Richard Dunne
Dunne playing for the Republic of Ireland in 2013.
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| Full name | Richard Patrick Dunne | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1979 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre back | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| –1994 | Home Farm | |||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Everton | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1996–2000 | Everton | 60 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2000–2009 | Manchester City | 296 | (7) | |||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Aston Villa | 95 | (4) | |||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Queens Park Rangers | 64 | (1) | |||||||||
| Total | 515 | (12) | ||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Republic of Ireland B | 2 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2000–2013 | Republic of Ireland | 80 | (8) | |||||||||
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Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Richard Patrick Dunne (born 21 September 1979) is an Irish former footballer who played as a defender. He has made 431 Premier League appearances, including 253 for Manchester City.
Dunne began his professional career at Everton. He later spent nearly a decade at Manchester City before joining Aston Villa in 2009. In July 2013, he signed for Queens Park Rangers.
Dunne holds the Premier League record of being sent off – joint eight times along with Patrick Vieira and Duncan Ferguson. He also holds the Premier League record of scoring 10 own goals.
He has also played internationally for the Republic of Ireland from 2000 until 2014. With Ireland he was a member of the 2002 FIFA World Cup squad and played in UEFA Euro 2012.
Dunne announced his retirement from football in November 2015 after being released by Queens Park Rangers.
Having played schoolboy football in Dublin for Home Farm, Dunne joined Everton as a 15-year-old schoolboy in the 1994–95 season. The next season, he started to play for Everton reserves and in early 1997, Dunne signed a 5-year professional contract. He was part of the successful 1998 FA Youth Cup squad along with Tony Hibbert and Leon Osman.
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