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TAREIQ HOLMES-DENNIS
Full Name: Tareiq Marcus Holmes-Dennis
Born: 31 October 1995
Came from: Charlton Athletic Went to: Charlton Athletic
First game: 10 February 2015 Last game: 14 May 2015
Appearances: 19 (19/0) Goals: 1
Born in Farnborough in the London Borough of Bromley (rather than the more widely-known variant in Hampshire), the attacking left-back rose through the youth ranks locally at Charlton Athletic. In March 2013 he won an international cap when he appeared as a 60th minute substitute for Noel Blake's England under-18 side in a 1-0 defeat to Belgium in Stade du Tivoli in La Louvière. His progress was rewarded the following October with his first professional contract: a three-year deal with the Addicks.
Without a first team appearance in his first season as a professional, Holmes-Dennis was loaned out to Oxford United in October 2014, and made his Football League debut later that month. His loan spell was extended to the second week of January, and then again until the end of the season, but Charlton recalled him early after Oxford signed another left-back in the January transfer window. In all he made 17 appearances for Oxford, one of them a winning visit to Home Park just after Christmas 2014.
Oxford's loss was Argyle's gain. His recall was timed perfectly with the surprise diversion of Bolton's Andy Kellett to the Theatre of Dreams rather than the Theatre of Greens, when Argyle were gazumped by Manchester United. The same day as Charlton recalled Holmes-Dennis, just after the January 2015 transfer window closed, John Sheridan made his move. The club announced his signing - until the end of the season - even though the player could not join officially until the loan window re-opened on Tuesday 10th February, the same day as the Pilgrims' 2-0 win at Wycombe Wanderers, in which Holmes-Dennis made an impressive debut. But he wasn't a complete stranger on his first Pilgrims' start; he had joined the club the week before to train with the squad. At the end of the campaign, after the League Two play-off semi-final - coincidentally against Wycombe - ended in defeat, Holmes-Dennis returned to Charlton, his parent club.
Holmes-Dennis then reunited with John Sheridan in a ten-game loan spell with Oldham Athletic in the 2015-16 season, stepping up a level to League One. He also made a further appearance for Charlton that season, taking his total to 14 appearances in all competitions for the Addicks.
In August 2016, Holmes-Dennis joined Championship side Huddersfield Town on a three-year deal. He made eight Championship appearances for Town, taking his total to 12 in all competitions, as the Terriers were elevated to the Premier League for the first time since 1972.
In early July 2017, with less chance of selection in the top tier, he joined League One Portsmouth on a season-long loan. He started the first game of the campaign at left-back, but suffered a serious knee injury after 39 minutes when he slipped on the artificial surface surrounding the Fratton Park pitch.
Returning to Huddersfield after that single game for Pompey, he was unable to play again in the 2017-18 season and was released at its end. In June 2018 he moved to League One Bristol Rovers, where he spent two full seasons but, still sporadically troubled by injury, played just 30 times, scoring once, before his release in June 2020.
In October 2020 he announced his retirement from professional football, due to his recurring knee injury, aged just 24.
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