Harrison Charles Dunk (born 25 October 1990) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for club Cambridge United.

Career

Dunk was born in

Hammersmith Hammersmith is a district of West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. ...

, Greater London. He joined

Bromley Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 87,889 as of 2011. Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, char ...

on 7 August 2009, after being spotted in an under-18 tournament in Germany, following time with

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. He featured regularly for the club in his debut campaign, and was also selected the club's Player of the Season. On 7 June 2011, after picking up another Player of the Season award with Bromley, Dunk joined Cambridge United. He renewed his link with the U's on 23 March 2014. On 9 August 2014, Dunk played his first match in the

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, starting in a 1–0 home win against

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. On 8 January 2018, Dunk became Cambridge United's longest serving player after defender

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left the club for Leyton Orient. Dunk made his 300th appearance for Cambridge on 13 August 2019 in a League Cup first round tie against Brentford in which Cambridge won on penalties. He made his 300th league appearance against Scunthorpe on 17 October 2020 with United winning 5–0.

Career statistics

Honours

Cambridge United *

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runner-up:

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play-offs:

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* FA Trophy winner : 2014

References

External links

Cambridge official profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunk, Harrison 1990 births Living people Footballers from Hammersmith English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Bromley F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players National League (English football) players English Football League players