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title: "Jimmy Dunne – Profile"
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author: "Domagoj kostanjsak"
section: "Burnley"
published: "2020-06-05T10:26:08Z"
modified: "2020-06-05T10:26:08Z"
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# Jimmy Dunne – Profile

**Name: Jimmy Dunne**

**Club: Burnley**

**Date of Birth: 19 October 1997**

**Position: Centre-back**

## **Jimmy Dunne – his career so far**

Even though he’s been away from the club in recent times, the 22-year-old **Jimmy Dune** has now returned to **Burnley** and will look to impress **Sean Dyche** to eventually slot into the senior squad at *Turf Moor*.

But it has been quite a ride for the young centre-back so far who started out at the illustrious **St. Kevin’s Boys Club** before joining the **Manchester United** academy in Belfast, aged just ten.

He would stay with the *Red Devils* until 2016, playing for their youth and U18 squads, before he was signed by **Burnley**, initially penning a deal that would align him with their U23s. The *Clarets* signed him on an initial two-year deal with a further year’s option in the club’s favour and he was sent out on loan in search for more opportunities for his early development.

**Dunne** would then play in the *National League* for **Burrow FC**, joining their younger ranks first before recording 21 appearances with two goals and an assist for the senior squad as well. Quickly after that, he moved on loan to **Accrington Stanley** in January 2018 and enjoyed his most fruitful spell yet.

The centre-back enjoyed an outstanding run with the *Reds*, starting 18 consecutive games to help the team win the *League Two* title that campaign. The following pre-season was finally spent with **Burnley’s** first-team squad and a brand new two-year contract followed suit.

But he had another loan deal around the corner when he moved to *Scottish Premiership* side **Hearts** until January 2019. Despite a bright start, struggles with injuries sidelined his venture in Scotland and he moved on to **Sunderland**, helping the *Black Cats* reach the *League One* play-off final with 14 appearances and a goal and assist to his name.

His final loan would be to **Fleetwood Town** where he would tally 11 appearances with a single strike under his belt along the way.

Now he has been recalled to **Burnley’s** U23 squad and is still awaiting his senior team debut with the *Clarets*.

## **Transfer latest**

Interestingly enough, some *transfer rumours* linked **Dunne** with a potential switch to **Bolton Wanderers** in the January transfer window but the young defender ended up staying at *Turf Moor* instead.

Now, however, with his contract due to expire in the following summer, it will be interesting to see what *transfer news* start emerging around *Dunne* in the upcoming weeks and as we come closer to June.

Of course, we still don’t know for sure what the club will decide to do with the young centre-back as there are no immediate [**Burnley news**](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/burnley-fc-news/) addressing this issue. But it would definitely be a big shame if they failed to renew his contract, given the potential that’s still buried somewhere beneath the rough exterior.

One thing is for sure, however – with his contract running down and **Burnley’s** decision to recall him from his loan, there are bound to be more *transfer rumours* on the kid in the not so distant future.

## **Player profile**

**Dunne** is a defender who favours the left side of the pitch and prefers to be deployed as the left centre-back, a role he was used in throughout his 2019/20 season. But that campaign was rather short as he was recalled from his loan at **Fleetwood Town** only for the season to be frozen and put on hold due to the recent outbreak.

Still, looking at his career statistics through data that’s available at *Wyscout*, **Dunne** seems more like a traditional centre-back, strong in the challenges he makes, aggressive when facing an attacker and also quite good at winning aerial battles.

But when it comes to playing with the ball at his feet, he doesn’t seem as comfortable and doesn’t really venture higher up the pitch unless it’s absolutely necessary and his team have pushed the opposition deep into their own half of the park.

Some of the impressive stats include 72.5% of defensive duels won, 9.79 aerial duels per 90 minutes with a 59.9% success rate, 6.22 interceptions and 16.27 recoveries per 90 minutes in 2019/20.