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Which team did the player Kieron Dyer belong to in late 2000s?
Kieron Dyer Kieron Courtney Dyer ( born 29 December 1978 ) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder . He is currently the U23s manager at Ipswich Town . Born in Ipswich , Dyer played youth football for his home club Ipswich Town before going on to make nearly 100 league appearances for the clubs first team . He was sold to Newcastle United for £6 million , at the time the highest fee paid for an Ipswich player , and made nearly 200 appearances for Newcastle between 1999 and 2007 . A move for the same fee to West Ham United followed , but Dyer suffered from various injuries , restricting him to 30 league appearances in four seasons . After a short loan back to Ipswich in March 2011 , he signed for newly promoted club Queens Park Rangers ahead of their 2011–12 Premier League season . However , his time at QPR was again blighted by injuries and he made just eight appearances for the club before being released in January 2013 , spending the rest of the season at Middlesbrough before retiring . Dyer represented England on 33 occasions between 1999 and 2007 . He was a member of the England squads which reached the quarter-finals at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2004 . Club career . Ipswich Town . Dyer was born in Ipswich , to an Antiguan father and English mother . Dyers career began with his hometown team , Ipswich Town , whom he signed for as a 17-year-old trainee in 1996 . He broke into the Ipswich first team during his first season at the club , and quickly established a reputation as one of the top youngsters in English football outside of the Premier League . He had spent three years at Portman Road when he requested a transfer in order to further his international prospects following Ipswichs failure to gain promotion to the Premier League through the play-offs in 1999 . Newcastle United . Dyer was sold to Newcastle United in July 1999 for a fee of £6 million , which stood as the record transfer fee received by Ipswich Town until Connor Wickham was sold to Sunderland . He was the only English player signed by Ruud Gullit during his spell as Newcastles manager . Dyer opened his Newcastle goalscoring account at home to local rivals Sunderland , but the match ended in a 2–1 defeat , which saw Gullit resign shortly afterwards . Under Gullits replacement , Bobby Robson , Dyer was a key player in the Newcastle team which finished fourth , third and fifth in the 2001–02 , 2002–03 and 2003–04 Premier League seasons respectively . On 2 April 2005 , Dyer was involved in an on-pitch brawl with teammate Lee Bowyer in Newcastles Premier League match with Aston Villa , and both had to be pulled apart and separated by their teammates and Villa players . This resulted in Dyer and Bowyer receiving red cards , leaving Newcastle with eight men as Steven Taylor had already been sent-off for a deliberate handball . Dyer was handed a three-match ban by the FA for the sending-off ; Bowyer received a four-match ban from the FA and was fined more than six weeks wages – about £200,000 – by Newcastle . Later in April , The FA increased Bowyers ban by three more matches and fined him £30,000 . In 2006 the Newcastle Magistrates court fined Bowyer £600 and ordered him to pay £1,000 costs after he pleaded guilty to sparking the brawl . At the start of the 2005–06 season , Dyer was once again on the injured list , this time with a hamstring injury , preventing his selection for club or country . This followed a close-season in which Newcastle manager Graeme Souness signed a number of other midfield players , including Emre Belözoğlu , Scott Parker , Albert Luque and Nolberto Solano . Dyer returned to first-team action on 4 February 2006 against Portsmouth , Newcastles first match following the departure of Souness . Dyer marked his first start of the season since the opening day against Arsenal with a goal in a FA Cup fifth round match against Southampton on 18 February 2006 . Dyer became the first Newcastle United player to score at the Emirates Stadium in a 1–1 draw with Arsenal on 18 November 2006 . In what was his first start in seven months , Dyer opened the matchs scoring after 30 minutes with his first league goal for Newcastle in over 20 months . He continued his rich vein of form , also scoring against Tottenham Hotspur , Bolton Wanderers , Birmingham City , Aston Villa , AZ and Watford . Following his return from injury , Dyer showed his versatility by playing in central midfield , right midfield and as an attacking midfielder , supporting Obafemi Martins . Dyer was given permission to speak to West Ham United in August 2007 after both clubs agreed an undisclosed transfer fee . On 4 August , West Ham confirmed the deal had fallen through due to Newcastles pulling out of the deal . However , the deal was rectified with Dyer finalising a move to Upton Park . West Ham United . Dyer completed a move to West Ham on 16 August 2007 for £6 million , signing a four-year deal . He made his debut for West Ham in a 1–0 away win at Birmingham City on 18 August 2007 . However , this was one of the few positives in Dyers time at West Ham as he was thereafter blighted by injury . Just ten days after his debut , he was stretchered off after a tackle by Joe Jacobson in a League Cup match against Bristol Rovers that resulted in his right leg being broken in two places . Dyer subsequently missed the rest of the 2007–08 season . His injury was re-assessed in August 2008 , when it was decided that a six-week specialist rehabilitation programme was required before he began pre-season training . During this time , Dyers slow recovery from his injury sparked widespread speculation that his career may be over . On 3 January 2009 , Dyer made his comeback for West Ham after 17 months out , coming on as a second-half substitute against Barnsley in the FA Cup third round tie at the Boleyn Ground . Dyers injuries continued in May 2009 when he was ruled out with a hamstring injury . He played in West Hams first match of the 2009–10 season against Wolverhampton Wanderers , but had problems with injuries after the match . He managed only one more match , away to Blackburn Rovers , before hamstring problems hit again . He returned for two further matches before another injury in September kept him out until returning in a reserve match against Stoke City in November when he scored two goals . After taking over West Ham in January 2010 , David Sullivan revealed the full extent of the clubs debts , which totalled £110 million . Shortly afterwards , in addition to the swingeing cuts being made by vice-chairman Karren Brady , Sullivan suggested that Dyer should follow Dean Ashton into retirement ; Sullivan expressed the clubs frustration that Dyer , who was earning £60,000 per week , had only played 18 matches in three years . Dyers hometown club Ipswich Town had expressed an interest in re-signing Dyer , but the move stalled amid reports Dyer had demanded a £1 million pay-off from West Ham ; the media had also speculated about whether Dyer could actually pass a medical . In May 2010 , figures in The Daily Telegraph stated that Dyer , who had made only 22 appearances and had never played a full 90 minutes for West Ham , was the clubs top earner on £83,000-a-week . His deal included £424,000-a-season for image rights and £100,000 in loyalty fees . Dyer was released by West Ham at the end of the 2010–11 season , after costing the club around £450,000 for every match he played in . Return to Ipswich Town ( loan ) . On 11 March 2011 , Dyer returned to his first club , Ipswich Town , on a month-long loan . He was handed the number 30 shirt . He made his second debut for Ipswich at Elland Road against Leeds United on 12 March before being substituted in the second half in a 0–0 draw . In April 2011 , West Ham manager Avram Grant refused a request by Ipswich to retain Dyer until the end of the 2010–11 season , and he returned to West Ham after having made four appearances for Ipswich . Queens Park Rangers . In July 2011 , Dyer signed a one-year contract with Queens Park Rangers . He made his debut on 13 August 2011 , the opening day of the Premier League season , against Bolton Wanderers , but after just three minutes , he was stretchered off with an injured foot . During his recovery , he sustained ligament damage to his foot in a reserve match . This injury required surgery and he was ruled out for the remainder of the season . Because of his injury , Dyer was omitted from QPRs 25-man squad for the second half of the 2011–12 Premier League season . Despite only playing seven minutes of the 2011–12 season , Dyer signed a one-year contract extension with QPR to keep him at the club until the end of the 2012–13 season . Dyer scored his only goal for the club , in stoppage time , on 5 January 2013 , in an FA Cup third round tie against West Bromwich Albion to finish the match 1–1 , his first goal in almost six years . Just three days later , he was released from QPR by manager Harry Redknapp , who said , [ Dyer ] wasnt in my plans . In January 2013 , after his release , Dyer began training with Ipswich Town to maintain fitness while looking for a new club . Middlesbrough and retirement . Dyer had returned to Ipswich following his release from QPR and had returned to training with the Championship side in January 2013 . On 31 January 2013 , Dyer signed a short-term contract with Championship club Middlesbrough . Dyers Middlesbrough debut came on 2 February away at one of his previous clubs , Ipswich Town , with Boro losing 4–0 . On 2 March , Dyer scored his first goal in a 2–1 home win over league leaders Cardiff City , his first league goal since 2007 . On 16 April , in a 1–0 home win over Nottingham Forest , Dyer lasted the 90 minutes for the first time since he joined QPR back in 2010 . At the end of his contract , Dyer was not offered an extension , and he left the club . Dyer returned to Ipswich as an academy coach following his departure from Middlesbrough . He confirmed he had been back training with the first team during the close of the 2012–13 season . There was speculation in the local press at the time that he would soon rejoin for Ipswich , however he was not offered a contract and subsequently retired from playing - but remained at the club as an academy coach . International career . After representing England at Youth , Under 21 and B level , Dyers debut for the senior team came on 4 September 1999 when he started in Englands 6–0 win against Luxembourg . He was deployed out of position at right back , and was replaced by Gary Neville at half-time after injuring himself while setting up Alan Shearers third goal of the match . The injury was not serious and he was able to make his second England appearance four days later , coming on as a late substitute for Steve McManaman in a 0–0 draw with Poland . England qualified for the Euro 2000 competition but Dyer was not selected for the squad for the tournament , though he had recovered from injury and taken part in pre-tournament friendlies against Argentina and Ukraine . Along with a number of other young players who failed to make the squad – including Rio Ferdinand , Frank Lampard , Michael Duberry , Jody Morris and Jonathan Woodgate – Dyer took a drunken holiday to the Cypriot resort of Ayia Napa . The holiday hit the headlines when a video of Dyer , Ferdinand and Lampard having sex with a number of women was leaked to The News of the World . Shortly after the story broke , it was revealed that Dyer had spent a night in hospital after being glassed in the face during a fight in an Ipswich night club . Dyer returned to the England squad for the first game after Euro 2000 for the first qualifier for the 2002 FIFA World Cup , against Germany , the last football match at the original Wembley Stadium . England lost 1–0 , after which manager Kevin Keegan resigned . Despite having played only 45 minutes of football under new manager Sven-Göran Eriksson , Dyer was named in the squad for the 2002 World Cup . Two days after the squad was announced , Dyer suffered knee ligament damage after being tackled by Tahar El Khalej in a league game against Southampton . However , he recovered just in time to remain in the squad . He made three appearances , all as a substitute , in the tournament until England were eliminated in the quarter-finals by eventual champions Brazil . Dyer played in several of Euro 2004 qualifiers but only had seven minutes on the pitch at Euro 2004 , coming on as a late replacement for Wayne Rooney in Englands second group match , against Switzerland . After making some appearances during Englands FIFA World Cup 2006 qualifying Dyers run in the England squad was ended by the recurrence of a hamstring injury while playing against Middlesbrough . After almost two years without making an appearance for England , Dyers form for Newcastle earned him a call up to Steve McClarens England starting line-up for a friendly against Spain in February 2007 . His most recent , and subsequently final , appearance for England came in a 2–1 friendly defeat to Germany in August 2007 , Dyer replacing Alan Smith in the second half . Coaching career . Ipswich Town . Following his retirement from playing , Dyer took up a role as an academy coach at his first club Ipswich Town in 2014 , becoming assistant manager of the under-18 youth team in August 2018 . He departed the club in August 2019 , outlining his intentions to move into first team management . On 26 October 2020 , Ipswich confirmed that Dyer would be returning to the club to become the head coach of the clubs under-23 team . Dyer has since also become more actively involved in first-team affairs since the appointment of new manager Paul Cook in March 2021 , often assisting with coaching and being present in the dugout . Television work . In November 2015 , Dyer was named as a contestant on the fifteenth series of Im a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! . He came fourth on the show after lasting 21 days . He donated his entire fee to the Jude Brady Foundation . Personal life . In February 2018 , Dyer told the public that at the age of 11 he had been sexually abused by his great uncle Kenny , by then deceased . Honours . Individual - PFA Team of the Year : 1997–98 First Division , 1998–99 First Division , 2002–03 Premier League