Eric Dier
English footballer (born 1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eric Jeremy Edgar Dier (born 15 January 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, on loan from Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national team.
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Full name | Eric Jeremy Edgar Dier[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 30)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cheltenham, England | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Bayern Munich (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2003–2012 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | → Everton (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Sporting CP | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2014– | Tottenham Hotspur | 274 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | → Bayern Munich (loan) | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2011 | England U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | England U19 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | England U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | England U21 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015– | England | 49 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:21, 20 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:07, 4 December 2022 (UTC) |
Dier grew up in Portugal, where he came through the youth ranks at Sporting CP, making his reserve and senior debuts in 2012. In 2014, he moved to English club Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £4 million, going on to score 13 goals and total 365 appearances for the club, including in the 2015 Football League Cup final and the 2019 UEFA Champions League final. After ten years with Tottenham, he moved to Bayern Munich in January 2024, initially on loan, before a clause was activated in March 2024 to make the move permanent at the end of June that year.[4]
Despite interest from Portugal, Dier opted to represent England in international football. He made his debut for the senior team in November 2015, and was chosen for UEFA Euro 2016, the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.