Michael Dawson

**Michael Dawson** (born 18 November 1983) is an English former football player. He played as a centre-back for Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, and Hull City.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|FA Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=5|Nottingham Forest|2001–02|First Division|1|0|0|0|0|0|—|1|0||
|2002–03|First Division|38|5|1|0|2|0|1|0|42|5|||
|2003–04|First Division|30|1|0|0|1|0|—|31|1||||
|2004–05|Championship|14|1|1|0|2|0|—|17|1||||
|rowspan=12|Tottenham Hotspur|2004–05|Premier League|5|0|—|—|—|5|0||||
|2005–06|Premier League|32|0|1|0|0|0|—|33|0||||
|2006–07|Premier League|37|1|6|0|5|0|10|0|58|1|||
|2007–08|Premier League|27|1|3|0|4|0|6|1|40|2|||
|2008–09|Premier League|16|1|2|0|5|1|5|0|28|2|||
|2009–10|Premier League|29|2|8|0|3|0|—|40|2||||
|2010–11|Premier League|24|1|2|0|0|0|6|0|32|1|||
|2011–12|Premier League|7|0|4|0|0|0|2|0|13|0|||
|2012–13|Premier League|27|1|1|0|2|0|4|1|34|2|||
|2013–14|Premier League|32|0|1|0|1|0|7|0|41|0|||
|2014–15|Premier League|0|0|—|—|0|0|0|0|||||
|rowspan=5|Hull City|2014–15|Premier League|28|1|0|0|0|0|—|28|1||
|2015–16|Championship|32|1|1|0|1|0|3|0|36|1|||
|2016–17|Premier League|22|3|1|0|3|1|—|26|4||||
|2017–18|Championship|40|3|1|0|0|0|—|41|3||||
|rowspan=3|Nottingham Forest|2018–19|Championship|10|0|0|0|3|0|—|13|0||
|2019–20|Championship|18|1|1|0|0|0|—|19|1||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|England|2010|2|0|
|2011|2|0|||

## Honours

**Tottenham Hotspur**
- Football League Cup: 2007–08; runner-up: 2008–09

**Hull City**
- Football League Championship play-offs: 2016

**Individual**
- PFA Team of the Year: 2002–03 First Division, 2015–16 Championship
- Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Year: 2009–10
- Hull City Player of the Year: 2014–15

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Michael Dawson
- **image**: Michael Dawson 2016-05-28 1.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Dawson after winning promotion with Hull City A.F.C., Hull City in 2016
- **full name**: Michael Richard Dawson
- **birth place**: Northallerton, England
- **position**: Centre back
- **youthyears1**: 1997–2001
- **youthclubs1**: Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest
- **years1**: 2001–2005
- **caps1**: 83
- **goals1**: 7
- **clubs1**: Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest
- **years2**: 2005–2014
- **clubs2**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **caps2**: 236
- **goals2**: 7
- **years3**: 2014–2018
- **clubs3**: Hull City A.F.C., Hull City
- **caps3**: 122
- **goals3**: 8
- **years4**: 2018–2021
- **clubs4**: Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest
- **caps4**: 28
- **goals4**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 469
- **totalgoals**: 23
- **nationalyears1**: 2003–2005
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 13
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2006–2007
- **nationalteam2**: England national football B team, England B
- **nationalcaps2**: 2
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2010–2011
- **nationalteam3**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps3**: 4
- **nationalgoals3**: 0