Neil Danns

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Neil Danns
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Danns playing for Leicester City
Personal information
Full name Neil Alexander Danns[1]
Date of birth (1982-11-23) 23 November 1982 (age 41)[1]
Place of birth Liverpool, England
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Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
000?–2000 Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 Blackburn Rovers 3 (0)
2003 → Blackpool (loan) 12 (2)
2004 → Hartlepool United (loan) 11 (1)
2004 → Colchester United (loan) 10 (3)
2004–2006 Colchester United 63 (16)
2006–2008 Birmingham City 31 (3)
2008–2011 Crystal Palace 103 (18)
2011–2014 Leicester City 30 (5)
2012–2013 → Bristol City (loan) 9 (2)
2013 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 17 (2)
2013 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 13 (4)
2014 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 20 (2)
2014–2016 Bolton Wanderers 73 (3)
International career‡
2015– Guyana 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:07, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:08, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Neil Alexander Danns (born 23 November 1982) is a professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Football League Championship club Bolton Wanderers. He also plays for the Guyana national team.

Club career

Early career

Danns began his football career at The FA's School of Excellence in Lilleshall and signed as a trainee for Blackburn Rovers, aged 16. After productive loan spells with Blackpool, Hartlepool United and Colchester United, he joined the latter on a permanent basis in December 2004.[2] It was after moving south to Colchester that he started to make a name for himself. While at Layer Road, Danns contributed greatly to the club's promotion to the Championship in 2006 and earned himself a move to Birmingham City.

Birmingham City

On 19 June 2006, Danns completed a £500,000 move to Birmingham City. Despite admitting that he "had a great time" at Colchester, he emphasised that "when a club the size of Birmingham come in for you, it's hard to say no".[3] Danns made his competitive debut for Birmingham – against Colchester – on 5 August, and was a regular selection in the team that won promotion to the Premier League that season.

Crystal Palace

Danns signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Crystal Palace on 22 January 2008 for a fee of £600,000, rising to £850,000 conditional on the club's promotion to the Premier League.[4] After initially having a tough time with recurring injuries at Palace, Danns managed to establish himself in the Eagles' line-up in his second season at the club.

Leicester City

On 27 June 2011, Danns joined Leicester City on a free transfer, signing a three-year deal. He had rejected an offer from Scottish Premier League club Rangers. Danns scored his first goal for Leicester on 23 August in a 4–2 away win against Bury in the League Cup. He scored his first league goal for the club against Blackpool in a 2–0 home win.[5] Towards the start of the 2012–13 season, Danns was given squad number 8.

Bristol City (loan)

On 14 November 2012, Danns joined Bristol City on a month's loan.[6]

Huddersfield Town (loan)

On 8 January 2013, Danns joined Huddersfield Town until the end of the season.[7] He made his début in the 1–1 draw against his former club Birmingham City at the John Smith's Stadium on 12 January. On 16 March, he scored his first goal for the club in the West Yorkshire derby against Leeds United where Town won 2–1.

Bolton Wanderers (loan)

On 26 September 2013 he joined Bolton Wanderers on a three-month loan deal, linking up with Wanderers manager Dougie Freedman, who coached him at Crystal Palace, and former team-mates Matt Mills and Jermaine Beckford.[8]

He made his first Wanderers appearance in the goalless draw against old club Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on 1 October 2013, starting in a midfield consisting of Darren Pratley, Jay Spearing, Medo Kamara and Liam Feeney.[9]

Five days later on 5 October he recorded his first goal for the club against another of his former employers, Birmingham City, as Bolton ran out 2–1 winners at St Andrew's to claim their first league victory of the season.[10]

On 3 January 2014, Danns re-joined Bolton Wanderers on loan until the end of the season.[11]

Bolton Wanderers

In April, it was announced[12] that Danns had signed a deal to make the move permanent, upon the expiry of his contract at Leicester. Danns made his third debut for Bolton in their 3–0 loss to Watford[13] on the opening day of the season and scored twice against Bury in the League Cup first round in a 3–2 win after extra time.[14] At the end of the 2015-16 season, the club confirmed that he would be leaving when his contract expired at the end of June.[15]

International career

On 16 March 2015, Danns was called up by Guyana for friendlies against Grenada and Saint Lucia. He qualifies for the team via his grandfather.[16] He made his debut against Grenada on 29 March, setting up both goals in a 2–0 victory.

Personal life

In 2010, Danns took a video editing and production course at the London Academy of Media, Film and TV. He intended to release his first single, entitled "Survive", in March 2010.[17] His music interests and career were featured in BBC Sport's The Football League Show on 20 February 2010, in which he revealed his father was in an act that reached the qualifying stages of the Eurovision Song Contest.[18]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 August 2015
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Blackburn Rovers 2002–03[19] Premier League 2 0 1 0 2 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 6 0
2003–04[20] Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Blackburn Rovers total 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 7 0
Blackpool (loan) 2003–04[20] Division Two 12 2 – 2 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 15 2
Hartlepool United (loan) 2003–04[20] Division Two 11 1 – – – 11 1
Colchester United (loan) 2004–05[21] League One 10 3 – 2 1 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 13 4
Colchester United 2004–05[21] League One 22 8 1 0 – – 23 8
2005–06[22] League One 41 8 5 5 1 0 4[lower-alpha 2] 3 51 16
Colchester United total 73 19 6 5 3 1 5 3 87 28
Birmingham City 2006–07[23] Championship 29 3 3 0 3 0 – 35 3
2007–08[24] Premier League 2 0 0 0 2 0 – 4 0
Birmingham City total 31 3 3 0 5 0 – 39 3
Crystal Palace 2007–08[24] Championship 4 0 – – 0 0 4 0
2008–09[25] Championship 20 2 3 1 0 0 – 23 3
2009–10[26] Championship 42 8 5 1 2 0 – 49 9
2010–11[27][28] Championship 37 8 1 1 0 0 – 38 9
Crystal Palace total 103 18 9 3 2 0 0 0 114 21
Leicester City 2011–12[29] Championship 29 5 5 0 3 1 – 37 6
2012–13[30] Championship 1 0 0 0 2 0 – 3 0
2013–14[31] Championship 0 0 0 0 2 0 – 2 0
Leicester City total 30 5 5 0 7 1 – 42 6
Bristol City (loan) 2012–13[30] Championship 9 2 0 0 – – 9 2
Huddersfield Town (loan) 2012–13[30] Championship 17 2 1 0 – – 18 2
Bolton Wanderers (loan) 2013–14[31] Championship 33 6 2 0 – – 35 6
Bolton Wanderers 2014–15[32] Championship 41 1 3 0 3 2 – 47 3
2015–16[33] Championship 11 1 0 0 0 0 – 1 0
Bolton Wanderers total 75 7 5 0 3 2 – 94 10
Career total 364 59 30 8 24 4 7 3 454 76
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

Honours

Blackburn Rovers

Colchester United

Birmingham City

References

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  13. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28646423
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