Danny Griffin

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Danny Griffin
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Joseph Griffin
Date of birth	August 10, 1977 (age 29)
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Defender/Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Dundee
Number	2
Youth clubs
19??-1994	St Andrew's Boys Club
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-2000 2000-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-	St Johnstone Dundee United Stockport County Aberdeen Dundee	124 (4) 077 (4) 035 (1) 010 (0) 017 (0)
National team2
1996-	Northern Ireland	029 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 22, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of August 19, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Daniel Joseph Griffin (born August 10, 1977 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish footballer, currently playing for Dundee. Primarily a defender, though he can play in midfield, Griffin has appeared 29 times for Northern Ireland.

He started his club career in Scotland with St. Johnstone in 1993. It was while he was with the McDiarmid Park club that Griffin made his international debut against Germany in a 1-1 draw on May 29, 1996 in Belfast.

In the following months, English club Derby County offered St. Johnstone £1,000,000 for their 18-year-old centre-back. Griffin was beginning to develop a good relationship with St. Johnstone and he felt there was much more he could learn from Paul Sturrock before his career took him to pastures new. Griffin turned down the move.

He spent seven years in Perth before following manager Paul Sturrock to Tayside rivals Dundee United, for whom he would eventually become captain.

Following injury problems, Griffin lost his regular place and joined English side Stockport County in 2004 as a free agent. After being released by Stockport, in December 2005 he signed for Aberdeen. Just four months later, however, he was informed that the club would not be renewing his contract at the end of the season [1].

In June 2006, Griffin became one of new Dundee manager Alex Rae's first signings, agreeing a two-year contract [2].

[edit] Honours

• Scottish League Cup runner-up: 1997-98

[edit] External link

• Danny Griffin career stats at Soccerbase

Dundee F.C. - Current Squad
1 Roy | 2 Griffin | 3 Dixon | 5 MacKenzie | 6 Mann | 7 Harris | 8 McDonald | 9 Lyle | 10 Swankie | 13 Reidford | 14 Strong | 15 Boggan | 17 Macdonald | 20 Deasley | 22 Campbell | 23 Robertson | 30 Murray | 34 Gates | 35 McGinty | 39 O'Reilly | -- Smith |  McHale | Manager: Rae