He was transferred into Bolton Wanderers. He played for six seasons in Bolton and then in 2003 signing with Coventry City, Rushden & Diamonds before returning to Wimbledon. He was in 2004 when he joined as a player with Havant & Waterlooville, where was a player for one season prior to becoming a part of Derby County as player- assistant manager. He was promoted to manager in 2006. resigned from the Football League for the final time and joined Weymouth. A few brief stints followed with Heybridge Swifts, Cambridge United as well as Newport County.

He signed for Joe Kinnear’s Wimbledon in the middle of 1992 for £650,000. He made an immediate impact in his first season at the “Dons”, becoming the club’s top scorer and the Premier League’s third highest scorer with 19 goals, after forming a solid partnership with John Fashanu. During his time at Selhurst Park, eccentric club chairman Sam Hammam promised to buy Holdsworth a Ferrari sports car and even a camel if he managed to score 20 league goals in a season. However, Holdsworth never quite managed to reach that target. He hit 17 league and seven cup goals in 1993–94, including a hat-trick against Oldham Athletic on 26 April 1994. He was less prolific in 1994–95, though Wimbledon still finished in ninth place. He hit 16 goals in 1995–96, to become the club’s joint-top scorer, along with strike partner Efan Ekoku. He hit nine goals in 1996–97, before he was signed to Bolton Wanderers in October 1997 for £3.5million, which was a record signing for Bolton at that time.

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He made a return to Newport County in May 2008 as their new manager in succession to Peter Beadle, after handing in his resignation at Redbridge. He also relocated to Worcester to accommodate his new role at Newport. After a poor start to the 2008–09 season, Newport improved in the second half of the season to finish tenth in the league. Holdsworth was awarded the Conference South Manager of the Month award for April 2009. His signings included Craig Reid, Danny Rose, Paul Bignot, Jamie Collins, Charlie Henry, Sam Foley and Gary Warren.

Facts & Trivia

Dean Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Dean Holdsworth celebrates birthday on November 8 of every year.

In June 2010, Holdsworth signed a new two-year contract with Newport, and was also awarded the Conference South Manager of the Year Award. Holdsworth was selected as Conference National Manager of the Month for September 2010 after a run of five consecutive wins for Newport County. He left the club in January of the 2010–11 campaign, with Newport County lying in the play-off zone of the Conference National. The “Exiles” finished the season in ninth place under Anthony Hudson’s stewardship.

What is Dean Holdsworth doing now?

On 19 May 2022, Holdsworth was appointed manager of Stratford Town of the Southern League Premier Central , where the chairman noted that he had “a lot of managerial experience on budget constraints”.

How old is Dean Holdsworth?

53 years (November 8, 1968)

Who did Dean Holdsworth play for?

It may be one of the overused quotes, plastered over the various motivational pages on Instagram, but it’s also one that sums up Dean Holdsworth’s career, which included title glory with Brentford and, later, several successful years in the Premier League with Wimbledon.