Danny Simpson

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Personal information
Danny Simpson
Full name	Daniel Simpson
Date of birth	January 4, 1987 (1987-01-04) (age 21)
Place of birth	Salford, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Ipswich Town (on loan from Manchester United)
Number	25
Youth clubs
2003–2006	Manchester United
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005– 2006 2006–2007 2007 2008	Manchester United → Royal Antwerp (loan) → Royal Antwerp (loan) → Sunderland (loan) → Ipswich Town (loan)	03 (0) 14 (0) 16 (1) 14 (0) 08 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:18, 25 April 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Daniel "Danny" Simpson (born 4 January 1987) is an English football player who plays right-back for Manchester United. He was born in Salford, Greater Manchester.

As a youth he played for Parkwyddn A.F.C. in Eccles before being picked up by Manchester United. Simpson is a product of the Manchester United youth system, having come up through the ranks into the reserve squad in 2005. In early January 2006 he was sent on loan, along with 3 other United youths, to the Belgian second division club Royal Antwerp for the remainder of the season, to gain match experience.

Simpson made his debut appearance against South African team Kaizer Chiefs on 18 July 2006, which the Reds won 1-0. Manager Alex Ferguson claimed that Simpson looked "anything but a player making his first start for Manchester United". Simpson spent the first half of the 2006-07 season back on loan at Royal Antwerp and returned to Manchester United in January 2007. Soon afterwards, he joined his team mate, Jonny Evans, on loan at Sunderland.

Simpson signed a new contract with Manchester United in August 2007 that would keep him at the club until 2010. He made his first competitive appearance for United on 26 September 2007 in the 2-0 Carling Cup loss to Coventry City, and soon after made his Premier League debut on 6 October 2007 against Wigan Athletic at Old Trafford, coming on as a 30th minute substitute for the injured John O'Shea. He set up the fourth goal with a well flighted cross for Wayne Rooney.^[1] The match ended with a 4-0 win to United.^[1] His European debut came on 23 October 2007, when he came on as a substitute against Dynamo Kiev. His first full European start was in the reverse fixture against Dynamo Kiev on 7 November 2007. United won the game 4-0.

On 21 March 2008, Simpson signed a loan deal with Ipswich Town, which will keep him at Portman Road until the end of the season. With Gary Neville on the verge of returning to the Manchester United first team, United manager Alex Ferguson decided it was best for Simpson to get as much first team football as possible, something that would be quite hard to come by at Old Trafford with Gary Neville and Wes Brown both ahead of Simpson in the pecking order.^[2]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Sinnott, John. "Man Utd 4-0 Wigan", BBC Sport, 2007-10-06. Retrieved on 2007-10-06.
^ Bostock, Adam. "Simpson out as Nev nears return", ManUtd.com, 2008-03-21. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.

[edit] External links

Daniel Simpson career stats at Soccerbase

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Ipswich Town F.C. – current squad

2 Wilnis • 5 Bruce • 6 Naylor • 7 Garvan • 8 Legwinski • 9 Couñago • 10 Miller • 11 Williams • 13 Colgan • 14 Lee • 15 Sito Castro • 16 Casement • 17 Bowditch • 18 Haynes • 19 Walters • 20 Wright • 21 Simpson • 22 Roberts • 23 Harding • 25 Quinn • 26 Šumulikoski • 28 Norris • 29 Upson • 31 Synnott • 35 Smith • 36 Trotter • 37 Plummer • 38 Rhodes • -- Robinson • Manager: Magilton

Persondata
NAME	Simpson, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Simpson, Danny
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH	January 4, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH	Salford, Greater Manchester, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH