{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use British English|date=June 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Dean Sinclair | image = | caption = Sinclair playing for Grimsby Town in 2010 | fullname = Dean Michael Sinclair | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|12|17|df=y}} | birth_place = St Albans, England<ref>{{cite book|editor1-first=Glenda|editor1-last=Rollin|editor2-first=Jack|editor2-last=Rollin|title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010–2011|year=2010|publisher=Headline|location=London|isbn=978-0-7553-6107-6|edition=41st}}</ref> | height = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1= 1998–2002 | youthclubs1= Norwich City | years1 = 2002–2004 | years2 = 2004–2007 | years3 = 2007–2010 | years4 = 2007 | years5 = 2008 | years6 = 2009 | years7 = 2009–2010 | years8 = 2010 | years9 = 2010–2011 | years10 = 2011 | years11 = 2011 | years12 = 2011–2012 | years13 = 2011–2012 | years14 = 2012 | years15 = 2012–2013 | years16 = 2013–2014 | years17 = 2014–2015 | years18 = 2015–2016 | clubs1 = Norwich City | clubs2 = Barnet | clubs3 = Charlton Athletic | clubs4 = → Cheltenham Town (loan) | clubs5 = → Cheltenham Town (loan) | clubs6 = → Grimsby Town (loan) | clubs7 = → Barnet (loan) | clubs8 = → Grimsby Town (loan) | clubs9 = Grimsby Town | clubs10 = → Cambridge United (loan) | clubs11 = Arlesey Town | clubs12 = Hayes & Yeading United | clubs13 = → Arlesey Town (loan) | clubs14 = Lowestoft Town | clubs15 = Woking | clubs16 = Sutton United | clubs17 = Eastbourne Borough | clubs18 = Hampton & Richmond Borough | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0 | caps2 = 125 | goals2 = 19 | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 1 | caps5 = 3 | goals5 = 0 | caps6 = 9 | goals6 = 1 | caps7 = 3 | goals7 = 1 | caps8 = 16 | goals8 = 3 | caps9 = 12 | goals9 = 3 | caps10 = 6 | goals10 = 1 | caps11 = 6 | goals11 = 0 | caps12 = 2 | goals12 = 1 | caps13 = 11 | goals13 = 0 | caps14 = 18 | goals14 = 5 | caps15 = 21 | goals15 = 1 | caps16 = 45 | goals16 = 6 | caps17 = 24 | goals17 = 2 | caps18 = 39 | goals18 = 8 | totalcaps = 353 | totalgoals = 52 | nationalyears1 = 2004–2005 | nationalteam1 = England C | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 1 }} '''Dean Michael Sinclair''' (born 17 December 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Sinclair came through the Norwich City youth academy and was promoted to the club's first team in 2002. He struggled to make an impact and joined Barnet two years later. He made 125 appearances for the club before joining Charlton Athletic, where he again struggled to hold down a place in the first team and eventually spent time on loan with Cheltenham Town and Grimsby Town as well as briefly returning to Barnet for a month. In 2010, he returned to Grimsby on a permanent basis but the season ended with a loan at Cambridge United. Following his release from Grimsby in 2011 he went on to have spells with Arlesey Town, Hayes & Yeading and Lowestoft Town before signing with Woking in August 2012. He was released just a few months later and signed with Sutton United in February 2013.
Whilst with Barnet, Sinclair was capped 5 times by the England C team, scoring one goal.
==Career==
===Norwich City=== Sinclair career started at Norwich under Nigel Worthington, where he came through the youth system. Worthington promoted Sinclair to the club's first team at the start of the 2002–03 season. With the club playing in the First Division Sinclair made his debut on 25 February 2003 in the club's 1–0 away defeat against Gillingham where he played from the start before being replaced by Ian Henderson in the 83rd minute. On 15 March he came on for Mark Rivers in the 89th minute of the club's 2–0 win over Coventry City at Carrow Road. Sinclair was kept on by The Canaries during the 2003–04 season but failed to make a single appearance and was only named on the substitute's bench a handful of times. In the summer of 2004 Worthington released Sinclair after 16 months without any first team football.
===Barnet=== Sinclair signed with Conference National side Barnet in August 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/barnet/3558254.stm |title=Sinclair signs for Barnet |work=BBC Sport |date=12 August 2004 |access-date=24 July 2007}}</ref> He made his debut 14 August 2004 in the club's 3–1 victory over Forest Green Rovers. During this season the club earned promotion to the Football League with Sinclair playing in 39 league matches scoring 9 goals the first of them coming against Northwich Victoria on 28 August 2004. During the 2005–06 season Sinclair scored against Manchester United at Old Trafford in the League Cup on 26 October 2005, whilst Barnet were 3–0 down, they eventually lost 4–1.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/4367004.stm |title=Man Utd 4 – 1 Barnet |work=BBC Sport |date=26 October 2005 |access-date=24 July 2007}}</ref> He decided to leave Barnet at the end of the 2006–07 season, as his contract was up.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/barnet/6587659.stm |title=Sinclair expected to leave Barnet |work=BBC Sport |date=24 April 2007 |access-date=24 July 2007}}</ref>
===Charlton Athletic=== In the summer of 2007, after a successful trial period, Sinclair joined Alan Pardew's Charlton Athletic for a fee of £125,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=31024 |title=Sinclair signs |publisher=Charlton Athletic F.C. |date=27 April 2007 |access-date=27 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927175531/http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=31024 |archive-date=27 September 2007 }}</ref> The club had recently been relegated from the Premier League and were preparing for their first season in the second tier of English football since being promoted in 2000. Sinclair made his Addicks debut on 14 August 2007 in the club's 2–0 League Cup win over Swindon Town with Sinclair making a 78th minute appearance as a replacement for Andy Reid. Sinclair's next appearance would be in the second round of the same competition where he started and scored a 4th-minute goal against Luton Town, however after extra time Charlton lost the match 3–1. In October 2007, he joined Cheltenham Town on a month's loan,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cheltenham_town/7030586.stm |title=Cheltenham sign Sinclair on loan |work=BBC Sport|date=5 October 2007 |access-date=5 October 2007}}</ref> rejoining Cheltenham on another months loan in August 2008. On 8 January Sinclair signed a one-month loan deal with Mike Newell's Grimsby Town, which was later extended. Injury curtailed his stay at Blundell Park and he returned to Charlton. In November 2009, Sinclair rejoined Barnet on loan. He scored against Crewe Alexandra, but was sent off against Northampton Town and his loan spell was not renewed. On 28 January, he re-joined Grimsby Town on loan for the rest of the 2009–10 season.<ref>{{cite web |date=29 January 2010 |title=Sinclair Completes Move |url=http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10417~1947055%2C00.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131090304/http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10417~1947055%2C00.html |archive-date=31 January 2010 |publisher=Grimsby Town F.C.}}</ref> Grimsby suffered relegation from the Football League in May 201. Sinclair returned to Charlton but was released from the club having only played two games in three seasons at The Valley, none of which were league appearances.
===Grimsby Town=== On 29 November 2010, after being without a club for the first four months of the 2010–11 season, Sinclair approached former club Grimsby Town to take a look at him. Sinclair began training with Grimsby again with the hope of a permanent deal in mind.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/sport/sinclair-line-town/article-2950872-detail/article.html|title=Dean Sinclair is on the verge of signing a permanent deal with Grimsby Town – provided he can prove his fitness|work=Grimsby Telegraph|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203091507/http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/sport/sinclair-line-town/article-2950872-detail/article.html|archive-date=3 December 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sinclair signed a deal until the end of the 2010–11 season on 9 December.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~2240177,00.html |access-date=15 May 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325023955/http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10417~2240177%2C00.html |archive-date=25 March 2012 |publisher=Grimsby Town F.C.|title=Sinclair Joins Town }}</ref> Sinclair made his third debut for The Mariners in the club's 3–0 FA Trophy victory over Redditch United. Following the sacking of Neil Woods in February 2011, and despite scoring three goals in ten games Sinclair was loaned out to Cambridge United until the rest of the season on 25 March 2011 following the arrival of joint-manager's Rob Scott and Paul Hurst.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/12884136.stm |title=Grimsby's Dean Sinclair joins Cambridge United on loan |work=BBC Sport|date=28 March 2011 |access-date=3 April 2011}}</ref> and made his debut on 2 April against Altrincham.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/9436597.stm |title=Altrincham 2–2 Cambridge |work=BBC Sport|date=2 April 2011 |access-date=3 April 2011}}</ref> Sinclair returned to Grimsby at the end of the 10–11 season and was released.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 May 2011 |title=Seven released |url=http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10417~2352074%2C00.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508001149/http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10417~2352074%2C00.html |archive-date=8 May 2011 |publisher=Grimsby Town F.C.}}</ref>
===Arlesey Town and Hayes & Yeading United=== In August 2011 Sinclair played for Southern League Premier Division side Arlesey Town in a friendly against Kettering Town. He then joined the club on a short-term deal, playing 11 times scoring 1 goal.
On 4 November Sinclair moved back up the football pyramid by signing with Conference National side Hayes & Yeading United.<ref>[http://www.hyufc.com/news_files/news.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109030152/http://www.hyufc.com/news_files/news.html |date=9 January 2012 }}</ref> Sinclair played two games for the club, scoring once before returning to Arlesey on loan.
===Lowestoft Town, Woking and Sutton United=== Sinclair joined Lowestoft Town on 16 February 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lowestofttownfc.co.uk/news/sinclair-signs-for-the-trawler-513851.html|title=Sinclair Signs for the Trawlerboy's|access-date=23 August 2015}}</ref> Sinclair joined Woking F.C. on 7 August 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wokingfc.co.uk/news/article/3513/dean-sinclair-signs-for-the-cards/|title=Woking Football Club – News – Dean Sinclair signs for the Cards|work=Woking FC Official Site|access-date=23 August 2015}}</ref> Sinclair left Woking on 8 January 2013, having played 21 times in the league, scoring once in a 5–1 defeat against former club Grimsby Town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wokingfc.co.uk/home/|title=Woking Football Club – Home|access-date=23 August 2015}}</ref>
In February 2013, Sinclair signed with Conference South side Sutton United. He left the club following the 2013–14 season, in which Sutton reached the playoffs with a second-place finish, but were knocked out in the semi-finals by eventual winners Dover Athletic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/sport/10203555.Sutton_United_return_to_action__finally__to_see_off_Eastleigh/|title=Sutton United return to action, finally, to see off Eastleigh|work=Your Local Guardian|date=3 February 2013 |access-date=23 August 2015}}</ref>
===Eastbourne Borough===
Following his departure from Sutton, Sinclair joined league rivals Eastbourne Borough.
===Hampton and Richmond Borough===
Sinclair was released by Eastbourne towards the end of the 2014–15 season<ref name="Borough can win with kids – academy lads to get their chance">{{cite news | url = http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/sport/football/eastbourne-borough/borough-can-win-with-kids-academy-lads-to-get-their-chance-1-6618915 | title = Borough can win with kids – academy lads to get their chance | publisher = Eastbourne Herald | date = 6 March 2015 | access-date = 17 June 2015 }}</ref> and subsequently went on to sign for Hampton & Richmond Borough.<ref name="Hampton & Richmond: Hicks is ready for step up to Premier League">{{cite news | url = https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/sport/12969443.Hampton___Richmond__Hicks_is_ready_for_step_up_to_Premier_League/ | title = Hampton & Richmond: Hicks is ready for step up to Premier League | publisher = Richmond & Twickenham Times | date = 25 May 2015 | access-date = 17 June 2015 }}</ref>
==Honours==
===Barnet=== *Conference National Winner 2004–05
===Hampton & Richmond Borough=== *Isthmian League Premier Division Winner 2015–16
==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Norwich City |2002–03<ref name="sb0203">{{soccerbase season|34655|2002|access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref> |First Division |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0 |- |2003–04<ref name="sb0304">{{soccerbase season|34655|2003|access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref> |First Division |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!2!!0 |- |rowspan="4"|Barnet |2004–05<ref name="sb0405">{{soccerbase season|34655|2004|access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref> |Conference Premier |39||11||2||0||colspan="2"|—||1{{Efn|name=FLT|Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy}}||0||42||11 |- |2005–06<ref name="sb0506">{{soccerbase season|34655|2005|access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref> |League Two |44||2||1||0||2||1||1{{Efn|name=FLT}}||1||48||4 |- |2006–07<ref name="sb0607">{{soccerbase season|34655|2006|access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref> |League Two |42||6||3||2||2||0||2{{Efn|name=FLT}}||0||49||8 |- !colspan="2"|Total !124!!19!!6!!2!!4!!1!!4!!1!!137!!23 |- |rowspan="4"|Charlton Athletic |2007–08<ref name="sb0708">{{soccerbase season|34655|2007|access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref> |Championship |0||0||0||0||2||1||0||0||2||1 |- |2008–09<ref name="sb0809">{{soccerbase season|34655|2008|access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref> |Championship |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2009–10<ref name="sb0910">{{soccerbase season|34655|2009|access-date=13 March 2021}}</ref> |League One |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !0!!0!!0!!0!!2!!1!!0!!0!!2!!1 |- |Cheltenham Town (loan) |2007–08<ref name="sb0708" /> |League One |12||1||0||0||0||0||2{{Efn|name=FLT}}||0||14||1 |- |Cheltenham Town (loan) |2008–09<ref name="sb0809" /> |League One |3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0 |- |Grimsby Town (loan) |2008–09<ref name="sb0809" /> |League Two |9||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||9||1 |- |Barnet (loan) |2009–10<ref name="sb0910" /> |League Two |3||1||1||0||0||0||0||0||4||1 |- |Grimsby Town (loan) |2009–10<ref name="sb0910" /> |League Two |16||3||0||0||0||0||0||0||16||3 |- |Grimsby Town |2010–11<ref name="sw">{{soccerway|dean-sinclair/15867|accessdate=13 March 2021}}</ref> |Conference Premier |12||3||0||0||colspan="2"|—||1{{Efn|name=FAT|Appearance(s) in FA Trophy}}||0||13||3 |- |Cambridge United |2010–11<ref name="sw" /> |Conference Premier |6||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||6||1 |- |Arlesey Town |2011–12<ref name="aylesbury">{{Cite web |title=Dean Sinclair profile |url=http://www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk/players/dean-sinclair |access-date=13 March 2021 |website=aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk |publisher=Aylesbury United F.C.}}</ref> |Southern League Premier Division |6||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||10||0 |- |Hayes & Yeading United |2011–12<ref name="sw" /> |Conference Premier |2||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||2||1 |- |Arlesey Town |2011–12<ref name="aylesbury" /> |Southern League Premier Division |11||0||1||1||colspan="2"|—||1{{Efn|name=BSC|Appearance(s) in Bedfordshire Senior Cup}}||0||13||1 |- |Lowestoft Town |2011–12<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dean Sinclair – 2011–12 season |url=https://www.lowestofttownfc.co.uk/teams/50851/player/dean-sinclair-600485/13568 |access-date=13 March 2021 |website=lowestofttownfc.co.uk |publisher=Lowestoft Town F.C.}}</ref> |Isthmian League Premier Division |18||5||0||0||colspan="2"|—||2{{Efn|name=SPC|Appearance(s) in Suffolk Premier Cup}}||0||20||5 |- |Woking |2012–13<ref name="sw" /> |Conference Premier |21||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||2{{Efn|name=FAT}}||0||23||1 |- |rowspan="3"|Sutton United |2012–13<ref name="aylesbury" /> |Conference South |16||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||2{{Efn|name=SSC|Appearance(s) in Surrey Senior Cup}}||0||18||2 |- |2013–14<ref name="aylesbury" /> |Conference South |29||4||1||0||colspan="2"|—||3{{Efn|1 appearance in Surrey Senior Cup, 2 appearances in Conference South play-offs}}||0||33||4 |- !colspan="2"|Total !45!!6!!1!!0!!0!!0!!5!!0!!51!!6 |- |Eastbourne Borough |2014–15<ref name="sw" /> |Conference South |24||2||2||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||26||2 |- |rowspan="3"|Hampton & Richmond Borough |2014–15<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dean Sinclair – 2014–15 season |url=https://www.hamptonfc.net/teams/110868/player/dean-sinclair-1496659/25843 |access-date=13 March 2021 |website=hamptonfc.net |publisher=Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C.}}</ref> |Isthmian League Premier Division |6||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||6||0 |- |2015–16<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dean Sinclair – 2015–16 season |url=https://www.hamptonfc.net/teams/110868/player/dean-sinclair-1496659/34377 |access-date=13 March 2021 |website=hamptonfc.net |publisher=Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C.}}</ref> |Isthmian League Premier Division |33||8||1||0||colspan="2"|—||5{{Efn|4 appearances in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in Middlesex Senior Cup}}||0||39||8 |- !colspan="2"|Total !39!!8!!1!!0!!0!!0!!5!!0!!45!!8 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !353!!52!!16!!3!!6!!2!!22!!1!!397!!58 |} {{notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://archive.today/20070711014544/http://www.cafc.co.uk/playerdisplay.ink?skip=23&season=2007/2008 Dean Sinclair player profile] at cafc.co.uk *{{Soccerbase}} *[http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/sinclair.htm Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk]
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