Dean Holden

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Dean Holden
Personal information
Full name Dean Thomas John Holden [1]
Date of birth (1979-09-15) 15 September 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Swinton, England [2]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2002 Bolton Wanderers 13 (1)
2001 → Valur (loan) 7 (0)
2001–2002 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 23 (2)
2002–2005 Oldham Athletic 85 (8)
2005–2007 Peterborough United 56 (4)
2007–2009 Falkirk 48 (2)
2009–2011 Shrewsbury Town 50 (0)
2010 → Rotherham United (loan) 6 (0)
2011–2012 Chesterfield 31 (3)
2011–2012 → Rochdale (loan) 7 (0)
2012 Rochdale 14 (0)
2012–2014 Walsall 29 (2)
Total369(22)
Managerial career
2015 Oldham Athletic
2016–2020 Bristol City (assistant)
2020–2021 Bristol City
2021–2022 Stoke City (assistant)
2022 Stoke City (caretaker)
2022–2023 Charlton Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dean Thomas John Holden (born 15 September 1979) is an English association football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of League One club Charlton Athletic.

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During a career which began at Bolton Wanderers in 1998 and ended with a two-year stint at Walsall from 2012 to 2014, Holden was a defender who was comfortable playing at right-back and centre-back. Over that sixteen-year period, he amassed 369 league appearances, representing ten clubs and scoring 22 goals. He moved in to coaching with Oldham Athletic in November 2014 and spent time as manager from February 2015 until May 2015. Holden joined Bristol City in November 2016 as assistant manager to Lee Johnson. Following Johnson's departure on 4 July 2020, Holden was placed in caretaker charge before being given the role on a permanent basis. He was sacked by Bristol City in February 2021. In April 2021, Holden joined Stoke City as assistant manager, and was briefly Stoke's caretaker manager before joining Charlton in December 2022.

Club career

Born in Swinton, Greater Manchester, Holden started his career with Bolton Wanderers where he made 13 league appearances and scored once against Sheffield United, [3] before moving on to Oldham Athletic after a successful loan period.

After over 100 first-team appearances for Oldham he joined Peterborough United in 2005. He was made captain but, with his contract close to expiry, he was transferred to Falkirk on 1 January 2007 for an undisclosed fee. [4]

On 27 January 2008, Holden suffered a broken leg, after a late tackle by Celtic's Stephen McManus, during Falkirk's 1–0 home defeat, [5] leaving him out of action until October.

Holden signed a two-year contract with Shrewsbury Town on 26 June 2009. On 5 August 2010 Holden signed on loan at Rotherham United, [6] initially for only one month but this was extended twice until he was recalled early by Shrewsbury on 20 October. [7] On 31 January 2011, Holden had his contract cancelled by mutual agreement [8] and he became a free agent.

Chesterfield signed Holden on 3 February 2011 in a short-term contract until the end of the season. [9] Holden then signed a new one-year deal with Chesterfield on 18 May 2011. [10]

On 3 November 2011, Holden joined Rochdale on loan until January 2012. In January 2012, Holden made his loan switch permanent on a six-month contract. In May 2012, Holden was released from Rochdale after being told his contract would not be renewed. [11]

On 16 July 2012, Dean Holden signed a one-year deal at League One side Walsall. [12]

International career

Despite his English birth and having played for the England youth team, Holden qualified to represent Northern Ireland through his grandparents, and was called up to their full squad for the first time in June 2007 but did not make an appearance. [13]

Managerial career

On 14 November 2014, Holden left Walsall to join former club Oldham Athletic as first-team coach. [14] On 17 March 2015, after a spell as caretaker manager, Holden remained manager until the end of the 2014–15 season. [15] Holden returned to his assistant manager role following the appointment of Darren Kelly in May 2015. [16] Holden was sacked by Oldham along with David Dunn in January 2016 after a poor run of form. [17] He re-joined Walsall in March 2016 as first-team coach. [18]

Holden joined Bristol City as assistant manager to Lee Johnson in November 2016. [19] On 4 July 2020, following the dismissal of Johnson, Holden became caretaker head coach. [20] In August 2020 Holden was appointed as full-time head coach at Bristol City, on a 12-month rolling contract, after he had won two and drawn two games of the last five of the 2019–20 season while in temporary charge. [21] On 16 February 2021, Holden was sacked after a run of six successive defeats in all competitions and the club placed 13th in the Championship. [21]

On 14 April 2021, Holden was appointed as assistant to Michael O'Neill at Stoke City. [22] [23] Following O'Neill's dismissal in August 2022, Holden was appointed as interim manager. [24] He took charge of Stoke's 1–0 win at Blackburn Rovers two days later, before confirming his departure from the club ahead of Alex Neil's appointment as O'Neill's replacement. [25]

On 20 December 2022, Holden was named manager of Charlton Athletic, [26] taking over from caretaker manager Anthony Hayes on Boxing Day, 26 December 2022. [27]

On 27 August 2023, Holden was sacked as Charlton manager [28] after one win in the opening six games of the 2023–24 season. [29]

Personal life

In June 2006, Holden married television presenter Danielle Nicholls. They live in Worsley and have four children. In 2012 their youngest child died after contracting meningococcal sepsis, while the family were on holiday in Lanzarote. [30] Holden is a lifelong supporter of Manchester United. [31]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bolton Wanderers 1999–2000 [32] First Division 1204030—190
2000–01 [33] First Division110000—11
2001–02 [34] Premier League 000010—10
Total1314040—211
Valur (loan) 2001 [35] Úrvalsdeild 7020——90
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2001–02 [34] Second Division 23210003 [lower-alpha 1] 0282
Oldham Athletic 2002–03 [36] Second Division6200100072
2003–04 [37] Second Division39420002 [lower-alpha 1] 0434
2004–05 [38] League One 40220204 [lower-alpha 1] 1483
Total1081050309112511
Peterborough United 2005–06 [39] League Two 35320003 [lower-alpha 1] 0403
2006–07 [40] League Two21120202 [lower-alpha 1] 0271
Total564402050674
Falkirk 2006–07 [40] Scottish Premier League 912000—111
2007–08 [41] Scottish Premier League2002020—240
2008–09 [42] Scottish Premier League1912010—221
Total4826030—572
Shrewsbury Town 2009–10 [43] League Two370001000380
2010–11 [44] League Two130100000140
Total500101000520
Rotherham United (loan) 2010–11 [44] League Two6000001 [lower-alpha 1] 070
Chesterfield 2010–11 [44] League Two172000000172
2011–12 [45] League One14100101 [lower-alpha 1] 0161
Total313001010333
Rochdale 2011–12 [45] League One210100000220
Walsall 2012–13 [46] League One252202000292
2013–14 [47] League One0000000000
2014–15 [48] League One4000100050
Total292203000342
Career total3692225017016142723

Managerial statistics

As of match played 26 August 2023 [49]
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecord
PWDLWin %
Oldham Athletic 25 February 20155 May 201515357020.0
Bristol City 5 July 202016 February 20214319519044.2
Stoke City (caretaker)26 August 202227 August 20221100100.0
Charlton Athletic 20 December 202227 August 20233212515037.5
Total91351541038.5

Honours

Chesterfield

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