Dean Whitehead
Dean Whitehead ( 2010)
Dean Whitehead ( born January 21, 1982 in Abingdon ( Oxfordshire ), England ) is an English footballer. Since the summer of 2013, the midfielder is at FC Middlesbrough under contract.
Career
Whitehead played in the youth at his hometown club FC Abingdon Town, before he moved to Oxford United. In the Yellows he made in 1999 made it into the first team and eventually to regular players. After completion of the 2000 /01 the midfielder rose with Oxford in the Division Three, the fourth English league, from. There was only enough space for 21 in the following year the club failed just wide of the resurgence. After five years and good performance Whitehead joined in the summer of 2004 for Sunderland AFC. Apart from a training fee, Oxford received the right at resale to get 25 % of the transfer fee. Quickly Whitehead developed into a key player in the team of coach Mick McCarthy. End of the season Sunderland won the Football League Championship and went on to the Premier League. There, too, confirmed Whitehead his performance and it was a new 3 -year contract offered to him. His debut in the English top flight was the defensive player on 13 August 2005 against Charlton Athletic. The "Black Cats" missed the league and were used to season 2007 /08 second-rate. With the start of the new season Whitehead received the captaincy of the AFC. He replaced the Scots Steven Caldwell, who left the club. Once again, the team secured the title of the Football League Championship. At the beginning of the following season, Whitehead wounded and fell from six months so that he could make his comeback in November. Due to staffing problems he had to run up at right-back often from now on. Only when Phillip Bardsley and Pascal Chimbonda were obliged Whitehead moved back into central midfield. In the summer of 2009, the defensive player flirted with a move. This was confirmed when it was announced that he would sign for Stoke City. In Stoke Whitehead received a four -year contract. On August 15, 2010, being the first day of play, he made his league debut for the new club in a 2-0 win against Burnley. Right away he was also first-team regular and completed 36 league games in his first year at Stoke City. The Welsh manager Tony Pulis made him alternately while in defensive midfield or as a right turn, a defender.
Achievements
- Master of the Football League Championship with Sunderland AFC: 2005, 2007