Dean Bowditch

Ipswich Town

Bowditch joined the academy of Ipswich Town at the age of ten and progressed through several age groups. He made his first team debut in March 2003, aged 16, when he came off the bench against local rivals Norwich City, a match in which Ipswich won 2–0. The following season, he became the club's youngest player to score a hat-trick, against Watford. He was named the club's 2003–04 Academy Player of the Year. A series of injuries saw him feature less for the Ipswich first team and he was loaned to Burnley, Wycombe Wanderers and Brighton & Hove Albion. On 22 November 2007 he signed a one-month loan deal at Northampton Town. On 11 February 2008, Bowditch agreed to re-join Brighton & Hove Albion on loan, initially for one-month. On 31 October 2008, he joined Brentford on loan until January 2009, with an option to be recalled after one month. Ipswich released Bowditch at the end of the 2008–09 season.

Yeovil Town

Bowditch signed a one-year contract with League One club Yeovil on 30 July 2009. He scored on his debut against Tranmere but was later injured. On 14 November, he returned from injury and scored as a second-half substitute in Yeovil's 1–0 win over Southend. He scored his 9th goal of the season against Leeds United on 5 April 2010 in a 2–1 defeat. He reached double figures for the season with the opener against Millwall on Tuesday 13 April 2010. Having finished the 2009–10 season as Yeovil's top scorer, he signed a new contract with the club…

Bowditch received his first call-up to the England U16 national team in July 2001. On 26 October 2001, he scored two goals in a 4–3 win over Spain U16. He was called up to the England U17 side in June 2002 for the Nationwide International Tournament. He made his England U17 debut on 8 July 2002, featuring as a second-half substitute in a 2–2 draw with Italy U17. He helped England to win the Nationwide Tournament. In January 2004, Bowditch was placed on stand-by for the England U19 squad ahead of a friendly with Netherlands U19 the following month. He was again placed on stand-by for the England U19s in March 2004, whilst also receiving a call up to the England U18 side on 12 March, however he was left out of the Under-18 side that faced Belgium U18 in a friendly, following a recall request by Ipswich. He featured for England U19 in a 2–0 win over Republic of Ireland U19 on 10 September 2004.

As of match played 18 February 2020

He has an older brother, Ben Bowditch, who plays for Potters Bar Town.