Dan Harding

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Dan Harding
Full name	Daniel Harding
Date of birth	December 23, 1983 (1983-12-23) (age 24)
Place of birth	Gloucester, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Ipswich Town
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2005 2005-2006 2006-present	Brighton Leeds Ipswich Town	067 0(1) 020 0(0) 072 0(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 28, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Daniel (Dan) Harding (born 23 December 1983 in Gloucester) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Ipswich Town in The Football League Championship.

Harding is a former England U-21 international who was signed in the summer of 2005 from Brighton and Hove Albion, his former club were reluctant to let him go and his transfer fee was decided at a tribunal at a later date. The fee could rise up to £850,000 depending on appearances and success. Leaving his East Sussex school at 16 he joined the Brighton and Hove Albion Youth scheme. After a successful run in the reserves and the youth side he finally made the left back position at Brighton his own. After an impressive two seasons, and with England's Under-21 coach Peter Taylor as one of his admirers big things were inevitable.

A Leeds fan himself, he cut short a holiday in Orlando to join the Elland Road outfit. At six foot he was one of the taller members of the squad yet found it hard holding down the left-back position. After one season, Harding moved to Ipswich Town in a part exchange deal for Ian Westlake.

Harding came 2nd in the Supporter's Player of the Year Award 06/07.

After playing regularly at the start of the season he was forced out of the team by Sito and never got his place back. At the end of the season he was transfer listed.