Jon Daly

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Jon Daly
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Daly
Date of birth January 8, 1983 (1983-01-08) (age 25)
Place of birth    Dublin, Ireland
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Dundee United
Number 9
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998–2005
2004
2004
2005–2007
2006
2007–		 Stockport County
→ Bury (loan)
→ Grimsby Town (loan)
Hartlepool United
→ Bury (loan)
Dundee United		 91 (14)
07 0(1)
03 0(1)
61 (12)
11 0(2)
18 0(2)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 11:41, 28 April 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Jon Daly (born January 8, 1983 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer who currently plays striker for Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League.

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[edit] Club career

Daly started his career at Irish amateur side Cherry Orchard, before signing for Stockport County in May 1998. At Stockport he made an immediate impact scoring regularly for the youth and reserve team.[1] Daly began to make an impression on manager Andy Kilner during Stockport’s pre-season tour of Scandinavia. After coming on a substitute against Landskrona BoIS, he impressed Kilner and the youngster was awarded with a start against Kristianstads,[1] in which he scored his first senior goal after "lobbing" the Kristianstad keeper.[2] The following season saw Daly become Stockport’s second youngest player when he came off the bench to make his first his first team debut against Walsall. However, Daly failed to secure a regular place and he only managed to play in 5 matches in his first two seasons. Consequently, Daly had to wait until the 2001/2002 season before he scored his first senior goal against Bolton Wanderers in the FA Cup. After scoring his first goal, Daly began to play in the Stockport team. However, this was disrupted when he was sent after appearing to elbow Mitchell Thomas during Stockport’s 2-0 defeat to Burnley[3]. However after receiving his ban, Daly returned to the side to face Wimbledon and responded by scoring his first league goal.

By the start of the 2002-03 season, Daly was regarded as one of Division 2's most promising strikers[4]. He played more regularly and he was involved in 35 of Stockport’s 46 league games, scoring 7 goals. During this season Stockport manager, Carlton Palmer, decided against naming a goalkeeper on the bench and revealed that he was planning to use Jon Daly in net should their keeper get sent off or injured. However, this never occurred and Daly never made an appearance in net [5].

In February 2005, Daly signed for Hartlepool, where he would stay for the next two years. Daly’s scored his first goal for Hartlepool against Bournemouth, which helped seal Hartlepool a play-off spot. Daly’s most important goal came weeks later in the League 1 Play-Off Final against Sheffield Wednesday, when he scored with his first touch after coming on as a substitute to put Hartlepool in the lead[5].. However, Hartlepool would later end up losing that match but the goal will be remembered as the goal that almost sent Hartlepool into the Championship. Daly would struggle to feature for the club the following season and was sent on loan to Bury. In the 2006/07 season, Daly would at first again struggle to hold down a first team spot. However, he cemented his in Hartlepool’s record books in the with a remarkable scoring spree of 7 goals in a week (3 games) [6]. After this Daly would struggle to refind his form and was surplus to requirements after Danny Wilson signed Richie Barker.

Daly was allowed to join Dundee Utd in January 2007 for an undisclosed fee. In May 2007, Daly suffered a posterior cruciate ligament injury, ruling him out for around six months.[7]

[edit] International career

Jon Daly represented Republic of Ireland from under 14 to under 21 level and was hailed by Niall Quinn as his successor to the Republic of Ireland front line.[1][8] Daly’s talent was then recognised when he picked up Ireland’s 2001 Youth Player of the Year award[9] and he was also give the opportunity to progress to the under-21 team. Daly maintained his promise and scored in Ireland’s under-19 3-2 victory over England.

For the next two years, Daly kept his place and became a frequent goalscorer in the Ireland under-21 team and went on to play at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, playing in two of Ireland's group matches before their second round exit.[10]

[edit] Statistics

Correct as of 26 April 2008

Club Performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup Football League Cup Europe Total
1999-00 Stockport County First Division 4 0 - - - 4 0
2000-01 - - 1 0 - 1 0
2001-02 13 1 1 1 - - 14 2
2002-03 Second Division 35 7 - 1 1 - 36 8
2003-04 25 3 1 0 1 0 - 27 3
Bury Third Division 7 1 - - - 7 1
2004-05 Stockport County League One 14 3 2 0 1 0 - 17 3
Grimsby Town League Two 3 1 - - - 3 1
Hartlepool League One 12 1 - - - 12 1
2005-06 30 2 1 0 2 2 - 33 4
Bury League Two 11 2 - - - 11 2
2006-07 Hartlepool 19 9 3 0 1 0 - 23 9
Scotland League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Europe Total
2006-07 Dundee United Premier League 11 2 2 0 - - 13 2
2007-08 7 0 - - - 7 0
Career Total 191 32 10 1 7 3 0 0 208 36

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Getting To Know You – Bury", The Little Gazette, Southend fan site, 2004-07-20. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. 
  2. ^ "Daly scores first senior goal", Kickin, an Irish magazine, 2004-07-21. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. 
  3. ^ "Stockport 0-2 Burnley", BBC, 2002-03-09. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. 
  4. ^ "Division Two's rising stars", BBC, 2002-08-05. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. 
  5. ^ a b "Daly flies the flag", Stockport Express, 2003-09-03. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. 
  6. ^ "Daly to Dundee?", Pools Online, Hartlepool fansite, 2003-07-04. Retrieved on 2007-07-19. 
  7. ^ "Daly injury blow for Dundee Utd", BBC Sport website, May 2, 2007. 
  8. ^ "Player Profile - Jon Daly", Hartlepool United Rivals Website, 2005-07-25. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. 
  9. ^ "Academy is one of the best in UK", Stockport Express, an English newspaper, 2003-02-12. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. 
  10. ^ "Daly makes Stockport return", BBC, 2004-02-24. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. 

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1 Załuska • 2 Dillon • 4 Wilkie • 5 Dods • 7 Kerr • 8 Grainger • 9 Daly • 10 Hunt • 12 D. Robertson • 15 Conway • 16 Gomis • 17 Cameron • 18 Kenneth • 20 Buaben • 22 De Vries • 23 Swanson • 24 Kovačevič • 26 Goodwillie • 27 Watson • 28 Andreoni • 29 McCord • 30 Russell • 32 Milligan • 50 Smith • – S. Robertson • Manager: Levein
Persondata
NAME Daly, Jon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 8 January 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin, Ireland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH