Chris Dunn

Christopher Michael Dunn (born 23 October 1987) is an English football goalkeeper.

Dunn started his career as a youth at West Ham United.

At 14 he moved to Southend United then signed for Northampton Town's centre of excellence in January 2005 after moving from Brentwood when he was seventeen.

After a year playing youth and reserve football, Dunn was made a squad number as cover for Lee Harper in the 2005–06 season by then manager Colin Calderwood.

For the following two seasons, Dunn was an understudy to Mark Bunn.

On 3 May 2008, Dunn was given the opportunity to make his début in the last game of the 2007–08 season to gain first-team experience.

The game was at home to Tranmere Rovers and Northampton Town won 2–1.

Bunn was sold near the end of the 2008 summer transfer window to Blackburn Rovers, which meant Dunn was selected as first choice for the forthcoming season.

After appearing in a handful of first team appearances, Dunn was at fault for conceding one of the goals in a 3–2 loss against Huddersfield Town on 20 September 2008, prompting Manager Stuart Gray to defend him to the press.

Following this, Dunn lost his first choice status to loan Frank Fielding.

After Fielding returned to his parent, Dunn regained his first choice goalkeeper status despite the club signing Ron-Robert Zieler shortly after and made his return to the first team on 13 December 2008, in a 4–4 thriller draw against Scunthorpe United, followed up by keeping a clean sheet in the next game against Carlisle United on 20 December 2008.

Dunn remained as first choice goalkeeper for the rest of the season.

Dunn signed a new two-year contract on 11 May 2009.

During the 2009–10 season, Dunn was the regular goalkeeper and went on a run of five clean sheets in a row without conceding a goal in 524 minutes.

This took him to third place in the record number of minutes without conceding a goal for Northampton Town behind Alan Starling and Len Hammond.

This record ended on 26 January 2010 when he conceded a goal against Darlington from Tadhg Purcell despite winning 2–1.

In February that season Dunn was nominated for the PFA League 2 Player of the Month award, but lost out to Wayne Brown before suffering an injury that kept him out for three weeks.

Loan signing Jason Steele finished the season in goal with Dunn making thirty-two appearances in all competitions.

Dunn made his first appearance of the season on 4 September 2010, in a 1–1 draw against Aldershot Town.

During the 2010–11 season Dunn played in Northampton Town's third round League Cup win against Liverpool at Anfield.

Later that season, Dunn was awarded the PFA Fans Player of the Month for December after consecutive clean sheets and impressive performances.

At the end of the 2010–11 season, Dunn finished the season, making forty-four appearances in all competitions.

With his contract expiring at the end of the season, Dunn was offered a new contract by the club.

It came after when his future at Coventry City was uncertain and it was believed that he was expecting to leave the club to progress his career.

Following this, Dunn continued to remain as a first choice goalkeeper until he suffered a head injury that saw him substituted just eight minutes in against Bury on 9 April 2011.

Dunn made his return to the first team on 30 April 2011, where he wore a protective mask, and kept a clean sheet, in a 2–0 win over Stevenage.

On 30 June 2011, Coventry City confirmed the signing of Chris Dunn on a three-year contract; as Dunn was under 24, an undisclosed fee was agreed between the two clubs.

It came after when Coventry City made a transfer bid for Dunn around mid-June.

Dunn made his début for the club on 10 September 2011, as a half-time substitute for Joe Murphy in a 2–0 win against Derby County.

He also made another sub appearance, where he continued to help the club keep a clean for the remaining 15 minutes, in the 1–0 win over Nottingham Forest on 15 October 2011.

However, throughout the 2011–12 season, Dunn remained a second choice goalkeeper behind Murphy and made three appearances in all competitions.

His first competitive appearance for the Sky Blues was in the 2–1 FA Cup defeat to Southampton on 7 January 2012.

The 2012–13 season saw Dunn continuing to remain a second choice goalkeeper behind Murphy for the second time this season and it wasn't until on 1 December 2012 when he made his first appearance of the season, in the first round of FA Cup, in a 2–1 win over Morecambe.

It wasn't until the last game of the season on 27 April 2013 when he made his first Coventry City league start, in a 2–2 draw against Notts County.

On 16 August 2013, Dunn had his contract at Coventry City terminated by mutual consent.

On 17 August 2013, Dunn signed for Football League Championship side Yeovil Town on a one-year contract, to be reunited with manager Gary Johnson whom he worked under at Northampton Town.

After Wayne Hennessey became the first choice goalkeeper until he returned to Wolves, Dunn made his Yeovil debut in their 2–1 defeat against Doncaster Rovers, on 22 November 2013, followed by back to back clean sheets away to Watford and home to Blackpool, earning Dunn a place in the Championship Team of the Week.

Dunn came on as a substitute in a second half for Marek Štěch, conceding two goals as Yeovil Town lost 5–1 against Huddersfield Town on 29 December 2013.

As the season progressed, Štěch continued to remain the first choice goalkeeper, which Dunn stated the competition between the two is good.

After Štěch was absent, Dunn played two matches on 5 April 2014 and 8 April 2014 against Blackpool and Charlton Athletic, which Yeovil Town won 2–1 and lost 3–2 respectively.