Former Sunderland midfielder Dean Whitehead has joined Cardiff City as first team coach ahead of the Bluebirds visit to the Stadium of Light. Whitehead joins up with Cardiff interim boss and his former Huddersfield Town teammate Mark Hudson in the Welsh capital.
Whitehead amassed 200 appearances and won two Championship titles during his five seasons with the Black Cats. He went onto spend four years in the Premier League at Stoke City, before concluding his career with spells at Middlesbrough and Huddersfield Town respectively.
It was at Huddersfield that Whitehead launched his coaching career. He first took up a coaching role as part of David Wagner's first team technical staff and also served as Huddersfield's U17s manager.
