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Dean Saunders was born in Swansea on June 21, 1964.

Saunders made his Derby County debut on the 29th October, 1988, against Wimbledon at the Baseball Ground.

Dean Saunders pictured with manager Arthur Cox when he signed for Derby County in 1988

He made an impressive start at his new club scoring twice in his first game. In his first season at his new club he scored 14 goals. His goals helped Derby finish an impressive fourth in the 1988-89 First Division table - their highest finish since they were league champions in 1975. He scored 24 league goals in the 1990-91 season but Derby still went down in bottom place. Derby's relegation saw most of the country's top clubs queue up in their bid to capture his services, and Everton were favourites to sign him. But Saunders ended up at Liverpool, who paid a then English record fee of £2.9million to capture him as successor for Everton-bound Peter Beardsley.

Other clubs he played for included Aston Villa, Swansea City, Brighton, Oxford United, Galatasaray, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Benfica and Bradford City.

Dean Saunders

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