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IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Michael Dawson
- Position: Defender
- Squad number: 5
- Date of birth: 18 November, 1983 (26 years old)
- Height: 6'2" (188cm)
Tournament totals
| Games played | Shots on target | off target |
|---|---|
| 0 Michael Dawson | 0|0 Michael Dawson |
| 0 As substitute | 38|23 Total England |
| 20 Most shots on target Diego Forlan | |
| 4 Total England | 12 Most shots off target Asamoah Gyan, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wesley Sneijder |
| Goals | Assists |
|---|---|
| 0 Michael Dawson | 0 Michael Dawson |
| 3 Total England | 3 Total England |
| 6 Best Diego Forlan | 4 Best Leo Messi, Bastian Schweinsteiger |
| Fouls by | on | Cards yellow | red |
|---|---|
| 0|0 Michael Dawson | 0|0 Michael Dawson |
| 44|44 Total England | 6|0 Total England |
| 20 Most fouls by Mark Van Bommel | 3 Most yellow Victor Caceres, Nigel De Jong, Gregory Van Der Wiel |
| 25 Most fouls on Andres Iniesta |
England games played
- England 1-1 United States
Saturday, 12 June Match report - England 0-0 Algeria
Friday, 18 June Match report - Slovenia 0-1 England
Wednesday, 23 June Match report - Germany 4-1 England
Sunday, 27 June Match report
Player Profile
Tottenham’s Player of the Year was drafted into the World Cup squad as a replacement for captain Rio Ferdinand, who was injured during England’s first training session in South Africa a week before the start of the tournament.
Dawson was one of the seven players cut from England’s provisional 30-man squad – his club manager Harry Redknapp claimed he was treated like a “ghost” during the pre-World Cup training camp in Austria - and he was busy trying to arrange a holiday when the call-up came from the team’s base in Rustenb uerg.
A former England Under-21 captain, Dawson had a superb season for Spurs, who he joined in 2005 after starting his career at Nottingham Forest, where he made 91 appearances for Forest despite a bout of glandular fever in 2003 which left him susceptible to injuries.
He was brought up in a small market town in north Yorkshire on the outskirts of Wensleydale, the valley best known for its cheese and made famous by Wallace and Gromit.
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