Richard Dunne

**Richard Patrick Dunne** (born 21 September 1979) is an Irish former professional footballer and current television pundit for TNT Sports, who played as a centre-back. He made 431 Premier League appearances, including 253 for Manchester City.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Everton|1996–97|Premier League|7|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|8|0||
|1997–98|Premier League|3|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|4|0||||
|1998–99|Premier League|16|0|2|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|20|0||||
|1999–2000|Premier League|31|0|4|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|36|0||||
|2000–01|Premier League|3|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|4|0||||
|rowspan="11"|Manchester City|2000–01|Premier League|25|0|3|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|28|0||
|2001–02|First Division|43|1|3|0|3|0|0|0|0|0|49|1||||
|2002–03|Premier League|25|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|26|0||||
|2003–04|Premier League|29|0|5|0|2|0|4|0|0|0|40|0||||
|2004–05|Premier League|35|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|36|1||||
|2005–06|Premier League|32|3|5|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|38|3||||
|2006–07|Premier League|38|1|5|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|44|1||||
|2007–08|Premier League|36|0|3|0|3|0|0|0|0|0|42|0||||
|2008–09|Premier League|31|1|1|0|1|0|14|0|0|0|47|1||||
|2009–10|Premier League|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|0||||
|rowspan="5"|Aston Villa|2009–10|Premier League|35|3|4|0|5|0|0|0|0|0|44|3||
|2010–11|Premier League|32|0|2|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|35|0||||
|2011–12|Premier League|28|1|2|1|2|0|0|0|0|0|32|2||||
|2012–13|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0||||
|rowspan="3"|Queens Park Rangers|2013–14||Championship|41|1|0|0|1|0|0|0|3|0|45|1|
|2014–15|Premier League|23|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|24|0||||

### International

- _Scores and results list Republic of Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dunne goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|4 June 2000|Soldier Field, Chicago, United States|||2–2|2000 U.S. Cup||||||||
|2|11 October 2000|Lansdowne Road, Dublin|||2–0|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|3|6 June 2001|Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia|||2–0|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|4|9 September 2003|Lansdowne Road, Dublin|||2–2|Friendly||||||||
|5|7 October 2006|Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus|||2–5|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying||||||||
|6|28 March 2009|Croke Park, Dublin|||1–1|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|7|6 June 2009|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria|||1–1|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|8|11 October 2011|Aviva Stadium, Dublin|||2–1|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||

## Honours

**Everton**
- FA Youth Cup: 1997–98

**Manchester City**
- Football League First Division: 2001–02

**Aston Villa**
- Football League Cup runner-up: 2009–10

**Queens Park Rangers**
- Football League Championship play-offs: 2014

**Republic of Ireland**
- UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship: 1998
- Nations Cup: 2011

**Individual**
- PFA Team of the Year: 2009–10 Premier League
- FAI Senior International Player of the Year: 2007, 2011
- Manchester City Player of the Year: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Richard Dunne
- **image**: FIFA WC-qualification 2014 - Austria vs Ireland 2013-09-10 - Richard Dunne 01.jpg
- **upright**: 1.1
- **caption**: Dunne playing for the Republic of Ireland in 2013
- **fullname**: Richard Patrick Dunne
- **birth place**: Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
- **height**: 1.88 m
- **position**: Centre-back
- **youthclubs1**: Home Farm F.C., Home Farm
- **youthyears1**: –1994
- **youthclubs2**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **youthyears2**: 1994–1996
- **years1**: 1996–2000
- **clubs1**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **caps1**: 60
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2000–2009
- **clubs2**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **caps2**: 296
- **goals2**: 7
- **years3**: 2009–2013
- **clubs3**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps3**: 95
- **goals3**: 4
- **years4**: 2013–2015
- **clubs4**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers
- **caps4**: 64
- **goals4**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 515
- **totalgoals**: 12
- **nationalyears1**: 1997–1999
- **nationalteam1**: Republic of Ireland national football B team, Republic of Ireland B
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2000–2013
- **nationalteam2**: Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland
- **nationalcaps2**: 80
- **nationalgoals2**: 8