Dean Shiels Dean Shiels Dean Andrew Shiels (born 1 February 1985) is a professional footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder for Derry City. Shiels has previously played for Hibernian, Doncaster Rovers, Kilmarnock, Rangers, Dundalk, FC Edmonton and Dunfermline Athletic. He has also played in 14 full international matches for Northern Ireland. His father is Kenny Shiels, who was his manager at Kilmarnock. Shiels started his professional career at Arsenal, but made no first team appearances for the club before signing for Hibernian in 2004. In early 2006, Shiels had an operation to remove his right eye, which had been blind since
2006–07 in Scottish football 2006–07 in Scottish football The 2006–07 season was the 110th season of competitive football in Scotland. Celtic made preparations for the Champions League with the high-profile signings of Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink from PSV Eindhoven, Jiri Jarosik from Chelsea and Thomas Gravesen from Real Madrid while Stilyan Petrov left to join former boss Martin O'Neill at Aston Villa. Celtic also signed former Rangers striker Kenny Miller on a free transfer from Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rangers, under new manager Paul Le Guen, brought in several players including Jérémy Clément from Paris Saint Germain and Filip Sebo from Austria Vienna while Peter Løvenkrands