Biography

Dean made a good few appearances on the bench for the first team in 2021 and made his debut away to Derry City in July when he came on as a late substitute for Aaron Greene. Dean is a tenacious central midfielder whose strengths are defending and attacking and his general all-round play for the Under 19s in 2021 was impressive. Dean started out with the Hoops at the same time as Dylan Duffy and Conan Noonan.