 Kiely with theRepublic of Ireland national team in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dean Laurence Kiely[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-10-10)10 October 1970 (age 54)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Salford, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Crystal Palace (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| West Bromwich Albion | |||
| –1987 | Coventry City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1990 | Coventry City | 0 | (0) |
| 1989 | →Ipswich Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1990 | →York City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1990–1996 | York City | 210 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Bury | 137 | (0) |
| 1999–2006 | Charlton Athletic | 222 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Portsmouth | 15 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | →Luton Town (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | West Bromwich Albion | 69 | (0) |
| Total | 664 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| England U15 | 13 | (0) | |
| England U16 | 13 | (0) | |
| 1988 | England U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 1999 | Republic of Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
| 1999–2008 | Republic of Ireland | 11 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dean Laurence Kiely (born 10 October 1970) is a former professionalfootballer who played as agoalkeeper. He is thegoalkeeping coach atPremier League clubCrystal Palace and theRepublic of Ireland national team. Born in England, he won elevencaps for the Republic of Ireland as a player. Kiely has previously worked as the goalkeeping coach atWest Bromwich Albion andNorwich City.
Born inSalford, Lancashire, Kiely trained with theWest Bromwich Albion youth system as a schoolboy before being accepted into the FA School of Excellence at Lilleshall.[2] After Albion he progressed through theCoventry City youth system as a trainee before signing a professional contract on 30 October 1987.[1][2] He went toIpswich Town onloan in November 1989 but failed to make any league appearances.[1][2] Kiely joinedYork City on loan on 9 March 1990 before joining permanently in May, when he was given his first chance at regular first-team football.[1][2] He made 210 league appearances for them between 1990 and 1996, and played in their 3–0 win overManchester United atOld Trafford in the League Cup.
Following a trial withPlymouth Argyle, Kiely signed forBury on 15 August 1996 for a tribunal-decided fee of £125,000.[1][2] He spent three seasons at Bury, making 137 league appearances in the process. He was instrumental in Bury winning the Second Division title in the 1996–97 season, most notably with an 88th-minute penalty save in the penultimate game of the season fromWatford'sTommy Mooney. Bury requiring a point to guarantee a second automatic promotion in as many seasons had Kiely to thank after he kept the scoreline at 0–0 in a memorable day atVicarage Road.[3]
Kiely moved toCharlton Athletic for a fee of £1 million on 26 May 1999 and made his debut on 7 August againstBarnsley.[1][4] He was Charlton's regular keeper from 1999 to 2005, and was popular with the club's fans as well as having a majestic "shut out" rate. Having been signed from a lower-division club he was seen as an example ofAlan Curbishley's ability to spot talent in unheralded players. Kiely made a point-blank save fromBirmingham City playerChristophe Dugarry in a game atSt Andrew's on 3 November 2003; Charlton went on to win the game 2–1 and Kiely later named the save as the favourite one of his career.[5] He also saved a penalty from Crystal Palace'sAndy Johnson to help secure a 1–0 win in December 2004.[6]
He signed forPortsmouth for an undisclosed fee on 25 January 2006,[7] and played a large part in their escape from relegation that same season. His Pompey debut was in the FA Cup againstLiverpool at Fratton Park in a 2–1 defeat. AfterDavid James signed for Portsmouth on 11 August, he voiced his frustration at having to compete with a top goalkeeper for the No. 1 spot, and withJamie Ashdown also on their books, he opted to leave Portsmouth in the autumn.
He signed forChampionship clubLuton Town on a one-month loanon 23 November 2006,[8] making his debut in the 2–1 away defeat atSouthampton on 25 November.[9] He then joined Championship sideWest Bromwich Albion on 30 January 2007, signing a one-and-a-half-year contract, as a replacement forRussell Hoult.[10] Kiely made his Albion debut in a 2–1 win overPlymouth Argyle the following day.[11]
Kiely reached the milestone of 700 senior career appearances on 1 September 2007, and recorded a clean sheet as Albion beatBarnsley 2–0.[12] He signed a new deal with West Brom in January 2008, which would expire in June 2009.[13] Kiely's clean sheet in the 3–0 home win againstPlymouth Argyle on 1 March 2008 saw him named in the Championship Team of the Week.[14] Later that month however, he was the subject of criticism and booing from his team's own fans during Albion's 4–3 victory overColchester United, but retained his starting place.[15] He nonetheless kept 18 clean sheets in all competitions to win the Championship Golden Glove award, while Albion won promotion to the Premier League as champions and reached the FA Cup semi-final.[16] Since then, Kiely had to play second fiddle to England internationalScott Carson. In spite of that, he was awarded a one-year extension at the club as a 'reward' from bossTony Mowbray for his professionalism.[17] And following an injury to Carson in training, Kiely was handed his first Premier League start againstWigan Athletic on 9 May 2009, producing some fine saves as the Baggies won 3–1 to keep their survival hopes alive, earning praise from Mowbray in the process.[18] Mowbray was also quick to hail Kiely's professionalism throughout the season in handling his situation with dignity.[19] That performance ensured that he kept his place for the club's final two games of the season, although he was unable to prevent relegation following a 2–0 defeat at the hands ofLiverpool. On 24 May 2009 he kept a clean sheet in the club's final game againstBlackburn Rovers as the match finished in a 0–0 stalemate.Since relegation to the Championship Kiely has once again had to be content playing second fiddle to Carson, who was named the new club captain by new managerRoberto Di Matteo, but on 8 December 2009 he made his first Championship appearance of the season as a replacement, coming on for the sent-off Carson and saving a penalty (thoughPeter Whittingham scored from the rebound) in a 2–0 home defeat toCardiff City.[20] He went on to play a run of three games while Carson sat through a suspension following his headbutting of Cardiff strikerMichael Chopra, againstQPR (2–2),Peterborough United (2–0), andScunthorpe United (3–1). Kiely had also been performing the duties of goalkeeping coach following the retirement of former trainerJoe Corrigan, and in April 2010 was officially named goalkeeping coach of the club.[21] On 18 April 2010, Kiely made his fifth appearance of the season as a half-time substitute for the injured Carson in a 2–0 home win overMiddlesbrough. He retired as a player at the end of the2010–11 season after West Brom opted against extending his contract, however he remained at the club as a coach.[22] In January 2015, upon the appointment of new West Bromwich Albion manager,Tony Pulis, Kiely was released by the club.[23] In March 2015, he was appointed Norwich City's goalkeeping coach.[24]
In September 2017, Kiely was appointed the goalkeeping coach atChampionship clubPreston North End.[25]
In January 2018, Kiely joinedPremier League clubCrystal Palace as goalkeeping coach.[26]
Kiely played for England at under-15 (13caps),under-16 (13 caps) andunder-18 (four caps in 1988) levels.[2][27] He made one appearance forRepublic of Ireland B, starting in a 4–3 win overLeague of Ireland XI on 9 February 1999, in which he was substituted forNick Colgan.[1][28] He went on to represent theRepublic of Ireland at full international level, earning his first cap as a substitute in aUEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-off againstTurkey in November 1999.[29] He retired from international football in February 2003,[30] but in April 2008 Ireland's assistant managerLiam Brady suggested that Kiely could make a return to the squad.[31] The rumours were then confirmed when he returned to the Ireland squad inGiovanni Trapattoni's first squad as manager in May 2008.[32] He won his first cap in five years when he appeared in the Republic's 1–1 draw with Serbia that month, playing the full 90 minutes.[33] On 28 May 2009, he walked out of the Ireland squad after Trapattoni informed him that he would be replacingShay Given withKeiren Westwood for the second half of the friendly International against Nigeria at Craven Cottage on 29 May.[34] He was capped 11 times by the Republic of Ireland, last appearing in 2008.[35]
Away from football, Kiely made a guest appearance on Bravo'sSaved by the Ball lifestyle makeover programme in 2006, and has also worked as a match summariser forBBC Radio 5 Live. He plays golf and is interested in horse racing, and is friends with WBA fan & ITV presenter Adrian Chiles.[36] Kiely married Tracey inLas Vegas in May 1999.[37][38] The couple have three children; Millie, Chris and Mason.[37] Chris is a former professional goalkeeper.[39]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| York City | 1990–91[40] | Fourth Division | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991–92[41] | Fourth Division | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 1992–93[42] | Third Division | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
| 1993–94[43] | Second Division | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | 55 | 0 | |
| 1994–95[44] | Second Division | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 52 | 0 | |
| 1995–96[45] | Second Division | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Total | 210 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 239 | 0 | ||
| Bury | 1996–97[46] | Second Division | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | 54 | 0 |
| 1997–98[47] | First Division | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 52 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99[48] | First Division | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 51 | 0 | ||
| Total | 137 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 157 | 0 | ||
| Charlton Athletic | 1999–2000[49] | First Division | 45 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 51 | 0 | |
| 2000–01[50] | Premier League | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02[51] | Premier League | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03[52] | Premier League | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04[53] | Premier League | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05[54] | Premier League | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06[55] | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 222 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 248 | 0 | |||
| Portsmouth | 2005–06[55] | Premier League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07[9] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Luton Town (loan) | 2006–07[9] | Championship | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| West Bromwich Albion | 2006–07[9] | Championship | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[e] | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2007–08[56] | Championship | 44 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 53 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09[57] | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10[58] | Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11[59] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 69 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 87 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 664 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 759 | 0 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republic of Ireland[35] | 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 0 | |
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