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| Full name | Daniel Joseph Thomas | ||
| Date of birth | 12 November 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1979–1983 | Coventry City | 98 | (4) |
| 1983–1988 | Tottenham Hotspur | 87 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1981–1984 | England U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 1983 | England | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:52, 26 September 2009 (UTC+1). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Daniel Joseph (Danny) Thomas (born 12 November 1961 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England) is a former professional footballer most notable for helping Tottenham Hotspur win the 1984 UEFA Cup, despite missing his penalty in the shootout in the final against Anderlecht.
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He made his debut for Coventry City during the 1979/80 season, making 3 appearances that season. Over the next three seasons he was a regular for the first team. In June 1983 he was transferred to Tottenham for a fee of £250,000. He made his Tottenham league debut on 27 August 1983 in a 3-1 defeat at Ipswich Town. He collected a UEFA Cup winner's medal at the end of the 1983-84 season and would go on to make a total of 87 league appearances for the White Hart Lane club, scoring once, before suffering a knee injury in 1987. He retired the following year, having failed to recover from the injury.
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He was capped twice by England during the tour of Australia in June 1983, playing 137 minutes for the national side.
He completed a degree in Physiotherapy after his career came to an end at the age of 26 after a serious injury.[1] With the assistance of the Professional Footballers' Association he completed a Masters degree.[2] After a short period as Physio with West Bromwich Albion he now runs his own Physiotherapy practice in Coventry.[3]
Tottenham Hotspur
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