Michael Dawson (footballer)

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Michael Dawson (footballer) : biography

18 November 1983 –

Michael Richard Dawson (born 18 November 1983) is an English footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and the England national football team. After the recent retirement of Ledley King, Dawson is the longest-serving player still at Tottenham.

Midway through the 2009–10 season, Dawson became the team captain of Tottenham Hotspur as Robbie Keane left for Celtic on loan in January. His form that season saw him included in England’s preliminary World Cup squad. Although he initially failed to make the final 23-man squad, an injury to captain Rio Ferdinand saw him drafted in as replacement.

Career statistics

All-Time Club Performance
Club Season League Domestic Cups Europe Total
Games Goals Games Goals Games Goals Games Goals
Tottenham Hotspur 12–13 11 1 0 0 3 1 14 2
11–12 7 0 1 0 2 0 10 0
10–11 24 1 2 0 5 0 31 1
09-10 29 2 11 0 0 0 40 2
08-09 16 1 7 1 5 0 28 2
07-08 26 1 7 0 6 1 39 2
06-07 37 1 11 0 10 0 58 1
05-06 32 0 1 0 33 0
04-05 5 0 5 0
Club Total 187 7 40 1 31 1 258 10
Nottingham Forest 04-05 13 1 3 0 16 1
03-04 30 1 1 0 31 1
02-03 39 5 3 0 42 5
01-02 1 0 1 0
Club Total 84 7 7 0 0 0 91 7
Career Total 271 14 47 1 31 1 349 17

Correct as of 15:17, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

  • Football League Cup: 2008

Individual

  • Tottenham Hotspur ‘Player of the Year’: 2009–10

Club career

Nottingham Forest

Born in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, Dawson grew up in Leyburn and attended Wensleydale school. He is the younger brother of Scunthorpe United defender Andy Dawson and Kevin Dawson (formerly of Chesterfield). He started his football career playing for his local team, Northallerton Junior Football club, and also spent a year playing for Richmond before signing as a junior professional with Nottingham Forest at the age of 14. He turned professional in November 2000 accumulating 91 appearances for Nottingham Forest including his début on 1 April 2002 against Walsall in a 3–2 home defeat.

The following season Dawson formed a solid partnership with veteran Des Walker as Forest finished sixth in the First Division and eventually lost 4–3 in the second leg of the play off final to Sheffield United, although Dawson missed that game after being sent off in the first leg.