Dean Bowditch

Dean Bowditch
Bowditch in January 2015
Personal information
Full name Dean Peter Bowditch[1]
Date of birth (1986-06-15) 15 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Bishop's Stortford, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Youth career
1996–2002 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)
2011–2017 Milton Keynes Dons 192 (37)
2017–2019 Northampton Town 31 (3)
2018 → Stevenage (loan) 5 (2)
2019–2020 Stowmarket Town 8 (0)
Total 427 (82)
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 12:04, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Dean Peter Bowditch (born 15 June 1986) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward.

He made over 200 appearances for Milton Keynes Dons and also played for Ipswich Town, Northampton Town and Yeovil Town, with loan spells at Brighton & Hove Albion, Wycombe Wanderers, Burnley, Brentford and Stevenage.

Club career

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Ipswich Town

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Bowditch joined the academy of Ipswich Town at the age of ten and progressed through several age groups.[3] He made his 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.[4] The following season, he became the club's youngest player to score a hat-trick, against Watford.[5] He was named the club's 2003–04 Academy Player of the Year.[6] A series of injuries saw him feature less for the Ipswich first team and he was loaned to Burnley, Wycombe Wanderers and Brighton & Hove Albion.[2] On 22 November 2007 he signed a one-month loan deal at Northampton Town.[7]

On 11 February 2008, Bowditch agreed to re-join Brighton & Hove Albion on loan, initially for one-month.[8] On 31 October 2008, he joined Brentford on loan until January 2009, with an option to be recalled after one month.[9]

Ipswich released Bowditch at the end of the 2008–09 season.[10]

Yeovil Town

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Bowditch signed a one-year contract with League One club Yeovil on 30 July 2009.[11] He scored on his debut against Tranmere but was later injured.[12] On 14 November, he returned from injury and scored as a second-half substitute in Yeovil's 1–0 win over Southend.[13] He scored his 9th goal of the season against Leeds United on 5 April 2010 in a 2–1 defeat.[13] He reached double figures for the season with the opener against Millwall on Tuesday 13 April 2010.[13] Having finished the 2009–10 season as Yeovil's top scorer, he signed a new contract with the club on 16 June 2010.[14] At the end of the 2010–11 season, he was informed by the club that he was one of seven Yeovil players who would be awarded new contracts.[15] However, rejected this contract offer and left Yeovil.[13]

Milton Keynes Dons

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On 20 June 2011, Dean Bowditch signed a two-year deal with Milton Keynes Dons,[16] 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 club.[17]

On 25 April 2017, after 6 seasons, 227 appearances and 48 goals, Milton Keynes Dons announced that Bowditch would leave the club at the end of the 2016–17 season.[18]

Northampton Town

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On 23 June 2017, Northampton Town announced the signing of Bowditch on a two-year deal effective from 1 July 2017.[19] Following limited opportunities, Bowditch joined League Two club Stevenage on loan on 31 January 2018, with the deal running for the remainder of the 2017–18 season.[20] He was later one of 8 players released by Northampton at the end of the 2018–19 season.[21]

Stowmarket Town

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On 19 November 2019, Bowditch signed for Eastern Counties League Premier Division club Stowmarket Town until the end of the season.[22] Bowditch scored his first goal for Stowmarket in a 4–0 win against Stansted in the FA Vase.[23]

International career

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Bowditch received his first call-up to the England U16 national team in July 2001.[24] On 26 October 2001, he scored two goals in a 4–3 win over Spain U16.[25] He was called up to the England U17 side in June 2002 for the Nationwide International Tournament.[26] He made his England U17 debut on 8 July 2002, featuring as a second-half substitute in a 2–2 draw with Italy U17.[27] He helped England to win the Nationwide Tournament.[28] In January 2004, Bowditch was placed on stand-by for the England U19 squad ahead of a friendly with Netherlands U19 the following month.[29] He was again placed on stand-by for the England U19s in March 2004, whilst also receiving a call up to the England U18 side on 12 March,[30] however he was left out of the Under-18 side that faced Belgium U18 in a friendly, following a recall request by Ipswich.[31] He featured for England U19 in a 2–0 win over Republic of Ireland U19 on 10 September 2004.[32]

Personal life

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He has an older brother, Ben Bowditch, who plays for Potters Bar Town.[33]

Career statistics

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As of match played 18 February 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ipswich Town 2002–03[4] First Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 0
2003–04[34] First Division 16 4 1 0 2 1 1[a] 0 20 5
2004–05[35] Championship 21 3 0 0 2 0 1[b] 0 24 3
2005–06[36] Championship 21 0 0 0 1 0 — 22 0
2006–07[37] Championship 9 1 0 0 1 0 — 10 1
2007–08[38] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2008–09[39] Championship 1 0 0 0 1 0 — 2 0
Total 72 8 1 0 7 1 2 0 82 9
Burnley (loan) 2004–05[35] Championship 10 1 0 0 0 0 — 10 1
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2005–06[36] League Two 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 2006–07[37] League One 3 1 0 0 0 0 1[c] 0 4 1
Northampton Town (loan) 2007–08[38] League One 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 2007–08[38] League One 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Brentford (loan) 2008–09[39] League Two 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
Yeovil Town 2009–10[13] League One 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 10
2010–11[40] League One 41 15 2 0 1 0 1[c] 0 45 15
Total 71 25 2 0 1 0 1 0 75 25
Milton Keynes Dons 2011–12[41] League One 41 12 4 3 3 0 3[d] 0 51 15
2012–13[42] League One 39 8 5 3 3 1 1[c] 0 48 12
2013–14[43] League One 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
2014–15[44] League One 35 7 1 0 3 0 1[c] 0 40 7
2015–16[45] Championship 37 4 3 0 0 0 — 40 4
2016–17[46] League One 28 5 3 1 2 3 2[e] 0 35 9
Total 192 37 17 7 11 4 7 0 227 48
Northampton Town 2017–18[47] League One 11 0 2 0 0 0 3[e] 0 16 0
2018–19[48] League Two 20 3 0 0 1 0 3[e] 0 24 3
Total 31 3 2 0 1 0 6 0 40 3
Stevenage (loan) 2017–18[47] League Two 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Stowmarket Town 2019–20[23] ECL Premier Division 8 0 — — 4[f] 1 12 1
Career total 427 82 22 7 20 5 21 1 490 95
  1. ^ Appearance in First Division play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance in Championship play-offs
  3. ^ a b c d Appearance in Football League Trophy
  4. ^ Two appearances in League One play-offs, one appearance in Football League Trophy
  5. ^ a b c Appearances in EFL Trophy
  6. ^ Three appearances in FA Vase, one appearance in Eastern Counties League Challenge Cup

Honours

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Milton Keynes Dons

England U17

  • Nationwide Tournament: 2002[50]

Individual

References

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  14. ^ "Bowditch Confirms Contract Signing". Ciderspace. 22 June 2010.
  15. ^ "Terry Skiverton offers seven new Yeovil Town deals". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
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