Neil Danns

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Neil Danns
Personal information
Full name	Neil Alexander Danns
Date of birth	November 23, 1982 (1982-11-23) (age 25)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Crystal Palace
Number	16
Youth clubs
	Liverpool
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–2004 2003 2004 2004 2004–2006 2006–2008 2008–	Blackburn Rovers → Blackpool (loan) → Hartlepool United (loan) → Colchester United (loan) Colchester United Birmingham City Crystal Palace	03 0(0) 12 0(2) 11 0(1) 10 0(3) 63 (16) 31 0(3) 04 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:25, 22 March 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Neil Alexander Danns (born 23 November 1982, in Liverpool, England) is an English footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Crystal Palace in the Championship.

[edit] Playing career

Born in Liverpool, England, Danns began his football career as a schoolboy with Liverpool, but signed as a trainee at Blackburn Rovers. It was after moving south to Colchester United that he started to make a name for himself, quickly establishing himself as a firm fans' favourite. Whilst at Layer Road, Danns contributed greatly to the club's promotion to the Championship in 2006. His contribution had been recognised by many higher-profile clubs, and was subsequently linked with a number of teams in the summer.

On 19 June 2006, Danns completed a £500,000 move to Birmingham City. Despite admitting that he "had a great time" at Colchester, he emphasised that "when a club the size of Birmingham come in for you, it's hard to say no".^[1] Ironically, Danns made his competitive début for Birmingham against Colchester on August 5, 2006.

Danns signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Crystal Palace on 22 January 2008 for a fee of £600,000, rising to £850,000 should the club gain promotion to the Premier League.

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Neil Danns player profile at cpfc.co.uk
• Neil Danns career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Crystal Palace F.C. – current squad 1 Flinders • 2 Lawrence • 3 Craig • 4 Hill • 7 Fletcher • 8 Scowcroft • 9 Freedman • 10 Morrison • 11 Ifill • 12 Speroni • 14 Watson • 16 Danns • 19 Soares • 20 Butterfield • 23 Fonte • 28 Derry • 30 Bostock • 32 Kuqi • 34 Hills • 35 Wiggins • 36 Spence • 38 Wilkinson • 39 Dayton • 43 Moses • 44 Scannell • 48 Robinson • Manager: Warnock

Persondata
NAME	Danns, Neil Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Danns, Neil
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH	November 23, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	Liverpool, Merseyside, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH