Dean Anthony Bouzanis (born 2 October 1990) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League Two club Sutton United, on loan from EFL League One club Reading.
2007
He played junior football in Australia before joining English side Liverpool, appearing for the Academy between 2007 and 2009, and also for the reserves side.
After a loan move to Accrington Stanley he joined Oldham Athletic, before brief stays at Aris FC and Carlisle United.
Bouzanis spent three weeks with the Liverpool first team squad in January 2007 and was offered a three-year deal.
Liverpool's manager Rafael Benítez, stated that he rated the Australian as "the best goalkeeper in the world for his age".
He was loaned to A-League side Sydney FC as understudy to Clint Bolton and was included in the club's squad for their AFC Champions League 2007 campaign, but did not appear at the tournament, and was subsequently delisted.
In July 2007, Bouzanis returned to Liverpool from his loan.
He appeared for Liverpool's under 18 Academy and reserve teams.
He appeared in successive games for Liverpool's Academy in September, October and November 2007.
On 4 December 2007, Bouzanis appeared for Liverpool's reserve team.
2008
He made consecutive appearances for the reserves from January to April 2008.
On 4 March 2008, however, Bouzanis was an unused substitute in a reserves game against Bolton Wanderers.
On 7 May 2008, Bouzanis made his last reserves appearance for the 2007–08 season.
On 27 September 2008, Bouzanis appeared for Liverpool's Academy.
In September 2008, he was named in the reserve team for a fixture against Sunderland in which Jermaine Pennant was named.
On 18 October 2008, Bouzanis again appeared for the Academy.
On 3 November 2008, Bouzanis was an unused substitute in Liverpool's reserves squad that were defeated 2–1 against Manchester City.
On 24 November 2008, Bouzanis played for the reserves.
On 16 December 2008, he made his last appearance for the year in a reserves game.
2009
On 29 January 2009, Bouzanis played for the reserves.
On 27 February 2009, he played in a game for the Academy.
On 4 March 2009, Bouzanis kept for the reserves in a 2–0 defeat against American club Columbus Crew.
In March and April, Bouzanis appeared for the reserves.
On 26 May 2009, Bouzanis made his last appearance for the 2008–09 season, appearing for the Academy.
In September 2009, Bouzanis didn't amass any appearances for Liverpool due to international duty at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.
After a loan deal with Conference National team Wrexham fell through in July 2009, he joined Football League Two club Accrington Stanley on loan in November, subsequently making 14 league appearances for the club.
On 29 October 2009, he appeared for the Accrington Stanley reserves.
On 28 December 2009, Bouzanis started in a game for Accrington Stanley's first-team.
2010
On 30 January 2010, Bouzanis appeared for the first-team.
In February, March and May, Bouzanis was an unused substitute for the first-team.
In May 2010, Bouzanis returned to Liverpool from his loan at Accrington Stanley.
On 27 September 2010, Bouzanis appeared for Liverpool's reserves.
He made successive appearances for the reserves in October and November, making his last appearance of the year on 16 November.
2011
In January, February and March 2011, Bouzanis made appearances for Liverpool's reserves.
In April 2011, Bouzanis was released by Liverpool.
2014
In 2014, he returned to Australia to play for the Wanderers in the A-League.
He has been capped by both Australia and Greece at youth level.
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Bouzanis was raised in Australia to Greek parents, and attended De La Salle College in Cronulla.
His talents were first seen at his local soccer club, Lilli Pilli FC, whilst playing in the Under 6's, before moving to Carrs Park FC, alongside close friend Nikolas Tsattalios.
Bouzanis then went on to play in the NSW State League for St George Saints at 14 before joining the NSW Institute of Sport.
