Michael Dawson is a central defender who plays for Tottenham and the English national side. Dawson came through the youth squad and into the senior team at Nottingham Forest. He signed for Tottenham on January 31st 2005 and made his Spurs debut in a 2-2 draw at Liverpool on April 16th.
At Tottenham Dawson quickly formed a good partnership with fellow centre half and captain Ledley King. Because of King’s many injury problems Dawson has become the one to rely on in defense and eventually also as captain. Dawson had an exceptional 2009/10 campaign where Spurs qualified for Champions League and Dawson named the club’s Player of the Year.
England manager Fabio Capello picked Dawson as the only uncapped player to be part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He made his international debut in a friendly against Hungary in August 2010. On September 3rd he started in the Europ 2012 qualifier against Bulgaria but sustained a knee injury early in the second half. That injury kept him out for three months and led to a brief crisis in the Spurs defense. At the time they also had long-term injured Jonathan Woodgate and Ledley King out, in addition to some injury struggles for their other centre back covers in Younes Kaboul and William Gallas. In February and March 2011 Dawson won his third and fourth England cap against Denmark and Wales.