Michael Dawson

Personal information
Full name	Michael Richard Dawson
Date of birth	18 November 1983 (1983-11-18) (age 26)
Place of birth	Northallerton, England
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Tottenham Hotspur
Number	20
Youth career
1997–2001	Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2005	Nottingham Forest	83	(7)
2005–	Tottenham Hotspur	125	(5)
National team‡
2003–2005	England U21	13	(0)
2006–2007	England B	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:56, 16 December 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:35, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Michael Richard Dawson (born 18 November 1983 in Northallerton, North Yorkshire) is an English professional football player who plays as a defender for Tottenham Hotspur.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Nottingham Forest 1.2 Tottenham Hotspur 2 International career 3 Honours 4 Career stats 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] Nottingham Forest

Dawson grew up in Leyburn, North Yorkshire and attended Wensleydale school^[2] and is the younger brother of Hull City 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.^[2] 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 6th in the First Division and eventually lost 4-3 in the second leg of the Playoff final to Sheffield United, although Dawson missed that game having been sent off in the first leg.

In the close season Dawson contracted glandular fever whilst on duty with England Under 21's which caused him to miss the start of the following season and thus began a struggle against various injuries which marred the rest of his Forest career. Forest also struggled - winning only twice between the end of September and the beginning of February caused Paul Hart to be dismissed and replaced by Joe Kinnear. The season was transformed from one battling relegation to a confident mid-table finish with the return of Dawson and David Johnson to the team being one of the reasons for this.

When Forest suffered relegation to the third tier for only the second time in their history. He and one of his Forest team-mates, left-winger Andy Reid, signed for Spurs on 31 January 2005 from Forest for an undisclosed fee thought to be worth a combined £8m. His début came towards the end of that campaign in the 2-2 draw at Liverpool on 16 April 2005.

[edit] Tottenham Hotspur

Michael enjoyed a good 2005-06 season, impressing many with his aerial ability and never-say-die attitude. On 28 March 2006 he signed a contract extension which will last until 2011.

He has formed a strong relationship with Ledley King in his time at Spurs. In King's long-term absence from injury, Spurs have had to rely on Dawson as their star defender, and the 26-year-old has impressed on a consistent basis without the help of his more experienced partner. His never-say-die attitude in Spurs' defence in the absence of King had led to him becoming established as a fan favourite.

Michael scored his first competitive goal for Tottenham in their 2-1 win over Chelsea at White Hart Lane on 5 November 2006. His goal cancelled out Claude Makélélé's strike. Aaron Lennon later scored the winner.^[3]

He captained the team in the 2006-2007 FA Cup quarter-final tie away to London rivals Chelsea due to injuries to stand-in captains Robbie Keane and Paul Robinson, and to the club's regular captain Ledley King.

After a season in which he played all but one of the possible 59 games during the season he was rewarded with a new 5 year contract on 11 May 2007 which will keep him at the club until 2012, despite still having several years left on his contract.^[4]

On 30 July 2008, Dawson signed a new 5-year contract with Tottenham, committing him to the club until 2013.

[edit] International career

Dawson has 13 England Under 21 international caps.

[edit] Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

• League Cup Runners up medal 2008-09.

[edit] Career stats

All-Time Club Performance

Club	Season	League		Domestic Cups		Europe		Total
		Games	Goals	Games	Goals	Games	Goals	Games	Goals
Tottenham Hotspur	08-09	16	1	7	1	5	0	28	2
	07-08	27	1	7	0	6	1	40	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		117	3	26	1	21	1	164	5
Nott'm Forest	04-05	14	1	3	0	-	-	17	1
	03-04	30	1	1	0	-	-	31	1
	02-03	38	5	3	0	-	-	41	5
	01-02	1	0	-	-	-	-	1	0
Club Total		83	7	7	0	0	0	90	7
Career Total		184	9	33	1	23	1	254	12

^{Correct as of 09 August 2009}

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Michael Dawson career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile at tottenhamhotspur.com
• England record at englandfootballonline.com
• Profile at 4thegame.com
• Photos and stats at sporting-heroes.net
• Statistics at bbc.co.uk.

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