Dean Glover
Dean Victor Glover (born 29 December 1963) is an English former football player and manager. A cultured and stylish defender, he had the ball control skills of a midfielder. He played 457 league games in a seventeen-year career in the English Football League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dean Victor Glover | ||
| Date of birth | 29 December 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | West Bromwich, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1981 | Aston Villa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1987 | Aston Villa | 28 | (0) |
| 1987 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1987–1989 | Middlesbrough | 50 | (5) |
| 1989–1998 | Port Vale | 363 | (15) |
| 1998–1999 | Kidderminster Harriers | ||
| Total | 446 | (20) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007 | Port Vale (caretaker) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Port Vale | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He started his career at Aston Villa in 1980, before he moved on to Middlesbrough seven years later. He spent two seasons at "Boro", helping the club to promotion out of the Second Division via the play-offs in 1988, before he was sold on to Port Vale in February 1989 for £200,000. He spent nine years at Vale, becoming a club legend for his service. During that time he helped the club to win promotion out of the Third Division via the play-offs in 1989, and then out of the Second Division in 1993–94. He also played in the club's victory in the 1993 Football League Trophy final, as well as the defeat in the final of the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1996. He was also named on the PFA Team of the Year in 1993–94. He moved on to non-League Kidderminster Harriers in 1998, before retiring the following year.
He joined the back-room staff at Port Vale, and was promoted to first-team manager in October 2008, vacating the post in May 2009. He returned to a youth team coaching role in July 2012. His son Danny was a striker at the club until he was released at the end of his contract in 2010.