Lawrie Dudfield
- January 8, 2024
- Association Football Player
Quick Facts
Full Name | Lawrie Dudfield |
Occupation | Association Football Player |
Date Of Birth | May 7, 1980(1980-05-07) |
Age | 44 |
Birthplace | Southwark |
Country | United Kingdom |
Birth City | England |
Horoscope | Taurus |
Lawrie Dudfield Biography
Name | Lawrie Dudfield |
Birthday | May 7 |
Birth Year | 1980 |
Place Of Birth | Southwark |
Home Town | England |
Birth Country | United Kingdom |
Birth Sign | Taurus |
Lawrie Dudfield is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on May 7, 1980 in Southwark, England, United Kingdom. Lawrie George Dudfield (born 7 May, 1980) was an English former professional footballer. He played for a range of professional clubs which included Kettering Town, Leicester City, Hull City, Northampton Town, Notts County and Southend United. Dudfield had more than 300 appearances throughout his career, and also played for the Premier League, later becoming the most expensive Hull City player at the end of June in 2001. After his retirement from football in 2009, Dudfield created Iconz Experience Ltd. a firm that is specialized for UK Soccer Tours and EPL Soccer Clinics that feature a variety of Former and present Professional Footballers. Dudfield now splits his time in his home in the UK in the United Kingdom and United States.
On the 25th of July, 2008 the player signed an agreement to join League of Ireland side Cork City and impressed coach Alan Mathews during a training time at the club. Dudfield scored numerous scores for the team over the final two weeks of 2008 campaign, and was a part of the UEFA Cup and Setanta Sports Cup final, where Cork City defeated Glentoran 2 to 1 to win the tournament to win the competition for the first time. Dudfield was then able to decide to return home, denying the possibility of signing an extension of his contract for two years and deciding to retire from football due to a painful knee injury that been causing him pain for the last few months.
In September 2011, Dudfield was appointed as first team manager at semi-pro Quorn of the Evo-Stik League, who under their previous manager had lost the first 9 games of the season. He held the position for several months taking the club off the bottom of the League, including wins against eventual champions Ilkeston FC, before leaving a month before the end of the 2011/12 season. Quorn FC remains Dudfield only coaching role to date despite being linked with a number of coaching roles at professional clubs, most notably Notts County.
In early 2015 Dudfield launched his own company, Iconz Experience Ltd. focussing on UK Soccer Tour’s as well as hosting ‘EPL Soccer Clinics’ abroad. Specialising in using former Premier League footballers as the main attraction, Iconz Experience Ltd. exhibited at the 2013 Soccerex festival in Rio de Janeiro with a host of international household names including Ruud Gullit, Aron Winter and Gaizka Mendieta. On 1 June 2015, Iconz Experience signed an official partnership agreement with Nottingham Forest to exclusively host all ‘Nottingham Forest UK Soccer Tours’ from countries such as the U.S, Australia and various other countries. Since 2015, former Manchester United and England Striker Alan Smith has been the official ambassador for Iconz Experience Ltd. and coaches including former Leicester City EPL boss Micky Adams have been linked with hands on roles at the company.
His contract circumstances saw him play with Boston United before Notts County signed Dudfield in the summer of 2006. Dudfield signed a two-year contract which kept him at the club until the end of the season in 2008. In his two- year stay with the team, Dudfield returned to his playing career showing his versatility performing as a Centre forward, right midfield, and Left Wing. He played 75 matches with the Magpies scoring 17 times. In the 2006-2007 season, Dudfield was a powerful team along with Jason Lee as the strikers recorded 35 goals between them. His performance was enough to earn him a Player Of the Year award. Between 2007 and 2008, Dudfield was employed as the primary striker for the new team of managers and was the mainstay of the team, frequently acting as the sole striker. At the close of the season, Dudfield announced that he would be going to look for new opportunities.
Lawrie Dudfield Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Association Football Player |
House | Living in own house. |
Lawrie Dudfield is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lawrie Dudfield 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Dudfield began his career with Kettering Town where at 16 years old and two months old, he became the youngest player ever to participate for the National League in August 1996. After playing 14 times in all competitions , which included 3 starts, Dudfield was hired at the hands of Leicester City on his 17th birthday. He stayed with the club for four years, climbing the ranks from the position of most prolific scorer in the reserve and youth squads during the first two years until he made the EPL debut in the month of April of 2000 in the home match against Everton as an alternative to Tony Cottee. Dudfield went on to make 2 appearances for the Premier League and was named as a substitute a additional 11 times during the season that marked his debut. On September 15th, 2000 Dudfield was signed by Lincoln City on a month’s loan to gain more experience, getting the Football League debut for the club during the 1-1 draw against Blackpool the next day. After that, he was a star on loan at Chesterfield and scored five goals in 14 appearances while the club was elevated to League 2 Champions.
Chesterfield were eager for a long-term move for Dudfield after his impressive loan spell , but due to the name that he had built for himself, other clubs were also interested in Dudfield and in June 2001 Hull City broke their transfer record to sign Dudfield to their club by signing him for more than 250,000 pounds. Dudfield had two great seasons in the first team of Hull City playing 59 times with 17 goals, and becoming a popular fan favorite and Dudfield is still frequently a guest on local sports programs in the area , as and occasionally, he takes on the role of co-commentator for the Hull City’s EPL and EFL games for BBC Humberside. Dudfield’s performance led to him receiving the annual Supporters Club award for the best player of the year.
Upon his retirement from full-time professional football in 2009, Dudfield began employment at Nottingham Forest and worked in various roles through to his departure in May 2015.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Height | 6 ft 1 in |
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Facts & Trivia
Lawrie Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Lawrie Dudfield celebrates birthday on May 7 of every year.