Dean Bowditch

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Dean Bowditch
Dean Bowditch January 2015.jpg
Bowditch in January 2015
Personal information
Full name Dean Peter Bowditch [1]
Date of birth (1986-06-15) 15 June 1986 (age 37)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total427(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.

Contents

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

Ipswich Town

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Career statistics

As of match played 18 February 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ipswich Town 2002–03 [4] First Division 400000—40
2003–04 [34] First Division16410211 [lower-alpha 1] 0205
2004–05 [35] Championship 21300201 [lower-alpha 2] 0243
2005–06 [36] Championship2100010—220
2006–07 [37] Championship910010—101
2007–08 [38] Championship000000—00
2008–09 [39] Championship100010—20
Total728107120829
Burnley (loan) 2004–05 [35] Championship1010000—101
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2005–06 [36] League Two 111000000111
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 2006–07 [37] League One 3100001 [lower-alpha 3] 041
Northampton Town (loan) 2007–08 [38] League One102000000102
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 2007–08 [38] League One5000000050
Brentford (loan) 2008–09 [39] League Two9200000092
Yeovil Town 2009–10 [13] League One30100000003010
2010–11 [40] League One411520101 [lower-alpha 3] 04515
Total71252010107525
Milton Keynes Dons 2011–12 [41] League One411243303 [lower-alpha 4] 05115
2012–13 [42] League One39853311 [lower-alpha 3] 04812
2013–14 [43] League One121100000131
2014–15 [44] League One35710301 [lower-alpha 3] 0407
2015–16 [45] Championship3743000—404
2016–17 [46] League One28531232 [lower-alpha 5] 0359
Total192371771147022748
Northampton Town 2017–18 [47] League One11020003 [lower-alpha 5] 0160
2018–19 [48] League Two20300103 [lower-alpha 5] 0243
Total313201060403
Stevenage (loan) 2017–18 [47] League Two5200000052
Stowmarket Town 2019–20 [23] ECL Premier Division80——4 [lower-alpha 6] 1121
Career total4278222720521149095
  1. ↑ Appearance in First Division play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearance in Championship play-offs
  3. 1 2 3 4 Appearance in Football League Trophy
  4. ↑ Two appearances in League One play-offs, one appearance in Football League Trophy
  5. 1 2 3 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  6. ↑ Three appearances in FA Vase, one appearance in Eastern Counties League Challenge Cup

Honours

Milton Keynes Dons

England U17

Individual

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