english association football actor

Dean Bradley Henderson ( bear 12 March 1997 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team. Henderson signed his first professional contract with Manchester United in 2015 and extended it in 2018 for a far two years until 2022. He made his debut for Manchester United against Luton Town in the third base round of the EFL Cup in 2020. He has besides been loaned out to a number of other teams. Having played in versatile lower divisions, he made his Premier League debut with Sheffield United in 2019. He has represented England at under-16, under-17, under-20, under-21 and senior levels.

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Club career [edit ]

Manchester United academy [edit ]

Henderson joined the Manchester United academy aged 14, having spent six years at Carlisle United. [ 4 ] He first joined the academy in August 2011. [ 5 ] After progressing through the academy, Henderson was among 10 players to join the Academy squad for the 2013–14 season. [ 6 ] He became a regular goalkeeper for the U18 team in the 2013–14 season. [ 7 ] In the 2014–15 temper, Henderson continued to impress as a regular goalkeeper for the U18 team, as he made 25 appearances but sustained an injury towards the end of the season. [ 8 ] however, he was among nominees for the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award but lost out to Axel Tuanzebe. [ 4 ] In August 2015, Henderson signed his first professional contract with the clubhouse. [ 9 ]

2016 : loanword to Stockport County [edit ]

On 12 January 2016, he was loaned to National League North clubhouse Stockport County on an initial one-month lend. [ 10 ] He made his Stockport County debut, where he played the hale game, in a 1–1 draw against Nuneaton Town on 16 January 2016. [ 11 ] On 22 February 2016, due to an wound crisis, Henderson was recalled from loanword and had his first call-up to a elder Manchester United game, sitting on the bench during a 3–0 FA Cup victory aside to Shrewsbury Town. [ 12 ] Henderson then returned to Stockport County to complete his loan go. [ 13 ] His first game after signing for the club for the second meter was a 2–0 loss against North Ferriby United on 26 March 2016. [ 14 ] He went on to make nine appearances for Stockport County and kept three clean sheets. [ 15 ]

2016–2017 : lend to Grimsby Town [edit ]

On 31 August 2016, Henderson joined League Two club Grimsby Town on lend until the begin of January 2017. [ 16 ] however, he started his Grimsby Town career as second–choice goalkeeper behind James McKeown. [ 17 ] Henderson made his introduction on 26 December 2016, in a 2–0 victory over Accrington Stanley at Blundell Park. [ 18 ] After making his introduction, his performance was praised by Manager Marcus Bignot. [ 19 ] On 31 December 2016, Henderson had his loanword at Grimsby Town extended until the end of January 2017. [ 20 ] On the same day, he kept another clean sheet, in a 0–0 draw against Blackpool. [ 21 ] It was then extended again on 25 January 2017, until the end of the 2016–17 temper. [ 22 ] however, Manchester United recalled Henderson from the loan spell on 3 February 2017, due to an injury to third-choice goalkeeper Joel Castro Pereira. [ 23 ] By the fourth dimension of his departure, Henderson made seven appearances and kept four clean sheets ; he had become the first-choice goalkeeper. [ 24 ]

2017–2018 : loan to Shrewsbury Town [edit ]

On 10 July 2017, Henderson joined League One club Shrewsbury Town on loan for the 2017–18 season. [ 25 ] Upon joining the club, Henderson was given a numeral 1 shirt ahead of the new temper. [ 26 ] Henderson made his Shrewsbury Town debut, in the opening game of the season, where he kept a houseclean sheet, in a 1–0 win over Northampton Town. [ 27 ] He besides kept another clean sheet in a follow–up match, in a 1–0 gain over AFC Wimbledon. [ 28 ] Henderson promptly established himself as the club ‘s beginning choice goalkeeper and became the cabaret ‘s fan favorite. [ 29 ] He besides has helped the golf club win the phone number of matches to help them go to the top of the table. [ 30 ] By September, Henderson reflected his time at the club thus far, saying he enjoyed playing football there and playing Saturday/Tuesday is excellent for his development. [ 31 ] By December, there were rumours when his rear club may recall Henderson in January. [ 32 ] Later that month, Henderson kept three clean sheets in three matches against Blackpool, Portsmouth and Wigan Athletic. [ 33 ] however, Henderson served a three match suspension after being involved in an affray with an confrontation athletic supporter during a 3–1 passing against Blackburn Rovers on 13 January 2018. [ 34 ] Initially the club made a decisiveness to appeal, the club changed their thinker concisely after. [ 35 ] After serving a three meet ban, Henderson returned to the starting line-up on 13 February 2018, in a 2–1 win over Fleetwood Town. [ 36 ] By the end of March, Henderson kept 13 clean sheets for the team. [ 37 ] On 8 April 2018, he played at Wembley Stadium in the EFL Trophy final against Lincoln City, which Shrewsbury Town lost 1–0, and later that month was one of entirely three players not from Wigan Athletic or Blackburn Rovers to be selected for the League One PFA Team of the Year. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] The following calendar month, in the League One play-offs, Henderson kept two clean sheets in a 2–0 gain over Charlton Athletic on aggregate to reach the final. [ 40 ] Henderson started in goal in the final when Rotherham United beatnik Shrewsbury Town 2–1 after extra time, and he saved a punishment from David Ball after nine minutes. [ 41 ] Henderson made two branch statements, expressing his gratefulness and admiration for the golf club, and his hope to one day return in the future. [ 42 ]

2018–2020 : Loans to Sheffield United [edit ]

In June 2018, Henderson signed a biennial abridge reference with his parent club, which was due to expire in June 2020. [ 43 ] On 18 June, he joined Championship club Sheffield United on loanword until the end of the 2018–19 season, [ 44 ] helping them to secure promotion to the Premier League for the first prison term since 2007. [ 45 ] During his season-long lend, Henderson won the club ‘s Young Player of the Year Award, [ 46 ] arsenic well as the Championship Golden Glove [ 47 ] keeping 20 houseclean sheets across the season. Following an impressive debut season in the backing, european giants Bayern Munich and Juventus had reported concern in the goalkeeper. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] On 25 July 2019, Henderson signed a new contract with Manchester United until June 2022 and returned on loan to Sheffield United. [ 50 ] He made his Premier League introduction on 10 August as they began the season with a 1–1 draw at AFC Bournemouth. [ 51 ] On 28 September against Liverpool at Bramall Lane, he fumbled a shoot from Georginio Wijnaldum for the game ‘s only goal in the seventieth minute. His coach Chris Wilder warned him that he would have to do better to succeed for Manchester United or England. [ 52 ] On 7 March, Henderson made a triple save, labelled “ desperate ” by Sky Sports, keeping out a Norwich City goal in a 1–0 victory. [ 53 ] Henderson received praise again during Sheffield United ‘s first bet on following plan restart where he kept his eleventh uninfected sheet of the season, making six saves in the process. Following the peer, Manchester United coach Ole Gunnar Solskjær confirmed that he sees Henderson as the club ‘s future numeral one goalkeeper. [ 54 ] [ 55 ]

2020–present : manchester United beginning team [edit ]

On 14 August 2020, Henderson was added to Manchester United ‘s senior team list for the first meter. [ 56 ] On 26 August, he signed a new long-run contract that would keep him at Manchester United until June 2025. [ 57 ] He made his senior debut in the third base round of the League Cup against Luton Town, keeping a clean sheet in the process during United ‘s 3–0 winnings. [ 58 ] He made his second appearance for United a week late in the fourth round of the League Cup, keeping another clean sail in a 3–0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion. [ 59 ] On 4 November, Henderson made his Champions League introduction for United in a 2–1 group degree away defeat to İstanbul Başakşehir. [ 60 ] twenty-five days later, he made his league debut for the club as a substitute for the injured David de Gea in a 3–2 away win over Southampton. [ 61 ]

International career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Henderson has represented England at under-16, under-17, under-20 and under-21 levels. [ 62 ]

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England U20 [edit ]

In late-August 2016, Henderson was called up by under-20 team for the first prison term. [ 63 ] He made his England U20 debut, where he started as a goalkeeper, in a 1–1 draw against Brazil on 1 September 2016. [ 64 ] In May 2017, he was selected in the England under-20 team for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [ 65 ] He made one appearance at the tournament, in a group stage match against Guinea, [ 66 ] and was an unused substitute during England ‘s victory against Venezuela in the final. [ 67 ] After the match, Henderson described this an “ incredible feel ”. [ 68 ]

England U21 [edit ]

In August 2017, Henderson was called up by the under-21 for the first prison term and appeared as an unused utility against Latvia. [ 69 ] He then appeared two more times as an unused ersatz that saw him miss out two matches for the team in the league. [ 70 ] He made his under-21 debut on 24 March 2018, in a friendly at home against Romania, which England won 2–1. [ 71 ] Henderson was named as England ‘s number one for the 2019 UEFA european Under-21 Championship. [ 72 ]

Senior team [edit ]

On 8 October 2019, Henderson was called up to the elder England squad for the first time by coach Gareth Southgate as a successor for the hurt Tom Heaton. [ 73 ] He made his debut on 12 November 2020 when he came on at half prison term to replace Nick Pope in a 3–0 win over the Republic of Ireland in a friendly. [ 74 ] Henderson was named as a extremity of England ‘s 26-man police squad for the delayed Euro 2020 and allocated the number 13 shirt. however, he withdrew due to a hep injury after the first game and was replaced by Aaron Ramsdale. [ 75 ] England lost the final to Italy and finished in second rate .

manner of play [edit ]

Henderson is known for his distribution with both his hands and feet as a goalkeeper, angstrom well as his ability to claim crosses or to catch and punch senior high school balls, with Rob Dawson of ESPN describing him as “ more arrant ” than his teammate David de Gea in 2021. Mark Critchley of The Independent has besides described him as a “ song presence ” in goal. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] [ 78 ] While not the tallest of goalkeepers, standing at 1.88 molarity ( 6 foot 2 in ), he is besides known for his reflexes. [ 79 ]

personal life [edit ]

Henderson was born in Whitehaven, Cumbria. [ 80 ] He played county cricket as a schoolboy and was an achieve batter and wicket-keeper but chose football. [ 8 ] Henderson initially started out as an outfield actor before switching to his function as a goalkeeper. [ 81 ] During his time at Shrewsbury Town, Henderson shaved off all of his hair in digest of Hope House. [ 82 ] On 27 May 2019, Henderson achieved two Guinness World Records titles for ‘Fastest time to dress as a goalkeeper ( football ) ‘ ( 49.51 seconds ) and ‘Most football ( soccer ) headed passes in one moment ( team of two ) ‘ ( 91 – with Jake Clarke-Salter ). [ 83 ] [ 84 ]

career statistics [edit ]

clubhouse [edit ]

As of match played 22 September 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 12 November 2020[92]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

England

2020
1
0

Total
1
0

Honours [edit ]

Shrewsbury Town
Manchester United
England U20
Individual

References [edit ]

  • Profile at the Manchester United F.C. website
  • Profile at the Football Association website
  • Dean Henderson – UEFA competition record (archive) Edit this at Wikidata