Dean White (footballer)

Dean White
Personal information
Date of birth	4 December 1958 (age 65)
Place of birth	Hastings, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tottenham Hotspur (Scout)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1976–1988	Chelsea
1978–1983	Millwall
1983–1984	Gillingham
	Hastings Town
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dean White (born 4 December 1958)^[1] is an English former professional footballer.

Playing career

His clubs included Chelsea, Millwall,^[2] and Gillingham,^[3] and he made a total of nearly 160 Football League appearances.

Managerial career

After ending his professional playing career early due to injury, White moved on to coaching and managing, having two spells in charge of Hastings Town before moving to Brighton and Hove Albion under manager Micky Adams working initially as first team coach and reserve team manager and then assistant first team manager and head of recruitment. He left Brighton in November 2009 and went on to work in player recruitment at Sunderland and then onto Hull City in 2013 before being appointed as first team senior European scout at Tottenham Hotspur in 2017.

Personal life

His son, Ben White, was also a footballer and was on the books of Gillingham between 1998 and 2003. He is currently the professional development lead coach at the club.

References

^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 334. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
^ Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
^ Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database

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