Danny Batth

Danny Batth

Batth playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2014
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Tanveer Batth[1]
Date of birth21 September 1990[2]
Place of birthBrierley Hill, England
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number6
Youth career
2000–2009Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2009–Wolverhampton Wanderers102(7)
2009–2010→ Colchester United (loan)18(1)
2010→ Sheffield United (loan)1(0)
2011→ Sheffield Wednesday (loan)10(0)
2011–2012→ Sheffield Wednesday (loan)44(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:01, 18 April 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Daniel Tanveer "Danny" Batth (born 21 September 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Wolverhampton Wanderers. He has additionally represented Colchester United, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday on loan. He is of Sikh Punjabi descent.[3]

Career

Born in Brierley Hill, Batth joined the Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy at the age of 10. He captained the youth team and overcame a dislocated shoulder in his reserve team debut, aged 16. He was one of seven academy graduates to sign a professional deal at the end of the 2008–09 season.[4]

Batth had his first taste of first-team football when he was signed by Aidy Boothroyd for League One club Colchester United on loan on 17 September 2009. He made his Football League and professional debut two days later, starting in central defence alongside Magnus Okuonghae in a 2–0 win over Hartlepool United and earning the man of the match award.[5] After making five starts during his first month with the club, Batth's loan was extended until the end of the season at the Colchester Community Stadium.[6] He scored his first professional goal to secure a 1–0 victory against Oldham Athletic on 20 February 2010, nodding home a David Prutton corner to extend Colchester's run of games undefeated to five.[7] Batth made 17 league starts for Colchester and made on substitute appearance, scoring one goal.[2] Colchester occupied a play-off position during a large part of Batth's spell.

On his return to Molineux, Batth was named "Young Professional of the Year" at the club's end of season dinner.[4] Following this, he made his competitive debut for Wolves in a League Cup extra time home win at the expense of Southend United on 24 August 2010.[8] Three months later, he joined Sheffield United on loan for one month,[9] where he would make just a single substitute league appearance[2] before being recalled to Wolves' Premier League squad for games against Liverpool, West Ham United and Manchester City, where he was a substitute. Batth then went out on loan once again to Sheffield, only this time to arch-rivals Sheffield Wednesday. He joined the Owls on 16 March 2011 until the end of the season.[10] His spell ended having made ten league appearances for the club.[2]

Having impressed at Sheffield Wednesday during his loan stint the previous season, the club moved to re-sign him on loan once again, agreeing another six-month spell on 26 July 2011.[11] In December 2011, the loan was extended to the end of the season, as the Owls challenged for promotion to the Championship.[12] He scored in a 2–0 away win at Preston North End on New Year's Eve 2011,[13] and a second league goal on 10 March 2012 in a 3–0 win against Bournemouth at Hillsborough.[14] Batth finished his second stay at Sheffield Wednesday having totalled 49 appearances in all competitions, and having been part of their promotion as League One runners-up.[2] He was voted runner-up in the club's "Player of the Season" award as a result of his fine season.

Batth began the 2012–13 season back at Wolves, with Sheffield Wednesday manager Dave Jones ruling out a return for the defender.[15] Back in Wolves' colours, he scored the opening goal in a League Cup defeat of Northampton Town on 30 August 2012,[16] and then scored first league goal for Wolves with a late equaliser in a 2–2 draw with Leeds United on 9 February 2013.[17] In his first full season in the Wolves first-team, Batth accumulated twelve league and two cup appearances in addition to his two goals.[2] The club were however relegated from the Championship at the end of the campaign and took up the option on Batth's contract of an additional year.[18]

Following Wolves' relegation to League One, the club took on a new look installing Kenny Jackett as head coach for the 2013–14 season. One of his first acts as manager was to give Batth the vice-captaincy at the club. Wolves enjoyed a hugely successful season and gained automatic promotion back to the Championship with 4 games to spare. Batth was the only ever-present in the promotion-winning side, playing all 46 games in a season which Wolves set a new points total record for League One, 103.[19] In January 2014 he signed a long-term deal with the club that runs until summer 2017.[20] Batth was also named in the PFA League One Team of the Year[21]

The 2014-15 season was Batth's first as a regular in the Championship and his impressive form from the previous season continued. He remained as the only ever-present since Kenny Jackett's arrival, playing in every game of a side that had won 50 out of 86 games. Wolves got off to a flying start maintaining a play-off position until mid-November as Batth formed a solid partnership with Richard Stearman. The club held the best defensive record in the league for the majority of the season, keeping 15 clean sheets along the way. Batth's presence in the opposition box started to become more apparent as he netted 3 league goals including an 88th minute equaliser at Molineux as Wolves drew 1-1 with Brighton & Hove Albion. A string of commanding performances led to strong rumours of interest from local rivals Aston Villa.[22] At the age of just 24 years old, Batth bought up his century of appearances for the club in a 2-1 defeat to Birmingham City. Wolves continued to be in the hunt for the play-offs with 2 games to play of the season. On 23 April it was revealed that Batth was facing a three-month layoff due to a stress fracture to his foot.

Career statistics

As of 14 January 2014
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2009–10[23] Premier League 0000000000
2010–11[24] 0000100010
2011–12[25] 0000000000
2012–13[26] Championship 121002100142
2013–14[27] League One 462201010502
2014–15[28] Championship 443200000463
Total 10232041101114
Colchester United (loan) 2009–10[29] League One 171100000181
Sheffield United (loan) 2010–11[30] Championship 1000000010
Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 2010–11[31] League One 100000000100
2011–12[32] 442401000493
Total 542401000592
Career total 15667051101707
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League Trophy.

Honours

Club

Sheffield Wednesday
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Individual

All honours referenced by:[4][33]

References

  1. ↑ "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 26. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Danny Batth – Football Stats – Soccer Base". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sher Punjabi". Punjabi Wolves. Archived from the original on 19 July 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Danny Batth". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Colchester United – Match details – Colchester Utd 2–0 Hartlepool United". Coludata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Colchester extend defender loan". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 19 October 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Colchester 1–0 Oldham". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 23 February 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Wolverhampton 2–1 Southend". BBC Sport. 24 August 2010. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "Danny Batth joins Sheffield United". Express & Star. 25 November 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  10. ↑ "Sheffield Wednesday sign Wolves' Danny Batth on loan". BBC Sport. 16 March 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  11. ↑ "Sheffield Wednesday re-sign Danny Batth on loan". BBC Sport. 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  12. ↑ "Sheffield Wednesday agree extension of Danny Batth loan". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  13. ↑ "Preston 0–2 Sheffield Wed". BBC Sport. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  14. ↑ "Sheffield Wed 3–0 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 10 March 2012. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  15. ↑ "Sheffield Wednesday boss Dave Jones praises Rodri debut". BBC Sport. 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  16. ↑ Mike Whalley (30 August 2012). "Northampton 1–3 Wolves". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  17. ↑ "Wolves 2–2 Leeds". BBC Sport. 9 February 2013. Archived from the original on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  18. ↑ "Options taken up". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013.
  19. ↑ "Wolves lift the League One trophy – in pictures and video". Express & Star. 26 November 2014. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  20. ↑ "Danny Batth signs new Wolves contract". Express & Star. 14 January 2014. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014.
  21. ↑ "League One team of the year 2014". PFA. 27 April 2014. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014.
  22. ↑ "Transfer news: Wolves have no intention of selling Danny Batth". Sky Sports. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  23. ↑ "Wolves 2009/2010 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 September 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
  24. ↑ "Wolves 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 September 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
  25. ↑ "Wolves 2011/2012 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 September 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
  26. ↑ "Wolves 2012/2013 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 September 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
  27. ↑ "Wolves 2013/2014 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 September 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
  28. ↑ "Wolves 2014/2015 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 29 August 2014. Select season required via dropdown menu.
  29. ↑ "Colchester 2009/2010 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 September 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
  30. ↑ "Sheff Utd 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 September 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
  31. ↑ "Sheff Wed 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 September 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
  32. ↑ "Sheff Wed 2011/2012 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 September 2013. Select season required via dropdown menu.
  33. ↑ "League One (Tier Three) Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 June 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.

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