Kerry Dixon
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kerry Michael Dixon | ||
| Date of birth | 24 July 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Luton, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Chesham United | |||
| 1979–1980 | Dunstable | ||
| 1980–1983 | Reading | 116 | (51) |
| 1983–1992 | Chelsea | 335 | (147) |
| 1992–1993 | Southampton | 9 | (2) |
| 1993–1995 | Luton Town | 75 | (19) |
| 1995–1996 | Millwall | 31 | (9) |
| 1996 | Watford | 11 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | (3) |
| 1997 | Basildon United | ||
| Total | 593 | (231) | |
| National team | |||
| 1985 | England U21 | 1 | (1) |
| 1985–1986 | England | 8 | (4) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1996–1997 | Doncaster Rovers (player-manager) | ||
| 2003–2004 | Hitchin Town | ||
| 2005–2006 | Dunstable Town (co-manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Kerry Michael Dixon (born 24 July 1961, in Luton) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a forward.
His club career was spent most notably at Chelsea, where he won the Second Division twice. His 193 goals across all competitions made him their third-highest goalscorer of all time.
Dixon scored four goals in eight international appearances for the England national football team, and represented the nation at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
A tall and athletic striker who had pace, an impressive heading ability and was effective with both feet, Dixon started out as an apprentice with Tottenham Hotspur but was released by the club.
After spells with Chesham United and Dunstable, he got his first taste of League football with Reading, who signed him for £20,000 in 1980. He scored 51 league goals in 116 appearances for the then Third Division club, including four in a 7–5 defeat at Doncaster Rovers in September 1982.
After his Reading days, Dixon signed with Chelsea in August 1983 by manager John Neal. Chelsea chairman, Ken Bates initially hesitated when faced with the £150,000 transfer fee plus an additional £25,000 if Dixon ever played for the England national side, but relented and the deal went ahead. Dixon arrived as part of Neal's radical re-building of the side, who had narrowly avoided relegation to the Third Division three months earlier, and was joined in the same summer by Pat Nevin, Nigel Spackman, Joe McLaughlin and Eddie Niedzwiecki.
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