Dean Sturridge
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dean Constantine Sturridge | ||
| Date of birth | 26 July 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–2001 | Derby County | 190 | (53) |
| 1994 | → Torquay United (loan) | 10 | (5) |
| 2001 | Leicester City | 22 | (6) |
| 2001–2005 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 75 | (28) |
| 2003–2004 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Queens Park Rangers | 11 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Kidderminster Harriers | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 318 | (92) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Dean Constantine Sturridge (born 26 July 1973 in Birmingham, England) is an English former footballer who played as a striker. As of the 2013/14 Premier League season, he is a football match commentator for beIN Sports.
Sturridge began his career as a trainee at Derby County, and worked his way through the ranks to make his first team debut on 11 January 1992 in a 1–0 defeat at Southend United.
He gained more first team action over the next years, particularly at lowly Torquay United during a loan spell in the 1994–95 season, where he gained many admirers for his performances. He then returned to score 20 goals that fired Derby to the Premier League. His first year in the top flight was also successful, scoring 11 league goals, including one of the goals of the season against Arsenal, and the club's very first in the Premier League when they drew 3–3 at home to Leeds United in an opening day thriller at the Baseball Ground (from which they relocated to the new Pride Park Stadium 12 months later). Leeds had been 2–0 up when Sturridge found the net for the Rams in the 77th minute, before Paul Simpson pulled them level a minute later. Lee Bowyer sent Leeds back ahead in the 85th minute, before Sturridge scored again in the 87th minute to rescue the game for his team.
He played five seasons in the Premier League for the club, and is their record goalscorer in the Premier League era (32 Premier League goals). After nearly a decade with the Rams, he left for local rivals Leicester City in January 2001 for £375,000.
Sturridge's time at Leicester was far less successful than at Derby, and the subsequent big money (£5million) buy of Ade Akinbiyi saw his place often under threat. He scored 7 goals during 25 appearances in total before being loaned to First Division Wolverhampton Wanderers in November 2001, just 10 months after his arrival at Filbert Street.
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