Name: Kieron Dyer

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Age: 36

Famous for: Playing football for lots of English clubs

Jungle highlight: shaking like a leaf during the Ghost Train trial. What would the Toon Army think?

Biography: Retired premier league footballer Kieron Dyer has scored a place in the jungle. Having played for Ipswich Town, Newcastle QPR, West Ham (yep, he moved around a lot...) as well as England, the footballer suffered injuries for years and didn't actually play all that much football. But hopefully he's back on top form for this new, slightly wilder competition...

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Once a poster boy for 1990s England hopefuls, Kieron says, "I’d like to change people’s perceptions about footballers in general."

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Here he is talking about the loss of football manager Sir Bobby Robson

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And here's Kieron playing football (and also getting into a fight on the pitch...)

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