Dean Spink

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Dean Spink
Personal information
Full name Dean Peter Spink
Date of birth (1967-01-22) 22 January 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Striker / Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1989 Halesowen Town
1989–1990 Aston Villa 0 (0)
1989 Scarborough 3 (2)
1990 Bury 6 (1)
1990–1997 Shrewsbury Town 273 (53)
1997–2000 Wrexham 85 (9)
1999 Shrewsbury Town 4 (0)
2000–2002 Chester City 21 (2)
2002 Telford United 3 (0)
2002–2003 Kidsgrove Athletic
2003 Colwyn Bay
Managerial career
2001–2002 Chester City (joint caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dean Peter Spink (born 22 January 1967) is an English former professional footballer who played either as a striker or a defender. After retiring as a player, he became a physiotherapist for Shrewsbury Town but is now one at Solihull Moors. He is currently the reserve manager at Alvechurch FC.

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Personal life

Since retiring Spink has ventured into nursery care and gym training, and returned to Shrewsbury initially as youth-team physiotherapist before getting promoted to first-team physio. [1]

Honours

Shrewsbury Town

Individual

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References

  1. "Dean Spink's Hall of Fame". Premier Training International. 9 January 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
  2. Wood, Greg (14 April 1996). "Familiar role for Jemson". The Independent. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  3. Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 150.
  4. "Shrewsbury's cult heroes". BBC Sport. 4 September 2004. Retrieved 3 October 2008.