Ian Dunbavin

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Ian Dunbavin
Personal information
Full name Ian Stuart Dunbavin
Date of birth (1980-05-27) 27 May 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Huyton, England [1]
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Liverpool
(Under 16s goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
1996-1998 Liverpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2000 Liverpool 0 (0)
2000–2004 Shrewsbury Town 99 (0)
2004Morecambe (loan) 3 (0)
2004–2006 Halifax Town 53 (0)
2006Scarborough (loan) 14 (0)
2006–2014 Accrington Stanley 151 (0)
2014Chesterfield (loan) 0 (0)
Total320(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Stuart Dunbavin (born 27 May 1980) is an English professional football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He spent the majority of his career at EFL League Two side Accrington Stanley, where he amassed 151 league appearances over an 8-year period.

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Dunbavin joined the Liverpool academy as a goalkeeping coach for the academy's under-16 teams on a part-time basis in 2014, before becoming a full-time addition to the club's academy in October 2016. [2]

Career

Born in Huyton, Merseyside, Dunbavin attended Christ the King Catholic High School in Southport before being offered a two-year scholarship deal at Liverpool in June 1996. He went on to sign a professional two-year deal in 1998 but ultimately went on to make no appearances for his boyhood club, leaving the club for Division Three side Shrewsbury Town on 17 January 2000 on a free transfer.

On 30 June 2004, Dunbavin left Shrewsbury following the expiration of his contract. Prior to the expiration of his contract, Dunbavin had spent time on trial in January with Scottish second-tier side Raith Rovers and Second Division club Wrexham, with no move to either club eventually materialising. In total, he made 101 appearances in all-competitions for Shrewsbury. [3]

On 12 July 2004, Dunbavin joined Conference National side Halifax Town, then managed by Chris Wilder. [4] He signed an additional-one-year contract with the club in April 2005 [5] before being sent out on loan to fellow Conference outfit, and the now-defunct, Scarborough in November 2005. [6]

Following his release from Halifax at the end of the 2005-06 season, Dunbavin joined newly-promoted Football League Two club Accrington Stanley on 1 July 2006.

In August 2009, Dunbavin received a suspended sentence, for his part in a brawl for which his friend Steven Gerrard had previously been arrested. [7] He was also ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work, and expressed "remorse and shame" for throwing two punches at the victim. [8]

On 2 January 2014, Dunbavin was signed on a one-month emergency loan by fellow League Two side Chesterfield, managed by former Stanley manager Paul Cook. [9] The move came after Dunbavin's falling out with then-manager James Beattie, [10] which resulted in him being dropped in favour of young loanee Marcus Bettinelli. He would end up remaining with Chesterfield until the end-of-the-season, with Chesterfield going on to be promoted back to League One at the first time of asking as well as finishing runners-up to Peterborough United in the Football League Trophy.

Following his return to Accrington at the end-of-the-season, Dunbavin had the final year of his contract terminated by mutual consent on 5 July 2014. [11] He made 161 appearances in all-competitions during his 8-year stay with the Lancashire club.

Despite receiving offers elsewhere following his departure from Stanley, and speculated interest from newly-promoted Chesterfield, [12] the club which he had spent half-a-season on loan prior to his release, Accrington would go on to be Dunbavin's last club as a player.

He returned to Liverpool's academy on a part-time basis in 2014, coaching the academy's under-6 to under-16 teams before becoming a full-time coach at the club in October 2016. [13]

Career statistics

Source: [14]

ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 1998–99 Premier League 0000000000
Liverpool 1999–2000 Premier League 0000000000
Total0000000000
Shrewsbury Town 1999–2000 Division Three 7000000070
Shrewsbury Town 2000–01 Division Three 220102000250
Shrewsbury Town 2001–02 Division Three 34010001 [lower-alpha 1] 0360
Shrewsbury Town 2002–03 Division Three 33040106 [lower-alpha 1] 0440
Shrewsbury Town 2003–04 Conference 3000000030
Total9906030701160
Morecambe (loan) 2003–04 Conference 3000000030
Total3000000030
Halifax Town 2004–05 Conference Premier 39020001 [lower-alpha 2] 0420
Halifax Town 2005–06 Conference Premier 140000000140
Total530200010560
Scarborough (loan) 2005–06 Conference 140000000140
Total140000000140
Accrington Stanley 2006–07 League Two 230102000260
Accrington Stanley 2007–08 League Two 23010001 [lower-alpha 1] 0250
Accrington Stanley 2008–09 League Two 4000001 [lower-alpha 1] 050
Accrington Stanley 2009–10 League Two 27020002 [lower-alpha 1] 0310
Accrington Stanley 2010–11 League Two 250201000280
Accrington Stanley 2011–12 League Two 25000002 [lower-alpha 1] 0270
Accrington Stanley 2012–13 League Two 200101000220
Accrington Stanley 2013–14 League Two 4000100050
Total15107050601690
Chesterfield (loan) 2013–14 League Two 0000000000
Career total3200150801403570
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

Honours

Chesterfield

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