Terry Dunfield
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Terence Dunfield | ||
| Date of birth | February 20, 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Toronto Atomic | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2002 | Manchester City | 9 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | Bury | 74 | (5) |
| 2007–2009 | Macclesfield Town | 61 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | (2) |
| 2010 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 7 | (2) |
| 2011 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 16 | (1) |
| 2011–2013 | Toronto FC | 56 | (6) |
| 2014 | Oldham Athletic | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Ross County | 4 | (0) |
| 2016– | Toronto Atomic | 16 | (8) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000 | England U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Canada U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Canada U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010– | Canada | 14 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:04, December 28, 2014 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:03, March 3, 2014 (UTC) |
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Terence "Terry" Dunfield (born February 20, 1982) is a Canadian soccer player.
As a schoolboy, Dunfield played in a tournament at Keele, where he was scouted by Manchester City. At the age of 15, he made the move to England to join up with City's youth set-up. He progressed through a good youth team which included the likes of Shaun Wright-Phillips and Joey Barton. Dunfield made his first Premier League appearance against Chelsea for Manchester City in 2001, coming on in the 36th minute for Jeff Whitley. However, following the departure of Joe Royle and the arrival of Kevin Keegan, Dunfield found first-team opportunities hard to come by. In 2002, he was loaned to Bury, where he revelled in the opportunity to play first-team football. At the end of his loan spell, and although Keegan planned to offer him a new contract, Dunfield asked to leave City.
Dunfield subsequently signed a three-year deal with Bury, where he made 74 league appearances during his time with the club. In January 2005, he suffered a broken kneecap in a game against Leyton Orient, and at the end of the season he was released. However, after seeing a specialist in North America, Dunfield underwent an operation and was told afterward that he would be able to play again in nine months. He spent the last four months of rehabilitation at Manchester City, and in July 2007 he completed his comeback by signing for Macclesfield Town after a trial period during pre-season. He went on to become the club's 2007–08 player of the season.
Dunfield signed for Shrewsbury Town in January 2009 for £65,000. His first season was considered stop-start, and he struggled to fit into his new team's style of play. However, his form improved the following season, and as a result he was handed his first full international cap by Canada.
After earning his cap, Dunfield was advised by Canadian manager Stephen Hart that he needed to be playing at a higher level than League Two if he had any aspirations of furthering his international career. As a result, a month after gaining his cap he was allowed to leave by new Shrewsbury manager Graham Turner. Turner said that he was "far from happy with the player basically implying that this club and English League Two football was not good enough for him."
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