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Dean Heffernan
Personal information
Full name	Dean James Heffernan[1]
Date of birth	19 May 1980 (1980-05-19) (age 29)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Left Back
Club information
Current club	Huddersfield Town
Number	13
Youth career
	St George
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004 2004–2005 2005 2005–2010 2006–2007 2010 2010–	Bulli Sutherland Wollongong Wolves Sydney United Selangor MPPJ Sutherland Marconi Stallions Central Coast Mariners → 1. FC Nuremberg (loan) Huddersfield Town Melbourne Heart	015 00(1) 020 00(1) 018 00(1) 003 00(0) 012 00(5) 000 00(0) 065 0(10) 000 00(0) 009 00(0) 000 00(0)
National team2
2009-	Australia	002 00(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 March 2010. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 7 January 2010. * Appearances (Goals)

Dean James Heffernan (born 19 May 1980 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian football player. He is currently on loan at English Football League One side Huddersfield Town.

Club career

With the Central Coast Mariners he scored 8 goals from left back in 24 games and was subsequently named in FourFourTwo's A-League dream team. In March 2006 he and fellow team mate Michael Beauchamp had a ten day trial with German Bundesliga club Nuremberg. On 1 July 2006 both players transferred to Nuremberg on season-long loans. Dean has struggled to get senior games only appearing on the bench for the first team, although he played 8 games in the Reserves scoring 5 goals. He has now signed a deal with the Mariners until the end of the 2009/10 season.

Heffernan suffered a broken leg during the Mariners 4-5 loss to Sydney FC on 22 December 2007, due to a tackle by Ufuk Talay. As a result he was unable to play in the rest of the 2007/08 A-League season.

Since returning from his fractured tibia, Dean has been selected twice for the National team and was a stand out for his club the Mariners for their recent Asian Champions League campaign.

Heffernan will join the Melbourne Heart Syndicate for the 2010/11 Hyundai A-League season.^[2]. Prior to this however, Heffernan will link up with English side Huddersfield Town in Football League One. He completed the deal on January 28, 2010. After receiving international clearance, he made his debut for the Terriers in their 1-0 win against Yeovil Town at Huish Park on January 30, 2010.

International career

Heffernan was selected to be part of the Socceroos in the Australia versus Argentina game on 11 September 2007. He got his first senior international cap for the Socceroos on 28 January 2009 in a AFC Asian Cup qualifying match versus Indonesia at the Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta. He was then again selected for the Socceroos in January 2010 in an AFC Asian Cup qualifying match versus Kuwait. Heffernan scored in the fifth minute to open his international scoring account and help his side to a 2-2 draw.^[3]

Honours

With Central Coast Mariners:

• A-League Premiership: 2007-2008

References

1. ^ http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=1899
2. ^ http://melbourneheartsyn.com/default.aspx?s=aleague_newsdisplay&id=31759
3. ^ http://melbourneheartsyn.com/default.aspx?s=aleague_newsdisplay&id=31825

External links

• Central Coast Mariners profile
• Oz Football profile
• Melbourne Heart Syndicate Website