Harlee Dean
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Harlee James Dean[1] | ||
Date of birth | 26 July 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Basingstoke, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) |
Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Reading | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
20??–2008 | Dagenham & Redbridge | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 1 | (0) |
2008 | → Redbridge (loan) | 15 | (4) |
2008–2009 | → Bishop's Stortford (loan) | 13 | (3) |
2009 | → Thurrock (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2009 | → Braintree Town (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2009–2010 | → Grays Athletic (loan) | 23 | (1) |
2010–2012 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
2011 | → Bishop's Stortford (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2011–2012 | → Brentford (loan) | 26 | (1) |
2012–2017 | Brentford | 198 | (7) |
2017–2023 | Birmingham City | 191 | (8) |
2022 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2023– | Reading | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:29, 18 March 2024 (UTC) |
Harlee James Dean (born 26 July 1991) is an English professional
He began his career at
Career
Dagenham & Redbridge
A
Redbridge (loan)
Early in the 2008–09 season, Dean had a three-month loan spell at Isthmian League Division One North club Redbridge, where he made 15 appearances and scored four goals.[9] Two of the goals came in a 6–1 thrashing of Witham Town on 9 September 2008.[9]
Bishop's Stortford (loan)
Dean joined
Thurrock (loan)
Dean signed for Conference South strugglers Thurrock on loan on 20 March 2009.[12] He made 10 appearances without scoring.[11]
Braintree Town (loan)
Dean joined Conference South side Braintree Town on loan in August 2009.[13] He made eight appearances for the club without scoring.[11]
Grays Athletic (loan)
Dean signed on loan for
Southampton
Dean signed for
Return to Bishop's Stortford (loan)
Along with Tony Garrod, Dean returned to Bishop's Stortford on a one-month loan in February 2011.
Brentford
2011–2013
On 24 November 2011, Dean joined League One club Brentford on loan until 8 January 2012.[23] He made his debut two days later in a 2–1 win at Rochdale, coming on as a late substitute for match-winner and former Dagenham & Redbridge teammate Sam Saunders.[20] Dean made his first start for the club in the following game, partnering Leon Legge in defence in a 1–0 FA Cup second round defeat.[20] On 5 January 2012, Dean's loan was extended until the end of the season.[24] By the end of January, Dean was consistently one of manager Uwe Rösler's first-choice centre backs and scored the first professional goal of his career with the opener in a 4–0 defeat of Carlisle United on 20 February.[20] Dean made 28 appearances during the 2011–12 season and scored once.[20]
On 21 May 2012, Dean signed a two-year permanent deal with the club.
2013–2015
Dean began the
Though Dean began the
2015–2017
After starting in Brentford's first two league matches of the
Dean was named by head coach Dean Smith as captain for the 2016–17 season.[49] He partnered John Egan or Andreas Bjelland as part of a two- or three-man central defence throughout the first half of the season and scored his first goal since November 2014 with Brentford's second in a 5–0 victory over Preston North End on 17 September.[50][51] He scored twice in February 2017, in a 3–3 draw with Reading early in the month and what proved to be the winner against Sheffield Wednesday on 22 February.[51] Dean finished the season with 45 appearances and three goals and won the club's Supporters' Player of the Year award.[52]
Entering the final year of his contract, Dean began the 2017–18 season out of favour with Smith, and was stripped of the captaincy due to his reluctance to sign a new deal.[53]
Birmingham City
On 30 August 2017, Dean signed a three-year contract with another Championship club, Birmingham City, for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £2 million.[54][55] He was one of six debutants in the next fixture, away to Norwich City; he played the whole match, was yellow-carded in the first half, and was the Birmingham Mail's man of the match as his team lost 1–0.[56][57]
In July 2019 he signed a new four-year contract with Birmingham.[58]
Dean was voted Birmingham's Supporters' Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year for the 2020–21 season.[59]
Dean made his 200th and last appearance for Birmingham on the last day of the 2022–23 season.[60][61] He was one of six senior professionals released at the end of that season.[60]
Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
Dean joined League One club Sheffield Wednesday on 26 January 2022 on loan for the remainder of the season.[62] He made his debut on 29 January, playing the whole of a 1–0 win against Ipswich Town, but left the field injured just seven minutes into the next match.[63] He finished the loan spell with seven league appearances and two in Wednesday's unsuccessful play-off semi-final.[64]
Reading
On 4 August 2023, Dean joined League One club Reading, signing a 2-year contract.[65]
Personal life
Dean lives in Brentford and has two children.[66][67] He is a West Ham United supporter.[68] While chatting to fans outside Griffin Park after a match on 21 November 2015, Dean witnessed a young supporter being hit by a car and ran back into the ground, where he found club doctor Matt Stride. The pair returned to the scene and Stride took charge of the situation until an ambulance arrived. For their actions, Dean and Stride shared the Football League's Unsung Hero of the Month award.[69]
Career statistics
- As of match played 16 March 2024
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dagenham & Redbridge | 2008–09[7] | League Two
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2009–10[70] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Redbridge (loan) | 2008–09[9] | Isthmian League Division One North | 15 | 4 | — | — | — | 15 | 4 | |||
Bishop's Stortford (loan) | 2008–09[11] | Conference South
|
13 | 3 | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | |||
Thurrock (loan) | 2008–09[11] | Conference South | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
Braintree Town (loan) | 2009–10[11] | Conference South | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
Grays Athletic (loan) | 2009–10[16] | Conference Premier
|
23 | 1 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
Southampton | 2010–11[71] | League One
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2011–12[20] | Championship
|
0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bishop's Stortford (loan) | 2010–11[11] | Conference South | 9 | 1 | — | — | 1[b] | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
Brentford (loan) | 2011–12[20] | League One | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
Brentford | 2012–13[26] | League One | 44 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[d] | 1 | 56 | 4 |
2013–14[32] | League One | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
2014–15[39] | Championship | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2[e] | 0 | 40 | 2 | |
2015–16[47] | Championship | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | ||
2016–17[51] | Championship | 42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 45 | 3 | ||
2017–18[72] | Championship | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Total | 224 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 249 | 10 | ||
Birmingham City | 2017–18[72] | Championship | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 1 | ||
2018–19[73] | Championship | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 45 | 1 | ||
2019–20[74] | Championship | 39 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 43 | 2 | ||
2020–21[75] | Championship | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 44 | 4 | ||
2021–22[64] | Championship | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
2022–23[76] | Championship | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | ||
Total | 191 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 200 | 9 | |||
Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 2021–22[64] | League One | 7 | 0 | — | — | 2[f] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
Reading | 2023–24[77] | League One | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[g] | 1 | 16 | 1 |
Career total | 512 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 555 | 29 |
- ^ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
- ^ Appearance(s) in Herts Charity Cup
- Football League Trophy
- ^ Two appearances in Football League Trophy, three appearances and one goal in League One play-offs
- ^ Appearances in Championship play-offs
- ^ Appearances in League One play-offs
- ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
Honours
Brentford
- 2013–14[78]
Individual
- Brentford Supporters' Player of the Year: 2016–17[52]
- Brentford Players' Player of the Year: 2012–13 (shared with Simon Moore)[30]
- The Football League Unsung Hero of the Month: November 2015 (shared with Matt Stride)[69]
- Birmingham City Supporters' Player of the Year: 2020–21[59]
- Birmingham City Players' Player of the Year: 2020–21[59]
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External links
- Harlee Dean Archived 28 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine at brentfordfc.com