Dean Holden
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dean Thomas John Holden | ||
| Date of birth | 15 September 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Swinton, England | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2002 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | (1) |
| 2001 | → Valur (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 23 | (2) |
| 2002–2005 | Oldham Athletic | 85 | (8) |
| 2005–2007 | Peterborough United | 56 | (4) |
| 2007–2009 | Falkirk | 48 | (2) |
| 2009–2011 | Shrewsbury Town | 50 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Rotherham United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Chesterfield | 31 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | → Rochdale (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2012 | Rochdale | 14 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Walsall | 29 | (2) |
| Total | 369 | (22) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2015 | Oldham Athletic | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Dean Thomas John Holden (born 15 September 1979) is an English former footballer who is currently a coach at Bristol City He was previously manager of Oldham Athletic following the departure of manager Lee Johnson in 2015.
During a career which began at Bolton Wanderers in 1998 and ended with a two-year stint at Walsall from 2012 to 2014, Holden was a defender who was comfortable playing at right-back and centre-back. Over that sixteen-year period, he amassed 369 league appearances in representing ten clubs, scoring 22 goals.
Born in Swinton, Greater Manchester, Holden started his career with Bolton Wanderers where he made 13 league appearances and scored once against Sheffield United, before moving on to Oldham Athletic after a successful loan period.
After over 100 first-team appearances for Oldham he joined Peterborough United in 2005. He was made captain but, with his contract close to expiry, he was transferred to Falkirk on 1 January 2007 for an undisclosed fee.
On 27 January 2008, Holden suffered a broken leg, after a late tackle by Celtic's Stephen McManus, during Falkirk's 1–0 home defeat, leaving him out of action until October.
Holden signed a two-year contract with Shrewsbury Town on 26 June 2009. On 5 August 2010 Holden signed on loan at Rotherham United, initially for only one month but this was extended twice until he was recalled early by Shrewsbury on 20 October. On 31 January 2011, Holden had his contract cancelled by mutual agreement and he became a free agent.
Chesterfield signed Holden on 3 February 2011 in a short-term contract until the end of the season. Holden then signed a new one-year deal with Chesterfield on 18 May 2011.
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