Jennings in 2011
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dale Jennings | ||
Date of birth | 21 December 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2008 | Liverpool | ||
2008–2010 | Tranmere Rovers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2011 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 | (6) |
2011–2013 | Bayern Munich II | 36 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Barnsley | 47 | (4) |
2013–2014 | → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Milton Keynes Dons | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:47, 1 February 2016 (UTC). |
Dale Jennings (born 21 December 1992) is an English footballer who is currently a free agent.
Born in Liverpool, Jennings played youth football at Liverpool before being released as schoolboy. He soon joined Tranmere Rovers aged 15, having played for other clubs and having visited Rovers for a trial.
He made his club and Football League debut on 18 September 2010 in Tranmere's 1–1 draw against Charlton Athletic, coming on as a second-half substitute. On 28 September 2010, he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win against Bristol Rovers in his third senior match for the club. Jennings followed this up a few games later with a brace and two assists in the 4–2 victory over Milton Keynes Dons. On 13 November, Jennings scored a winner against Plymouth Argyle with a twisting run from the halfway line.
In October 2010, Jennings received the award for Apprentice of the month from the PFA.
His goal against Plymouth helped attract interest from larger clubs, and Tranmere rejected an offer for Jennings from an unnamed Premier League club in the 2011 January transfer window. In March 2011, he was voted League One Apprentice of the Year at the Football League awards.
In July 2011 Jennings was signed by German club Bayern Munich where he would initially play for Bayern Munich II the reserve team in the Regionalliga Süd. In late October 2011, Jennings' habituation into Germany was hindered after he suffered multiple ligament tears in his knee, sidelining him until March 2012. On 11 October 2012, Jennings scored his first goal in a Bayern shirt in a 2–0 friendly win over SpVgg Unterhaching. On 27 October 2012, Jennings scored his first competitive goal in Germany in a 2–1 loss away at Würzburger Kickers, with his second following just six days later in a 2–2 draw at FC Augsburg II.