Dean Saunders

Who is Dean Saunders?

Dean Nicholas Saunders is a former Welsh international footballer who played as a striker in a professional career which lasted from 1982 until 2001.

He was a high profile Premier League player in the 1990s for both Liverpool and Aston Villa, and set a new British transfer record when he joined the former from Derby County. He began at his hometown club Swansea City before also playing for Brighton, Oxford United, Bradford City, Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United as well as spells abroad at both Galatasaray and Benfica.

He was capped 75 times at senior level for Wales between 1986 and 2001, scoring 22 times - making him one of the nation's highest scoring and most capped players of all time, although Wales never qualified for any major international competitions while Saunders was playing for them.

Following his retirement from playing, he has entered football coaching and became manager of non-league Wrexham in 2008. He has since served as manager of both Doncaster Rovers and Wolverhampton Wanderers, but both appointments saw the clubs relegated from the Championship.