Dean Holden

Dean Thomas John Holden (born 15 September 1979) is an English former footballer and the head coach at Bristol City. He was previously manager of Oldham Athletic following the departure of manager Lee Johnson in 2015.

Dean Holden

Personal information
Full name	Dean Thomas John Holden[1]
Date of birth	15 September 1979
Place of birth	Swinton, England[2]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Club information
Current team	Bristol City (Head Coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(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)
Total		369	(22)
Teams managed
2014–2015	Oldham Athletic (assistant)
2015	Oldham Athletic
2015–2016	Oldham Athletic (assistant)
2016	Walsall (assistant)
2016–2020	Bristol City (assistant)
2020–	Bristol City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 in representing ten clubs, scoring 22 goals.

Playing 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]

Managerial career

On 14 November 2014, Holden left Walsall to join former club Oldham Athletic as first-team coach.[13]

On 17 March 2015, after a spell as caretaker manager, Holden became full-time manager at Oldham Athletic. [14]

On 4 July 2020, following the dismissal of Lee Johnson at Bristol City Holden became caretaker head coach.[15]

On 7 August 2020 Holden was offered the job as full time head coach at Bristol City. On 10 August he accepted the post.

Career statistics

Player

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bolton Wanderers	1999–2000[16]	First Division	12	0	4	0	3	0	—		19	0
	2000–01[17]	First Division	1	1	0	0	0	0	—		1	1
	2001–02[18]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
	Bolton Wanderers Total		13	1	4	0	4	0	—		21	1
Oldham Athletic (loan)	2001–02[18]	Second Division	23	2	1	0	—		3[lower-alpha 1]	0	28	2
Oldham Athletic	2002–03[19]	Second Division	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	2
	2003–04[20]	Second Division	39	4	2	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	43	4
	2004–05[21]	League One	40	2	2	0	2	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	1	48	3
	Oldham Athletic Total		108	10	5	0	3	0	9	1	125	11
Peterborough United	2005–06[22]	League Two	35	3	2	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	40	3
	2006–07[23]	League Two	21	1	2	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	27	1
	Peterborough United Total		56	4	4	0	2	0	5	0	67	4
Falkirk	2006–07[23]	Scottish Premier League	9	1	2	0	0	0	—		11	1
	2007–08[24]	Scottish Premier League	20	0	2	0	2	0	—		24	0
	2008–09[25]	Scottish Premier League	19	1	2	0	1	0	—		22	1
	Falkirk Total		48	2	6	0	3	0	—		57	2
Shrewsbury Town	2009–10[26]	League Two	37	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	38	0
	2010–11[27]	League Two	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
	Shrewsbury Town Total		50	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	52	0
Rotherham United (loan)	2010–11[27]	League Two	6	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	7	0
Chesterfield	2010–11[27]	League Two	17	2	—		—		—		17	2
	2011–12[28]	League One	14	1	0	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	16	1
	Chesterfield Total		31	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	33	3
Rochdale	2011–12[28]	League One	21	0	1	0	—		—		22	0
Walsall	2012–13[29]	League One	25	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	29	2
	2013–14[30]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2014–15[31]	League One	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	Walsall Total		29	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	34	2
Career total			362	22	23	0	17	0	16	1	418	23

1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

International

Despite his English birth and having played for the England youth team, Holden qualifies to represent Northern Ireland through his grandparents, and was called up to their full squad for the first time in June 2007.[32]

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.[33]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 6 February 2021[34]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Oldham Athletic	25 February 2015	5 May 2015	15	3	5	7	020.0
Bristol City	5 July 2020	Present	38	18	5	15	047.4
Total			53	21	10	22	039.6

Honours

Chesterfield

• Football League 2 winner 2010/11

References

1. Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 294. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
2. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 455. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
3. "Bolton strike late to deny Blades". BBC. 6 May 2001. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
4. Source: BBC Sport (in English)
5. "Falkirk manager backs injured Holden" BBC Sport website
6. "Deano Goes Out". Shrewsbury Town FC official website. 5 August 2010. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
7. "Deano Recalled". Shrewsbury Town FC official website. 21 October 2010. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
8. "Deano Moves On" Shrewsbury Town official website
9. "Spireite Line-Up". Chesterfield FC official website. 6 February 2011. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012.
10. "Lee and Holden agree new Chesterfield deals" BBC Sport website, 18 May 2011.
11. "Coleman to make big changes" SkySports website, 10 May 2012. Retrieved on 12 May 2012.
12. "Cuvelier and Holden join Walsall" BBC Sport website, 16 July 2012. Retrieved on 16 July 2012.
13. "Dean Holden: Oldham Athletic bring back Walsall man as coach" BBC Sport website, 14 November 2014. Retrieved on 14 November 2014.
16. "Games played by Dean Holden in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
17. "Games played by Dean Holden in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
18. "Games played by Dean Holden in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
19. "Games played by Dean Holden in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
20. "Games played by Dean Holden in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
21. "Games played by Dean Holden in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
22. "Games played by Dean Holden in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
23. "Games played by Dean Holden in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
24. "Games played by Dean Holden in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
25. "Games played by Dean Holden in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
26. "Games played by Dean Holden in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
27. "Games played by Dean Holden in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
28. "Games played by Dean Holden in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
29. "Games played by Dean Holden in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
30. "Games played by Dean Holden in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
31. "Games played by Dean Holden in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
32. "Holden called up by Northern Ireland" Falkirk official website
33. "Walsall defender Dean Holden driven by family heartache". BBC Sport.
34. "Managers: Dean Holden". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

• Dean Holden at Soccerbase
• Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database