Danny Cullip

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Danny Cullip (born September 17, 1976 in Bracknell) is a football player currently playing for Nottingham Forest FC. Cullip is a strong, commanding centre back and standing at 6' 1" and weighing 13 stone is effective in the air and the tackle as well as being a notable influence on his team mates.

Cullip began his career with Oxford United but left the club in 1996 before playing his first game, signing for Fulham, who were then in Division 3, manager Micky Adams guided Fulham to 2nd place in the league and promotion in that season. Cullip played 41 games in 18 months at Craven Cottage before signing for Brentford in February 1998 for £75,000.

Cullip was at Brentford for the rest of the 97-98 season playing 15 times for the club, in September 1998 he was sent on a month's loan to Brighton and the four games he played convinced them to spend £50,000 securing his services.

During his time at Brighton, he became something of a hero, being crowned their Player of the Year on two occasions. Cullip played in total 212 games for the Sussex club scoring six times.

Cullip's form at Brighton was sufficient to convince Sheffield United to spend £250,000 on the defender in December 2004, a considerable sum for a defender at that level. However, later on that season in March he was loaned out to Watford after only playing 11 games for the club, as part of the deal that took Danny Webber to Bramall Lane. Rumours of a disagreement with other team mates was the reported catalyst for the move.

Cullip was again on the move in the summer when Nottingham Forest paid an undisclosed fee (believed to be in the region of £250,000) for Cullip's services in August 2005 on the eve of the season's start. Partially owing to the lack of a pre-season with the club Cullip picked up several injuries at the beginning of his City Ground career, most notably to his hamstrings; however when selected he is a valued member of the central defence at the club. The injuries restricted him to just nine starts in the 2005-6 season as Forest struggled. In 2006-7 Cullip began as an integral part of Colin Calderwood's three man defence (alongside Ian Breckin and Wes Morgan) and started Forest's first eight games (during which the side only conceded two goals - one of which to Cullip's former side Brighton) - however against Yeovil Cullip picked up yet another injury and was substituted after 23 minutes.

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• Danny Cullip career stats at Soccerbase

Nottingham Forest F.C. - Current Squad
1 Smith | 3 Padula | 4 Gary Holt | 5 Morgan | 6 Breckin | 7 Southall | 8 Commons | 9 Tyson | 10 Dobie | 11 Grant Holt | 14 Lester | 15 Harris | 16 Clingan | 17 Perch | 20 Pedersen | 21 Curtis | 22 Cullip | 23 Agogo | 24 Beaumont | 27 Hughes | 29 Bennett | 34 Gamble | 37 McGugan | Manager: Calderwood