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Kieron Dyer
Personal information
Full name	Kieron Courtney Dyer
Date of birth	December 29, 1978 (age 28)
Place of birth	Ipswich, England
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Midfielder, Forward
Club information
Current club	Newcastle United
Number	8
Youth clubs
1995-1996	Ipswich Town
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–99 1999–present	Ipswich Town Newcastle United	096 (11) 182 (22)
National team2
1997–99 1998 1999–present	England U21 England B England	011 0(1) 001 0(0) 030 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:29, 10 March 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 21:20, 28 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Kieron Courtney Dyer (born 29 December 1978 in Ipswich) is an English footballer currently playing for Newcastle United .

Known for his speed, dribbling and cool finishing, Dyer has played for the England squad but has failed to win a regular place in the starting line-up. He is of Antiguan descent via his mother.

Contents 1 Club Career 2 International Career 3 Disciplinary Problems 4 External links

Dyer's football career began with his hometown team, Ipswich Town, whom he signed for as a 17-year-old trainee in 1996. He broke into the Ipswich first team during his first season at the club, and quickly established a reputation as one of the top youngsters in English football outside of the Premier League. He spent three years at Portman Road, then requested a transfer to a bigger club in order to further his international prospects, after Ipswich failed to gain promotion through the playoffs into the Premier League in 1999.

Dyer was sold to Newcastle United in July 1999 for a fee of £6m, which is still the record transfer fee received by Ipswich Town. He was the only English player signed by Ruud Gullit during his spell as Newcastle's manager. Dyer opened his Newcastle goalscoring account at home to local rivals Sunderland, but the game ended in a 2-1 defeat, which saw Gullit resign shortly afterwards.

At the start of the 2005/06 season Dyer was once again on the injured list, preventing his selection for club or country. This followed a close-season in which Newcastle manager Graeme Souness signed a number of other midfield players including Emre, Scott Parker, Albert Luque and Nolberto Solano.

Dyer returned to first-team action on 4 February, 2006 against Portsmouth, Newcastle's first game following the departure of Souness. Kieron marked his first start of the season since the opening day against Arsenal with a goal in the FA Cup fifth round against Southampton on 18 February, 2006.

Dyer has two sons and became the first Newcastle United player to score at the Emirates Stadium in a game with Arsenal on 18 November 2006. In what was his first start in 7 months, (since the 4-1 victory over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light), Dyer opened the scoring in the game after 30 minutes, with his first league goal for Newcastle in over 20 months. He continued his rich vein of form, also netting against Tottenham, Bolton, Birmingham and Aston Villa. Since returning from injury Dyer has played in central midfield and as an attacking midfielder supporting Obafemi Martins. Dyer was named in the England squad for the February 2007 friendly against Spain, his first call-up in two years.

After representing his country at Youth, under-21, and 'B' level, his debut for England came on 4 September 1999 when he started in England's 6-0 win against Luxembourg. He then played for his country at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004.

After almost 2 years without making an appearance for England, his stunning form for Newcastle earned him a call up to Steve McClaren's England Squad for the friendly against Spain on February 7, 2007. He started in place of Wayne Rooney and earned his 29th Cap. England lost 1-0 but Dyer was the high point in an otherwise lacklustre England performance.

In August 2004 Dyer received a public caution from the Club's management after he was filmed urinating in public. This followed on from Dyer being named in connection with a criminal investigation in October 2003 into the gang rape of a 17 year old girl at the Grosvenor Hotel where Dyer was also staying. He also memorably crashed his Ferrari into a bridge stanchion in the middle of Newcastle.

On April 2 2005, Dyer was involved in an on-pitch brawl with fellow teammate Lee Bowyer in Newcastle United's Premiership match with Aston Villa. This resulted in Dyer receiving a red card for that particular game plus a further three game ban. Bowyer received a more severe punishment of a four game ban and a fine of more than £200,000 - approximately six weeks wages.

On 24 May 2006, Dyer was arrested and released on police bail in connection with an allegation of indecent exposure made by a female member of staff at a Swallow Hotel in Norwich on 30 April. Dyer later denied the allegations.

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Newcastle United F.C. - Current Squad

1 Given | 2 Carr | 4 Solano | 5 Emre | 7 Luque | 8 Dyer | 9 Martins | 10 Owen | 11 Duff | 12 Harper | 14 N'Zogbia | 15 Onyewu | 16 Milner | 17 Parker | 18 Moore | 19 Bramble | 20 Sibierski | 21 Clark | 22 Butt | 23 Ameobi | 24 Srníček | 26 Ramage | 27 Taylor | 30 Edgar | 32 Huntington | 33 Babayaro | 34 Bernard | 35 Pattison | 36 Gate | 37 O'Brien | 39 Carroll | 40 Krul | 42 Troisi | 43 LuaLua | 49 Forster | Manager: Roeder

	England squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Seaman | 2 Mills | 3 A. Cole | 4 Sinclair | 5 Ferdinand | 6 Campbell | 7 Beckham | 8 Scholes | 9 Fowler | 10 Owen | 11 Heskey | 12 Brown | 13 Martyn | 14 Bridge | 15 Keown | 16 Southgate | 17 Sheringham | 18 Hargreaves | 19 J. Cole | 20 Vassell | 21 Butt | 22 James | 23 Dyer | Coach: Eriksson