Dean Bowditch

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Dean Bowditch
Personal information
Full name Dean Peter Bowditch
Date of birth (1986-06-15) 15 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Bishop's Stortford, England
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Position(s) Midfielder / Striker
Team information
Current team
Milton Keynes Dons
Number 9
Youth career
Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2009 Ipswich Town 72 (8)
2005 Burnley (loan) 10 (1)
2006 Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 11 (1)
2006 Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 3 (1)
2007–2008 Northampton Town (loan) 10 (2)
2008 Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 5 (0)
2008–2009 Brentford (loan) 9 (2)
2009–2011 Yeovil Town 71 (25)
2011– Milton Keynes Dons 129 (29)
International career
2001–2002 England U16 8 (0)
2002–2003 England U17 5 (0)
2004–2005 England U19 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:05, 09 August 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:21, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Dean Peter Bowditch (born 15 June 1986) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder or striker for Milton Keynes Dons. Bowditch started his career with Ipswich Town as a trainee before being selected for the first team in 2003.

Family

He has an older brother Ben Bowditch, who plays for Potter's Bar Town.

Career

Ipswich Town

He made his Ipswich Town first team debut in March 2003, aged 16, when he came off the bench against local rivals Norwich City, a match in which Ipswich won 2–0. The following season, becoming the youngest Ipswich player to score a hat-trick, against Watford. He picked up the Dale Roberts award as the best performer from the academy for 2003–04. A series of injuries saw Bowditch feature less for the Ipswich first team and he was loaned to Burnley, Wycombe and Brighton. On 22 November 2008 he signed a one-month loan deal at Northampton Town.

On 11 February 2008, Bowditch agreed to re-join Brighton on loan, initially for one-month. On 31 October 2008, he joined Brentford on loan until January 2009, with an option to be recalled after one month.[1]

Ipswich released Bowditch at the end of the 2008–09 season.[2]

Yeovil Town

Bowditch signed a one-year deal with League One club Yeovil on 30 July 2009.[3] He scored on his debut against Tranmere but was later injured. On 14 November, he returned from injury and scored as a second-half substitute in Yeovil's 1–0 win over Southend. He scored his ninth goal of the season against Leeds United on 5 April 2010 in a 2–1 defeat. He reached double figures for the season with the opener against Millwall on Tuesday 13 April 2010. He finished the season as Yeovil's top scorer. On 16 June 2010, he signed a new contract with Yeovil. He was informed by the club at the end of the 2010/11 season that he was one of seven Yeovil players who would be awarded new contracts.[4] He rejected this contract offer and left Yeovil.

Milton Keynes Dons

On 20 June 2011, Dean Bowditch signed a two-year deal with MK Dons,[5] becoming manager Karl Robinson's first signing of the 2011/12 season. Despite playing as a striker for most of his career he has spent the majority of his spell at the Dons playing wide left, providing 13 assists and scoring 15. He has become a fan favourite for the Dons and was their top scorer and topped the assist table for the 2012/13 season, despite being primarily deployed as a winger or a wide midfielder. On 10 March 2014, Bowditch signed a new one-year deal with the Dons.[6]

Career statistics

As of 6 May 2014.[7]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ipswich Town 2002–03[8] First Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2003–04[9] First Division 16 4 1 0 2 1 1 0 20 5
2004–05[10] Championship 21 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 24 3
2005–06[11] Championship 21 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 0
2006–07[12] Championship 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 1
2007–08[13] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008–09[14] Championship 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Total 72 8 1 0 7 1 2 0 82 9
Burnley (loan) 2004–05[10] Championship 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2005–06[11] League Two 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 2006–07[12] League One 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1
2007–08[13] League One 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 1
Northampton Town (loan) 2007–08[13] League One 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2
Brentford (loan) 2008–09[14] League Two 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
Yeovil Town 2009–10[15] League One 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 10
2010–11[16] League One 41 15 2 0 1 0 1 0 45 15
Total 71 25 2 0 1 0 1 0 75 25
Milton Keynes Dons 2011–12[17] League One 41 12 4 3 3 0 3 0 51 15
2012–13[18] League One 39 8 5 3 3 1 1 0 48 12
2013–14[19] League One 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
2014–15[20] League One 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
Total 96 21 10 6 7 1 4 0 117 28
Career total 287 61 13 6 15 2 8 0 323 69
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League Trophy and Play-off matches.

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