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Dennis Wise
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English football player and manager (born 1966)
Key facts
- 1985
- → Grebbestads IF (loan)
- 1988
- England U21
- 2005
- Southampton (caretaker)
- 2006
- Coventry City
- Full name
- Dennis Frank Wise
- Date of birth
- ( 1966-12-16 ) 16 December 1966 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- Kensington , England
- Height
- 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
- Position
- Midfielder
- 1983 1985
- Southampton
- Years
- Team
- 1985 1990
- Wimbledon
- 1990 2001
- Chelsea
- 2001 2002
- Leicester City
- 2002 2005
- Millwall
- 2005 2006
- Southampton
- 1989 1990
- England B
- 1991 2000
- England
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dennis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Kensington
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2000
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- England men's national association football team
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- England
- Image
- Chelsea Legends 1 Inter Forever 4 (28453485028) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 1.68
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- coach of sports team
- Leeds United F.C.
- date of birth
- 1966-12-16
- birth name
- Dennis Frank Wise
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 0
- Commons category
- Dennis Wise
- name in native language
- Dennis Wise
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Encyclopedic overview
Dennis Frank Wise (born 16 December 1966) is an English former professional football player and manager who played as a central midfielder. He spent the majority of his career at Chelsea, from 1990 to 2001.
Beginning his career at Wimbledon, Wise came to prominence as a member of the "Crazy Gang", and in 1988, was part of the team that won the FA Cup in an upset victory over Liverpool. In 1990, he joined Chelsea, becoming captain three years later under the stewardship of Glenn Hoddle. During his time at Stamford Bridge, Wise won two FA Cups, a League Cup and a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and is the club's second most successful captain, behind John Terry. Wise was a popular figure amongst the Chelsea support, and was named the club's Player of the Year on two occasions. In June 2001, he was sold to Leicester City.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dennis Wise” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.