Dean Keates
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dean Scott Keates | ||
| Date of birth | 30 June 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Walsall, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Wrexham (Manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2002 | Walsall | 156 | (12) |
| 2002–2004 | Hull City | 50 | (4) |
| 2004–2005 | Kidderminster Harriers | 49 | (7) |
| 2005–2006 | Lincoln City | 21 | (4) |
| 2006–2007 | Walsall | 53 | (15) |
| 2007–2009 | Peterborough United | 84 | (12) |
| 2010 | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 | (1) |
| 2010–2015 | Wrexham | 153 | (13) |
| 2015–2016 | Rhyl | 22 | (1) |
| 2016 | Rushall Olympic | 0 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2016 | Wrexham (Caretaker) | ||
| 2016– | Wrexham | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:02, 19 February 2016 (UTC). |
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Dean Scott Keates (born 30 June 1978 in Walsall, West Midlands) is an English footballer, who plays as a midfielder he is now manager at Wrexham and has won promotion six times with three clubs.
Beginning his career with his hometown club Walsall, Keates made his professional debut as a substitute in a 1–0 loss to Plymouth Argyle on 12 October 1996. He made his first start for the club on 25 January 1997, playing the full game in a 3–1 victory over Notts County. He became a regular in the side the next season as, at the age of 19, he played in 48 games in all competitions, scoring his first goal for the club. Keates was a key member of the Saddlers' midfield in a successful 1998–99 season, playing in all but three games as Walsall won promotion to Division One as runners-up. Relegation followed the next year as Walsall struggled to adapt, though the club immediately won promotion back to Division One with a 3–2 play-off final victory over Reading at the end of the 2000–01 campaign, Keates playing for the full 120 minutes of the game, which ended in extra time. He played 15 games in the 2001–02 season as Walsall survived in the division, though he was released in July 2002.
Keates subsequently moved to Division Three side Hull City, initially on a non-contract basis, in August 2002. By the end of September, Keates' displays had earned him a two-year contract, awarded to him by then-Hull manager Jan Mølby. Despite new chairman Adam Pearson's money being pumped into the club on new players, Keates endured a lukewarm season at Hull, playing in 35 league games as they finished mid-table. The next season, 2003–04, was more fruitful with Hull achieving promotion to the newly named League One as runners-up. Keates, however, played no part in the campaign after December 2003 – a knee injury that kept him sidelined proved his undoing, as he could not force his way back into the team.
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