Daniel Sturridge

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Personal information
Daniel Sturridge
Full name	Daniel Sturridge
Date of birth	September 1, 1989 (1989-09-01) (age 18)
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Manchester City
Number	36
Youth clubs
2002–2003 2003–2006	Coventry City Manchester City
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006–	Manchester City	6 (1)
National team
2006-2007	England U18	? (?)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:26, 5 February 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Daniel Sturridge (born September 1, 1989) is a striker at football club Manchester City. Sturridge has excelled at youth level and has scored numerous times for the England Under-17 side, most notably at the European Under-17 Championship in the final against Italy. He has recently signed a new 3 year deal with Manchester City.

He attracted Chelsea's interest after his incredible performances for Manchester City's U18's on their way to the FA Youth Cup Final. Despite his two stunning long range efforts in the second leg against Liverpool they still succumbed to defeat after a 3-2 aggregate loss.

Sturridge started out at Aston Villa and joined Coventry's academy as a 12-year-old, staying for just 14 months before deciding to make the switch to Man City in 2003.

A Football League appeals committee in 2006 has ordered Manchester City to pay Coventry City £30,000 compensation for Sturridge, a fee that will rise to £200,000 if he fulfils his potential and goes on to make 40 first team appearances and earns an international cap.

On top of that, Coventry will get 10 per cent of any future transfer fee if he is sold at a future date.

MATCH magazine's 'Annual 2007' named Sturridge as the 'Next Big Big Thing' in British football. He became only the second player to earn this title following in the footsteps of his former England Youths strikepartner, Theo Walcott.

On February 3, 2007, Sturridge made his Manchester City first team and FA Premier League début as a 74th minute substitute,^[1] in the 2-0 defeat to Reading at the City of Manchester Stadium, replacing Georgios Samaras.^[2] This makes 17-year-old Sturridge the youngest player to make a first-team appearance in the Premiership in 2007.

On 27 March 2007, Daniel further enhanced his already precocious reputation, by scoring twice for England's Under-18 side against Holland at Huish Park, Yeovil.

On 27 January 2008 Daniel scored Manchester City's first goal on his FA Cup debut in the 4th round clash with Sheffield United at Bramall Lane with a brilliant volley. This was quickly followed by his first Premiership goal on 30 January 2008 against Derby County,making him the youngest player in Europe to score that day. On February 13, 2008 Sturridge scored twice to give Manchester City a 4-2 victory over Bristol City in the FA Youth Cup 5th round,making him the leading goal scorer in the competition.

Daniel went on to lead Manchester City to The Youth Cup title, with 7 goals in 6 games, making him the leading scorer in the competition.

Daniel is the only player ever to score in the Youth Cup final, The FA Cup and The Premier league in the same season.

At the age of 14, Daniel was the leading goal scorer and voted the most valuable player (MVP) at the prestigious U15 Nike Cup.

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Daniel is the nephew of former Derby County forward Dean Sturridge and ex-Stoke City player Simon Sturridge and cousin of former Shrewsbury Town Forward Chris Sturridge