Dean Marney

Tottenham Hotspur

Born in Barking, London, Marney is a box-to-box midfielder and a product of the Tottenham Hotspur youth system. Although predominantly a midfielder he showed an aptitude at right back and understudied to then Spurs right back Stephen Carr, and was viewed by many as the Irish international's natural successor. He really emerged onto the scene in a mid season friendly against Irish champions Bohemians putting in a man of the match performance from right back. Unable to get his start as a young player in the Tottenham team, he was loaned out early on in his career to Swindon Town. His initial first team action for Spurs came in August 2003, against Birmingham City. By January 2004 he had joined Queens Park Rangers on loan, as by that time Spurs had strengthened their strike force. Upon his return he was handed his debut start, but that would be his only appearance until November 2004, when he joined Gillingham on loan. When he returned to Tottenham, he was immediately thrown in at the deep end, as a last minute choice to face an Everton team on 1 January 2005, in which he scored the first and last goals of the match in a 5–2 victory, the second being a superb 25-yard curler into the top right corner. He struggled with form until February 2005, the month in which he participated in his only international, an England under-21 match versus the Netherlands. After considerable squad strengthening in the early part of the 2005–06 season, which included the…

In May 2024, he was appointed as the lead U-18 coach at League Two side Salford City after previously coaching the U-15 and U-16 sides at former club Burnley. Marney was appointed U18 lead coach at Stoke City in June 2025.

Marney represented England at international gaining one cap for the England under-21 side in England's 2–1 defeat to Netherlands U-21 in February 2005.

Marney is a free-flowing midfielder and has proven to be a key factor in distribution throughout the teams he has played for. While at Burnley, he developed a reputation as something of a 'hard man', picking up 12 yellow cards and 1 red card in the 2012–13 season, a figure higher than all of his team-mates and the second highest in the Championship. He is confident in challenging for the ball but shows good control of his aggression.