Dean Marney (footballer)’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Footballer
A.K.A. Dean Edward Marney
Is Athlete 
Football player 
Association football player 
From United Kingdom 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 31 January 1984, Barking
Age: 36 years
Star sign Aquarius

Dean Edward Marney (born 31 January 1984) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Burnley.

Club career

Tottenham Hotspur

Born in Barking, London, Marney is a box-to-box midfielder and a product of the Tottenham Hotspur youth system. Although predominantly a midfielder he showed an aptitude at right back and understudied to then Spurs right back Stephen Carr, and was viewed by many as the Irish international’s natural successor. He really emerged onto the scene in a mid season friendly against Irish champions Bohemians putting in a man of the match performance from right back. Unable to get his start as a young player in the Tottenham team, he was loaned out early on in his career to Swindon Town.

His initial first team action for Spurs came in August 2003, against Birmingham City. By January 2004 he had joined Queens Park Rangers on loan, as by that time Spurs had strengthened their strike force. Upon his return he was handed his debut start, but that would be his only appearance until November 2004, when he joined Gillingham on loan.

When he returned to Tottenham, he was immediately thrown in at the deep end, as a last minute choice to face an Everton team on 1 January, in which he scored the first and last goals of the match in a 5–2 victory, the second being a superb 25-yard curler into the top right corner.

He struggled with form until February 2005, the month in which he participated in his first international, an England under-21 match versus the Netherlands. He has not appeared for England since then.

After considerable squad strengthening in the early part of the 2005–06 season, which included the signings of Edgar Davids and Jermaine Jenas, he found himself out of action, and moved for a season-long loan to Norwich City in the hope of winning them promotion back to the Premier League. However his time at Norwich City was cut short due to injury and he returned to Tottenham on 31 October 2005.

Hull

Phil Parkinson made Marney his second signing for Hull City on 14 July 2006 for an undisclosed fee.

Burnley

Burnley manager Brian Laws made Marney his first summer signing on 28 May 2010. Marney scored his first goal for Burnley in a 3–3 draw with Sheffield United on 16 October 2010.

Marney struggled to establish himself in the Burnley team in his first season at the club, having spells in and out of the side. For the opening few games of his second season, Marney found himself out of favour and used predominantly as a substitute. However, a string of impressive performance from the midfielder saw him given an extended run in the side and Marney finished the season as one of the Clarets most impressive performers. The 2012-13 season is considered by many to be the best of Marneys career to date, being an almost ever-present in the Clarets side missing matches only through suspension and injury. Marney helped Burnley stave off relegation and eventually finish 11th in the Championship.

Marney began the 2013-14 season in a similar vein, performing very well during pre-season and the opening matches of the Football League Championship, where he formed an effective partnership with former Wolves and Wigan Athletic midfielder, David Jones, who signed for the Clarets in the summer. Over his first 3 seasons with Burnley he appeared in approximately 75% of their league games and, with his contract about to expire in 2013, signed a new 2-year deal.

International career

Marney represented England at international gaining one cap for the England under-21 side in England’s 2–1 defeat to Netherlands U-21 in February 2005. He has not appeared for England since then.

Style of play

Marney is a free-flowing midfielder and has proven to be a key factor in distribution throughout the teams he has played for. He has recently, at his latest club Burnley, developed a reputation of being a ‘hard man’ of football, picking up 12 yellow cards and 1 red card in the 2012–13 season, higher than all of his Burnley colleagues and the second in the Championship. He is not shy of a challenge but shows good control of his aggression.

Career statistics

As of match played 14 January 2017.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tottenham Hotspur 2002–03 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2003–04 Premier League 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0
2004–05 Premier League 5 2 3 0 0 0 — 8 2
2005–06 Premier League 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 8 2 3 0 0 0 — 11 2
Swindon Town (loan) 2002–03 Second Division 9 0 — — — 9 0
Queens Park Rangers (loan) 2003–04 Second Division 2 0 — — 1 0 3 0
Gillingham (loan) 2004–05 Championship 3 0 — — — 3 0
Norwich City (loan) 2005–06 Championship 13 0 — 2 0 — 15 0
Hull City 2006–07 Championship 37 2 1 0 3 0 — 41 2
2007–08 Championship 41 6 1 0 2 0 1 0 45 6
2008–09 Premier League 31 0 4 0 0 0 — 35 0
2009–10 Premier League 16 1 0 0 1 0 — 17 1
Total 125 9 6 0 6 0 1 0 138 9
Burnley 2010–11 Championship 36 3 3 0 2 0 — 41 3
2011–12 Championship 37 0 1 0 4 0 — 42 0
2012–13 Championship 38 2 1 0 2 1 — 41 3
2013–14 Championship 38 3 1 0 3 0 — 42 3
2014–15 Premier League 20 0 2 0 0 0 — 22 0
2015–16 Championship 12 0 0 0 0 0 — 12 0
2016–17 Premier League 20 1 0 0 0 0 — 20 1
Total 201 9 8 0 11 1 — 220 10
Career total 361 20 17 0 19 1 2 0 399 21

Honours

Hull City

  • Championship play-offs: 2007–08

Burnley

  • Championship: 2015–16
  • “D. Marney”. Soccerway. Retrieved 11 May 2015. 
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