Kieron Dyer

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Kieron Dyer
Personal information
Full name	Kieron Courtney Dyer
Date of birth	December 29, 1978 (age 27)
Place of birth	Ipswich, England
Position	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Newcastle United
Number	8
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1996-1999 1999-	Ipswich Town Newcastle United	96 (11) 170 (19)
National team
1999-2005	England	28 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Kieron Courtney Dyer (born 29 December 1978 in Ipswich) is an English football player currently playing for Newcastle United. A pacy midfield player, Dyer is a regular member of the England squad when he is not injured, but has failed, so far, to win a regular place in the starting line-up. Dyer and Joe Cole were compared to the great Paul Gascoigne and were expected to make a similar impact at the 2002 World Cup like Gascoigne did in Italia 90; despite all the hype neither made the starting XI or an impact (although an injury sustained on the final day of the Premiership season meant that Dyer was never close to match fitness during the tournament). He is of Antiguan descent via his mother.

Dyer's football career began with his hometown team, Ipswich Town, whom he signed for as a 17 year old trainee in 1996. He broke into the Ipswich first team during his first season at the club, and quickly established a reputation as one of the top youngsters in English football outside of the Premier League. He spent three years at Portman Road, then requested a transfer to a bigger club in order to further his international prospects, after Ipswich failed to gain promotion through the playoffs into the Premier League in 1999.

Dyer was sold to Newcastle United in July 1999 for a fee of £6.5m, which is still the record transfer fee received by Ipswich Town. He was the only English player signed by Ruud Gullit during his spell as Newcastle's manager. Dyer opened his Newcastle goalscoring account at home to local rivals Sunderland, but the game ended in a 2-1 defeat, which saw Gullit resign shortly afterwards. After joining Newcastle it was not long before Dyer made his England debut - he had previously represented his country at Youth, under-21, and 'B' level. His debut came on 4th September 1999 when he started in England's 6-0 win against Luxembourg. He then played for his country at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004. As of 14 November 2005 he had earned 28 caps for his country, although 20 of these have come as a substitute. He is yet to score an international goal.

Dyer's time at Newcastle has been hampered with injury, which has also limited his international chances somewhat.

In August 2004 Dyer received a public caution from the Club's management after he was filmed urinating in public. This followed on from Dyer being named in connection with a criminal investigation in October 2003 into the gang rape of a 17 year old girl at the Grosvenor Hotel where Dyer was also staying. He also memorably crashed his Ferrari into a bridge stanchion in the middle of Newcastle.

On April 2 2005, Dyer was involved in an on-pitch brawl with fellow teammate Lee Bowyer in Newcastle United's Premiership match with Aston Villa. This resulted in Dyer receiving a red card for that particular game plus a further three game ban. Bowyer received a more severe punishment of a four game ban and a fine of more than £200,000 - approximately six weeks wages.

At the start of the 2005/06 season Dyer was once again on the injured list, preventing his selection for club or country. This followed a close-season in which Newcastle manager Graeme Souness signed a number of other midfield players including Emre, Scott Parker, Albert Luque and Nolberto Solano.

Dyer returned to first-team action on 4 February, 2006 against Portsmouth, Newcastle's first game following the departure of Souness. Kieron marked his first start of the season since the opening day against Arsenal with a goal in the F.A Cup fifth round against Southampton on 18 February, 2006.

On 24 May 2006, Dyer was arrested and released on police bail in connection with an allegation of indecent exposure made by a female member of staff at a Swallow Hotel in Norwich on 30 April. Dyer later denied the allegations.

Dyer has two sons and became the first Newcastle United player to score at the Emirates Stadium in a game with Arsenal on 18 November, 2006. In what was his first start in 7 months, (since the 4-1 victory over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light), Dyer opened the scoring in the game after 30 minutes, with his first Newcastle goal in over 20 months.

[edit] External links

• Kieron Dyer career stats at Soccerbase
• FootballDatabase provides Kieron Dyer's profile and stats

	England squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Seaman | 2 Mills | 3 A. Cole | 4 Sinclair | 5 Ferdinand | 6 Campbell | 7 Beckham | 8 Scholes | 9 Fowler | 10 Owen | 11 Heskey | 12 Brown | 13 Martyn | 14 Bridge | 15 Keown | 16 Southgate | 17 Sheringham | 18 Hargreaves | 19 J. Cole | 20 Vassell | 21 Butt | 22 James | 23 Dyer | Coach: Eriksson

Newcastle United F.C. - Current Squad
1 Given | 2 Carr | 4 Solano | 5 Emre | 7 Luque | 8 Dyer | 9 Martins | 10 Owen | 11 Duff | 12 Harper | 14 N'Zogbia | 15 Rossi | 16 Milner | 17 Parker | 18 Moore | 19 Bramble | 20 Sibierski | 21 Clark | 22 Butt | 23 Ameobi | 24 Srníček | 26 Ramage | 27 Taylor | 32 Huntington | 33 Babayaro | 34 Bernard | 35 Pattison | 36 Gate | 37 O'Brien | 39 Carroll | 40 Krul | 54 Troisi | Manager: Roeder