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Michael Dawson
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English association football player
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Michael Richard Dawson is a male English association football player who plays as a centre-back. Born in Northallerton in 1983, he began his professional career in 2000. Dawson has been a member of Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Nottingham Forest F.C., and Hull City A.F.C., and represented the England national under-21 association football team. He participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup and competed in the Premier League. His physical measurements include a height of 188 and a mass of 79.
The name Michael Dawson is also associated with other creative works. Open Library lists an author by this name with 44 works, including titles such as *How to Teach College*, *Mom and Mommy Tuck Me In!*, *The Cancer Answer Kid*, *Dad and Daddy Tuck Me In!*, and *12 Fat Ladies*. Additionally, a music group named Michael Dawson is listed in MusicBrainz, with Last.fm data indicating 68 listeners and 235 playcounts for the name.
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Key facts
- Full name
- Michael Richard Dawson
- Date of birth
- ( 1983-11-18 ) 18 November 1983 (age 42)
- Place of birth
- Northallerton , England
- Height
- 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
- Position
- Centre back
- 1997 2001
- Nottingham Forest
- Years
- Team
- 2001 2005
- Nottingham Forest
- 2005 2014
- Tottenham Hotspur
- 2014 2018
- Hull City
- 2018 2021
- Nottingham Forest
- 2003 2005
- England U21
- 2006 2007
- England B
- 2010 2011
- England
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Defender
- Nationality
- England
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Dawson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Northallerton
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2010 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Nottingham Forest F.C.
- Position played
- centre-back
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- England
- Mass
- 79
- Image
- Michael Dawson 2016-05-28 1.jpg
- Height
- 188
Show 6 more facts
- Commons category
- Michael Dawson (footballer)
- date of birth
- 1983-11-18
- sport number
- 20
- birth name
- Michael Richard Dawson
- name in native language
- Michael Dawson
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Richard Dawson (born 18 November 1983) is an English former professional football player and sports pundit.
As a player, he was a centre back. Dawson started his career at Nottingham Forest playing alongside veteran defender Des Walker before moving to Tottenham Hotspur with teammate Andy Reid for a fee of £8 million. While at Tottenham, Dawson won the League Cup in 2008. His form in the 2009–10 season saw him included in England's preliminary 2010 FIFA World Cup squad. Although he initially failed to make the final 23-man squad, an injury to captain Rio Ferdinand saw him drafted in as replacement.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Dawson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.