Dean_White_(footballer)
Dean White (footballer)
English footballer and manager
Dean White (born 4 December 1958)[1] is an English former professional footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1958-12-04) 4 December 1958 (age 65) | ||
| Place of birth | Hastings, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tottenham Hotspur (Scout) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1988 | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
| 1978–1983 | Millwall | 41 | (4) |
| 1983–1984 | Gillingham | 116 | (26) |
| Hastings Town | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
His clubs included Chelsea, Millwall,[2] and Gillingham,[3] and he made a total of nearly 160 Football League appearances.
After ending his professional playing career early due to injury, White moved on to coaching and managing, having two spells in charge of Hastings Town before moving to Brighton and Hove Albion under manager Micky Adams working initially as first team coach and reserve team manager and then assistant first team manager and head of recruitment. He left Brighton in November 2009 and went on to work in player recruitment at Sunderland and then onto Hull City in 2013 before being appointed as first team senior European scout at Tottenham Hotspur in 2017.
His son, Ben White, was also a footballer and was on the books of Gillingham between 1998 and 2003. He is currently the professional development lead coach at the club.
- Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 334. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
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