Kieron Dyer
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Kieron Courtney Dyer is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers
. Born in Ipswich
, he is an attacking midfielder
who played youth football for his home club before going on to make nearly 100 league appearances for the club's first team. He was sold to Newcastle United
for £6m which at the time was the highest fee paid for a Ipswich player, this record stood until the £12m transfer of Connor Wickham to Sunderland FC in 2011, and made nearly 200 appearances for Newcastle between 1999 and 2007. A £6m move to West Ham United followed, but Dyer suffered from a variety of injuries, restricting him to only thirty league appearances in four seasons. In March 2011, he was sent out on month-long loan to Ipswich Town.
He has represented England
on 33 occasions and was a member of the England squads at the 2002 FIFA World Cup
and UEFA Euro 2004, but has not been capped since 2007. He has yet to score at international level.
, Dyer's 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 had spent three years at Portman Road
when he requested a transfer in order to further his international prospects following Ipswich's failure 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 £6m, which was the record transfer fee received by Ipswich Town until Connor Wickham
was sold to Sunderland AFC. 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. Dyer's insolence came to the public eye in the Tyne-Tees derby
, when he reluctantly came on as a substitute on the right-wing. Newcastle ended up drawing the game after twice being in a winning position. A few weeks later Bobby Robson was sacked by Newcastle United Football Club.
On 2 April 2005, Dyer was involved in a heated on-pitch brawl with teammate Lee Bowyer
in Newcastle United's Premiership match with Aston Villa
and both had to be pulled apart and separated by their teammates and other Villa players. This resulted in Dyer and Bowyer receiving red card
s, leaving Newcastle with eight men as Steven Taylor
had already been sent-off for a deliberate handball. Dyer received a three-match ban for the sending-off, while Bowyer received a four-game ban and a fine of more than £200,000 – approximately six weeks' wages – after it was adjudged that he had been the aggressor.
At the start of the 2005–06 season Dyer was once again on the injured list, this time with a hamstring
injury, 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 Belözoğlu
, 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. Dyer marked his first start of the season since the opening day against Arsenal
with a goal in the FA Cup
fifth round match against Southampton
on 18 February 2006.
Dyer became the first Newcastle United player to score at the Emirates Stadium
in the 1–1 draw with Arsenal
on 18 November 2006. In what was his first start in seven 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 league goal for Newcastle in over 20 months. He continued his rich vein of form, also netting against Tottenham Hotspur
, Bolton Wanderers
, Birmingham City
, Aston Villa
, AZ Alkmaar and Watford
. Following his return from injury, Dyer showed his versatility by playing in central midfield, right midfield and as an attacking midfielder, supporting Obafemi Martins
.
Dyer was given permission to speak to West Ham United
in August 2007 after both clubs agreed an undisclosed transfer fee. On 4 August, West Ham United confirmed that the deal had fallen through due to Newcastle's pulling out of the deal. However, the deal was rectified with Dyer finalising a move to Upton Park.
on 18 August 2007. However, this has been one of the few positives in Dyer's time at West Ham as he has since been blighted by injury. Just ten days after his debut, he was stretchered off after a tackle by Joe Jacobson
in a League Cup
match against Bristol Rovers
that resulted in his right leg being broken in two places. Dyer subsequently missed the rest of the 2007–08 season. His injury was re-assessed in August 2008, when it was decided that a six week specialist rehabilitation programme was required before he began pre-season training.
During this time, Dyer's slow recovery from his injury sparked widespread speculation that his career may be over.
On 3 January 2009, Dyer made his comeback for West Ham after 17 months out, coming on as a second half substitute against Barnsley
in the FA Cup
third round tie at Boleyn Ground
. Dyer's injuries continued in May 2009 when he was ruled out with a hamstring
injury. He played in West Ham's first game of the 2009–10 season against Wolverhampton Wanderers
but had problems with injuries after this game. He managed only one more game, away to Blackburn Rovers
, before hamstring problems hit again. He returned for two further games before another injury in September kept him out until returning in a reserve game against Stoke City
in November when he scored two goals.
After taking over West Ham in January 2010, David Sullivan revealed the full extent of the club's debts—which totalled £110 million. Shortly afterwards, in addition to the swingeing cuts being made by vice-chairman Karren Brady
, Sullivan suggested that Dyer should follow Dean Ashton
into retirement; Sullivan expressed the club's frustration that Dyer, who earns £60,000 per week, had only played 18 games in three years. Ipswich town had expressed an interest in re-signing Dyer, but the move stalled amid reports that Dyer had demanded a £1 million pay-off from West Ham—the media had also speculated about whether Dyer could actually pass a medical.
In May 2010 figures in the Daily Telegraph stated that Dyer, who had made only 22 appearances and had never played a full 90 minutes for West Ham, was the club's top earner on £83,000-a-week. His deal included £424,000-a-season for image rights and £100,000 in loyalty fees. Dyer was released by West Ham at the end of the 2010–11 season, after costing the club around £450,000 per match for every game he played in.
on a month-long loan. He was handed the number 30 shirt. He made his second debut for Ipswich at Elland Road
against Leeds United on 12 March, before being substituted in the 2nd half in a 0–0 draw.
In April 2011 West Ham manager Avram Grant refused a request by Ipswich Town to retain Dyer until the end of the 2010–11 season and he returned to West Ham having made four appearances for Ipswich.
. He made his debut on 13 August 2011, the opening day of the Premier League season, against Bolton Wanderers
, but after just three minutes he was stretched off with an injured foot. Dyer was handed the number 8 shirt.
came on 4 September 1999, when he started in England's 6–0 win against Luxembourg
. He was deployed out of position at right back, and was replaced by Gary Neville
at half time after injuring himself while setting-up Alan Shearer
's third goal of the game. The injury was not serious and he was able to make his second England appearance four days later, coming on as a late substitute for Steve McManaman
in a 0–0 draw with Poland
. England qualified for the Euro 2000 competition but Dyer was not selected for the squad for the tournament, though he had recovered from injury and taken part in pre-tournament friendlies against Argentina
and Ukraine
. Along with a number of other young players who failed to make the squad – including Rio Ferdinand
, Frank Lampard
, Michael Duberry
, Jody Morris
and Jonathan Woodgate
– Dyer took a drunken holiday to the Cypriot
resort of Ayia Napa
. The holiday hit the headlines when a video of Dyer, Ferdinand and Lampard having sex with a number of women was leaked to The News of the World. Shortly after the story broke it was revealed that Dyer had spent a night in hospital after being glassed in the face during a fight in an Ipswich night club.
Dyer returned to the England squad for the first game after Euro 2000 for the first qualifier
for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
, against Germany
; the last ever football match at Wembley Stadium. England lost 1–0, and manager Kevin Keegan
resigned afterwards.
Despite having played only 45 minutes of qualifying and 45 minutes of football under new national manager Sven-Goran Eriksson
, Dyer was named in the squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
. Two days after the squad was announced, Dyer suffered knee ligament damage after being tackled by Tahar El Khalej
in a league game against Southampton
, but he recovered just in time to remain in the squad. He made three appearances, all as substitute, in the tournament, until England were knocked out at the quarter-final stage by Brazil
.
Dyer played in several of Euro 2004 qualifiers but only had 7 minutes on the pitch at Euro 2004, coming on as a late replacement for Wayne Rooney in England's second group game against Switzerland
. After making some appearances during England's FIFA World Cup 2006 qualifying Dyer's run in the England squad was ended by the recurrence of a hamstring injury while playing against .
After almost two years without making an appearance for England, Dyer's form for Newcastle earned him a call up to Steve McClaren
's England starting line-up for a friendly against Spain in February 2007. His most recent appearance for England came in a 2–1 friendly defeat to Germany
in August 2007, Dyer replacing Alan Smith in the second half.
|1996–97||rowspan="4"|Ipswich Town
||rowspan="3"|Division 1
||15*||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||16||0
|-
|1997–98||42*||4||2||0||7||1||0||0||51||5
|-
|1998–99||39*||7(**)||2||0||4||0||0||0||45||7
|-
|2010–11|||Championship||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Ipswich Town Total
!98!!11!!5!!0!!11!!1!!0!!0!!114!!12
|-
|1999–00||rowspan="8"|Newcastle United
||rowspan="8"|Premier League||30||3||6||1||0||0||3||0||39||4
|-
|2000–01||26||5||1||0||4||1||0||0||31||6
|-
|2001–02||18||3||2||0||1||0||0||0||21||3
|-
|2002–03||35||2||0||0||1||2||12||2||48||6
|-
|2003–04||25||1||2||2||0||0||7||0||34||3
|-
|2004–05||23||4||3||0||1||0||7||2||34||6
|-
|2005–06||11||0||2||1||0||0||0||0||13||1
|-
|2006–07||22||5||2||1||2||0||4||1||30||7
|-
!colspan="3"|Newcastle United Total
!190!!23!!18!!5!!9!!3!!33!!5!!250!!36
|-
|2007–08||rowspan="4"|West Ham United
||rowspan="4"|Premier League||2||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||3||0
|-
|2008–09||7||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||8||0
|-
|2009–10||10||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||11||0
|-
|2010–11
||11||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||12||0
|-
!colspan="3"|West Ham United Total
!30!!0!!1!!0!!3!!0!!0!!0!!34!!0
|-
318||34||24||5||23||4||33||5||398||48
(*) Includes 2 Play-Off Appearances each season
(**) Includes 2 Play-Off Goals
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
. Born in Ipswich
Ipswich
Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...
, he is an attacking midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
who played youth football for his home club before going on to make nearly 100 league appearances for the club's first team. He was sold to Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
for £6m which at the time was the highest fee paid for a Ipswich player, this record stood until the £12m transfer of Connor Wickham to Sunderland FC in 2011, and made nearly 200 appearances for Newcastle between 1999 and 2007. A £6m move to West Ham United followed, but Dyer suffered from a variety of injuries, restricting him to only thirty league appearances in four seasons. In March 2011, he was sent out on month-long loan to Ipswich Town.
He has represented England
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
on 33 occasions and was a member of the England squads at the 2002 FIFA World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
and UEFA Euro 2004, but has not been capped since 2007. He has yet to score at international level.
Ipswich Town
Born in IpswichIpswich
Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...
, Dyer's career began with his hometown team, Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
, 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
FA Premier League
The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
. He had spent three years at Portman Road
Portman Road
Portman Road is an association football stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It has been the home ground of Ipswich Town F.C. since 1884. The stadium has also hosted a number of England youth international matches, and one senior England friendly international match, against Croatia in 2003...
when he requested a transfer in order to further his international prospects following Ipswich's failure to gain promotion through the playoffs into the Premier League in 1999.
Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
in July 1999 for a fee of £6m, which was the record transfer fee received by Ipswich Town until Connor Wickham
Connor Wickham
Connor Neil Ralph Wickham is an English footballer who plays for Sunderland as a striker.He played youth football at Reading before being released and moving to Ipswich Town in 2006 where he continued in the youth structure. He made his full professional debut for the club in April 2009...
was sold to Sunderland AFC. He was the only English player signed by Ruud Gullit
Ruud Gullit
OON is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the captain of the Netherlands national team that was victorious at Euro 88 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 World Cup. He was named the European Footballer of the...
during his spell as Newcastle's manager. Dyer opened his Newcastle goalscoring account at home to local rivals Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...
, but the game ended in a 2–1 defeat, which saw Gullit resign shortly afterwards. Dyer's insolence came to the public eye in the Tyne-Tees derby
Tyne-Tees derby
The Tyne–Tees derby is a term which is often applied to matches between Newcastle United and Middlesbrough. The derby is more of a regional derby between these two clubs who have played each other more often over the last ten years than both these clubs have played their nearest rivals Sunderland...
, when he reluctantly came on as a substitute on the right-wing. Newcastle ended up drawing the game after twice being in a winning position. A few weeks later Bobby Robson was sacked by Newcastle United Football Club.
On 2 April 2005, Dyer was involved in a heated on-pitch brawl with teammate Lee Bowyer
Lee Bowyer
Lee David Bowyer is an English professional footballer born in Canning Town, London, who plays as a midfielder for Ipswich Town of the Football League Championship....
in Newcastle United's Premiership match with Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
and both had to be pulled apart and separated by their teammates and other Villa players. This resulted in Dyer and Bowyer receiving red card
Misconduct (football)
Misconduct in association football is any conduct by a player that is deemed by the referee to warrant a disciplinary sanction in accordance with Law 12 of the Laws of the Game. Misconduct may occur at any time, including when the ball is out of play, during half-time and before and after the...
s, leaving Newcastle with eight men as Steven Taylor
Steven Taylor (footballer)
Steven Vincent Taylor is an English footballer, currently playing for Premier League club Newcastle United. He is a versatile central defender who can play at right back or, on rare occasions, at left back...
had already been sent-off for a deliberate handball. Dyer received a three-match ban for the sending-off, while Bowyer received a four-game ban and a fine of more than £200,000 – approximately six weeks' wages – after it was adjudged that he had been the aggressor.
At the start of the 2005–06 season Dyer was once again on the injured list, this time with a hamstring
Hamstring
In human anatomy, the hamstring refers to any one of the three posterior thigh muscles, or to the tendons that make up the borders of the space behind the knee. In modern anatomical contexts, however, they usually refer to the posterior thigh muscles, or the tendons of the semitendinosus, the...
injury, preventing his selection for club or country. This followed a close-season in which Newcastle manager Graeme Souness
Graeme Souness
Graeme James Souness is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.Souness was the captain of the successful Liverpool team of the early 1980s and player-manager of Rangers in the late 1980s as well as captain of the Scottish national team. He also played for Tottenham Hotspur,...
signed a number of other midfield players, including Emre Belözoğlu
Emre Belözoglu
Emre Belözoğlu is a Turkish football midfielder who plays for Fenerbahçe.Having also played for clubs Galatasaray, Internazionale, and Newcastle United, Emre has been a part of the Turkey national team at the 2002 World Cup and at Euro 2008 among other tournaments...
, Scott Parker
Scott Parker (footballer)
Scott Matthew Parker is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team. He is the FWA Footballer of the Year for the 2010–11 season. He has represented England at every level from under-16 to senior. Uniquely, he won his first four England...
, Albert Luque
Albert Luque
Albert Luque Martos is a Spanish footballer who plays as either a left winger or striker.His 14-year professional career was mainly associated with Mallorca and Deportivo, and he amassed La Liga totals of 245 games and 61 goals over the course of nine seasons...
and Nolberto Solano
Nolberto Solano
Nolberto Albino "Nobby" Solano Todco is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Hartlepool United. He has spent much of his career in the English Premier League and also played 95 times for Peru between 1994 and 2009...
.
Dyer returned to first-team action on 4 February 2006 against Portsmouth
Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...
, Newcastle's first game following the departure of Souness. Dyer marked his first start of the season since the opening day against Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
with a goal in the FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
fifth round match against Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
on 18 February 2006.
Dyer became the first Newcastle United player to score at the Emirates Stadium
Emirates Stadium
Ashburton Grove, currently known as the Emirates Stadium, is a UEFA elite football stadium which is home to Arsenal FC, where they moved from Highbury in 2006. It has an current capacity of 60,361, and there have been rumours of an expansion...
in the 1–1 draw with Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
on 18 November 2006. In what was his first start in seven months, (since the 4–1 victory over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light
Stadium of Light
The Stadium of Light is an all-seater football stadium in Sunderland, England. With space for 49,000 spectators, the Stadium of Light has the fifth-largest capacity of any English football stadium. The stadium primarily hosts Sunderland A.F.C. matches...
), Dyer opened the scoring in the game after 30 minutes, with his first league goal for Newcastle in over 20 months. He continued his rich vein of form, also netting against Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
, Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....
, Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
, Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
, AZ Alkmaar and Watford
Watford F.C.
Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
. Following his return from injury, Dyer showed his versatility by playing in central midfield, right midfield and as an attacking midfielder, supporting Obafemi Martins
Obafemi Martins
Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for Rubin Kazan and the Nigeria national team. He is known for his speed on the ball....
.
Dyer was given permission to speak to West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
in August 2007 after both clubs agreed an undisclosed transfer fee. On 4 August, West Ham United confirmed that the deal had fallen through due to Newcastle's pulling out of the deal. However, the deal was rectified with Dyer finalising a move to Upton Park.
West Ham United
Dyer completed a move to West Ham on 16 August 2007 for £6m, signing a four year deal. He made his debut for West Ham in the 1–0 away win at Birmingham CityBirmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
on 18 August 2007. However, this has been one of the few positives in Dyer's time at West Ham as he has since been blighted by injury. Just ten days after his debut, he was stretchered off after a tackle by Joe Jacobson
Joe Jacobson
Joseph Mark "Joe" Jacobson is a Welsh footballer who plays for Shrewsbury Town. He is the former captain of the Wales U21 team, and is also a former captain of the Cardiff City reserve team.- Cardiff City :...
in a League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...
match against Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers F.C.
Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city....
that resulted in his right leg being broken in two places. Dyer subsequently missed the rest of the 2007–08 season. His injury was re-assessed in August 2008, when it was decided that a six week specialist rehabilitation programme was required before he began pre-season training.
During this time, Dyer's slow recovery from his injury sparked widespread speculation that his career may be over.
On 3 January 2009, Dyer made his comeback for West Ham after 17 months out, coming on as a second half substitute against Barnsley
Barnsley F.C.
Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...
in the FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
third round tie at Boleyn Ground
Boleyn Ground
The Boleyn Ground, more commonly referred to as Upton Park due to its location in Upton Park, London is the football stadium of West Ham United.-History:...
. Dyer's injuries continued in May 2009 when he was ruled out with a hamstring
Hamstring
In human anatomy, the hamstring refers to any one of the three posterior thigh muscles, or to the tendons that make up the borders of the space behind the knee. In modern anatomical contexts, however, they usually refer to the posterior thigh muscles, or the tendons of the semitendinosus, the...
injury. He played in West Ham's first game of the 2009–10 season against Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
but had problems with injuries after this game. He managed only one more game, away to Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
, before hamstring problems hit again. He returned for two further games before another injury in September kept him out until returning in a reserve game against Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
in November when he scored two goals.
After taking over West Ham in January 2010, David Sullivan revealed the full extent of the club's debts—which totalled £110 million. Shortly afterwards, in addition to the swingeing cuts being made by vice-chairman Karren Brady
Karren Brady
Karren Brady is an English sporting executive, television broadcaster, newspaper columnist, author and novelist. She is the former managing director of Birmingham City Football Club and current vice-chairman of West Ham United...
, Sullivan suggested that Dyer should follow Dean Ashton
Dean Ashton
Dean Ashton is a former English professional footballer. He made over 240 appearances as a forward in the Football League and Premier League for Crewe Alexandra, Norwich City and , and was also capped by England. He was highly praised as a talented centre forward, but had a career frustrated by...
into retirement; Sullivan expressed the club's frustration that Dyer, who earns £60,000 per week, had only played 18 games in three years. Ipswich town had expressed an interest in re-signing Dyer, but the move stalled amid reports that Dyer had demanded a £1 million pay-off from West Ham—the media had also speculated about whether Dyer could actually pass a medical.
In May 2010 figures in the Daily Telegraph stated that Dyer, who had made only 22 appearances and had never played a full 90 minutes for West Ham, was the club's top earner on £83,000-a-week. His deal included £424,000-a-season for image rights and £100,000 in loyalty fees. Dyer was released by West Ham at the end of the 2010–11 season, after costing the club around £450,000 per match for every game he played in.
Ipswich Town
On 11 March 2011, Dyer returned to his first club Ipswich TownIpswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
on a month-long loan. He was handed the number 30 shirt. He made his second debut for Ipswich at Elland Road
Elland Road
Elland Road is an all-seater football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has been the permanent residence of Leeds United A.F.C...
against Leeds United on 12 March, before being substituted in the 2nd half in a 0–0 draw.
In April 2011 West Ham manager Avram Grant refused a request by Ipswich Town to retain Dyer until the end of the 2010–11 season and he returned to West Ham having made four appearances for Ipswich.
Queens Park Rangers
In July 2011 Dyer signed a one-year contract with Queens Park RangersQueens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
. He made his debut on 13 August 2011, the opening day of the Premier League season, against Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....
, but after just three minutes he was stretched off with an injured foot. Dyer was handed the number 8 shirt.
International career
After representing England at Youth, Under 21 and 'B' level, Dyer's debut for the senior teamEngland national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
came on 4 September 1999, when he started in England's 6–0 win against Luxembourg
Luxembourg national football team
The Luxembourg national football team is the national football team of Luxembourg, and is controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation. The team play most of their home matches at the Stade Josy Barthel, in Luxembourg.- History :...
. He was deployed out of position at right back, and was replaced by Gary Neville
Gary Neville
Gary Alexander Neville is a former English footballer. He is England's most capped right-back and was Manchester United's club captain for five years....
at half time after injuring himself while setting-up Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...
's third goal of the game. The injury was not serious and he was able to make his second England appearance four days later, coming on as a late substitute for Steve McManaman
Steve McManaman
Steven McManaman is a retired English footballer who played as a midfielder, winger and playmaker. Having spent his playing career at two of European football's most successful clubs of the 20th century, Liverpool and Real Madrid, as well as a spell at Manchester City, McManaman is the most...
in a 0–0 draw with Poland
Poland national football team
The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...
. England qualified for the Euro 2000 competition but Dyer was not selected for the squad for the tournament, though he had recovered from injury and taken part in pre-tournament friendlies against Argentina
Argentina national football team
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...
and Ukraine
Ukraine national football team
The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After Ukrainian Independence and breakaway from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992...
. Along with a number of other young players who failed to make the squad – including Rio Ferdinand
Rio Ferdinand
Rio Gavin Ferdinand is an English footballer. He plays at centre back for Manchester United in the Premier League and for the England national football team...
, Frank Lampard
Frank Lampard
Frank James Lampard is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chelsea and the England national team. He also holds the position of vice-captain for his club side...
, Michael Duberry
Michael Duberry
Michael Wayne Duberry is an English footballer who plays for League Two club Oxford United. He started his career with Premier League side Chelsea and also played for Leeds United, Reading, Stoke City, Bournemouth and St...
, Jody Morris
Jody Morris
Jody Morris is an English football midfielder. He plays for Scottish club St. Johnstone. He has previously played for Chelsea, Leeds United, Rotherham United and Millwall.-Playing career:...
and Jonathan Woodgate
Jonathan Woodgate
Jonathan Simon Woodgate is an English footballer who plays for Stoke City in the Premier League.Woodgate started his football career at Leeds United where he established himself in the starting eleven. However, Woodgate was sold to Newcastle United for £9 million in January 2003. He impressed...
– Dyer took a drunken holiday to the Cypriot
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
resort of Ayia Napa
Ayia Napa
Ayia Napa is a resort at the far eastern end of the southern coast of Cyprus, famous for its sandy beaches. In recent years, apart from being a family holiday destination, it has become a 'party capital' together with Ibiza, Rimini and Mykonos...
. The holiday hit the headlines when a video of Dyer, Ferdinand and Lampard having sex with a number of women was leaked to The News of the World. Shortly after the story broke it was revealed that Dyer had spent a night in hospital after being glassed in the face during a fight in an Ipswich night club.
Dyer returned to the England squad for the first game after Euro 2000 for the first qualifier
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
A total of 199 teams entered the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 32 spots in the final tournament. and , as the co-hosts, and , as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 29 spots open for competition....
for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
, against Germany
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....
; the last ever football match at Wembley Stadium. England lost 1–0, and manager Kevin Keegan
Kevin Keegan
Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE is a former international footballer and former manager of the England national football team and several English clubs, most notably Newcastle United....
resigned afterwards.
Despite having played only 45 minutes of qualifying and 45 minutes of football under new national manager Sven-Goran Eriksson
Sven-Göran Eriksson
Sven-Göran Eriksson , in Sweden commonly referred to just by his nickname Svennis, is a Swedish ex-football manager. From October 2010 to October 2011 he managed Football League Championship side Leicester City....
, Dyer was named in the squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
. Two days after the squad was announced, Dyer suffered knee ligament damage after being tackled by Tahar El Khalej
Tahar El Khalej
Tahar El Khalej is a retired Moroccan footballer.-Club career:El-Khalej played for several clubs, including UD Leiria and Benfica in Portugal, and for Southampton and Charlton Athletic in England....
in a league game against Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
, but he recovered just in time to remain in the squad. He made three appearances, all as substitute, in the tournament, until England were knocked out at the quarter-final stage by Brazil
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...
.
Dyer played in several of Euro 2004 qualifiers but only had 7 minutes on the pitch at Euro 2004, coming on as a late replacement for Wayne Rooney in England's second group game against Switzerland
Switzerland national football team
The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...
. After making some appearances during England's FIFA World Cup 2006 qualifying Dyer's run in the England squad was ended by the recurrence of a hamstring injury while playing against .
After almost two years without making an appearance for England, Dyer's form for Newcastle earned him a call up to Steve McClaren
Steve McClaren
Stephen "Steve" McClaren is an English football manager and former player.McClaren was previously manager of VfL Wolfsburg in Germany between May 2010 and February 2011, having left his post at Dutch side FC Twente, with whom he won the club's first Eredivisie championship in the 2009–10 season...
's England starting line-up for a friendly against Spain in February 2007. His most recent appearance for England came in a 2–1 friendly defeat to Germany
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....
in August 2007, Dyer replacing Alan Smith in the second half.
Club
|-|1996–97||rowspan="4"|Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
||rowspan="3"|Division 1
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
||15*||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||16||0
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|1997–98||42*||4||2||0||7||1||0||0||51||5
|-
|1998–99||39*||7(**)||2||0||4||0||0||0||45||7
|-
|2010–11|||Championship||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Ipswich Town Total
!98!!11!!5!!0!!11!!1!!0!!0!!114!!12
|-
|1999–00||rowspan="8"|Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
||rowspan="8"|Premier League||30||3||6||1||0||0||3||0||39||4
|-
|2000–01||26||5||1||0||4||1||0||0||31||6
|-
|2001–02||18||3||2||0||1||0||0||0||21||3
|-
|2002–03||35||2||0||0||1||2||12||2||48||6
|-
|2003–04||25||1||2||2||0||0||7||0||34||3
|-
|2004–05||23||4||3||0||1||0||7||2||34||6
|-
|2005–06||11||0||2||1||0||0||0||0||13||1
|-
|2006–07||22||5||2||1||2||0||4||1||30||7
|-
!colspan="3"|Newcastle United Total
!190!!23!!18!!5!!9!!3!!33!!5!!250!!36
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|2007–08||rowspan="4"|West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
||rowspan="4"|Premier League||2||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||3||0
|-
|2008–09||7||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||8||0
|-
|2009–10||10||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||11||0
|-
|2010–11
2010–11 Premier League
The 2010–11 Premier League was the 19th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The 2010–11 fixtures were released on 17 June 2010 at 09:00 BST. The season began on 14 August 2010, and ended on 22 May 2011...
||11||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||12||0
|-
!colspan="3"|West Ham United Total
!30!!0!!1!!0!!3!!0!!0!!0!!34!!0
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318||34||24||5||23||4||33||5||398||48
(*) Includes 2 Play-Off Appearances each season
(**) Includes 2 Play-Off Goals