Danny Racchi

Danny Racchi

Racchi playing for Bury in 2008
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Craig Racchi[1]
Date of birth22 November 1987[1]
Place of birthElland, England
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Playing positionDefender / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Hyde
Youth career
?–2007Huddersfield Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2007–2008Huddersfield Town6(0)
2008–2010Bury43(0)
2010Wrexham0(0)
2010–2011York City17(1)
2011–2013Kilmarnock35(3)
2013Valur8(2)
2015–Hyde0(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:24, 9 January 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Daniel Craig "Danny" Racchi (born 22 November 1987) is an English footballer who plays for Hyde as a midfielder.

Racchi started his career with Huddersfield Town in their youth system, signing a professional contract with the club in 2006. He made his first team debut in 2007, and having made six appearances he was released by Huddersfield in 2008. He was signed by Bury and played for them in the League Two play-offs in his first season. After being released in 2010, Racchi joined Conference Premier side Wrexham on non-contract terms, but after failing to make an appearance joined divisional rivals York City. He spent the remainder of the 2010–11 season with York, and after being released in 2011 signed for Kilmarnock of the Scottish Premier League.

Career

Huddersfield Town

Born in Elland, West Yorkshire, Racchi joined the Huddersfield Town youth system at the age of eight and signed a professional contract on 1 July 2006.[1][2] He continued to train with the Academy before getting his first call-up to the first team for Huddersfield's game against Port Vale on 31 March 2007, in which he replaced John McAliskey as a substitute with 10 minutes remaining.[3][4]

On 15 May 2007, he signed a new one-year contract with Huddersfield.[5] Although he had yet to make his first start for Huddersfield, manager Andy Ritchie said at the time that he and some of the other academy players such as Lucas Akins and Mitchell Bailey still had a good future at the club. After three appearances during the 2007–08 season, he was released from the club in May 2008 by new manager Stan Ternent.

Bury

On 28 July, he signed for League Two side Bury.[6] In his first season at the club, Racchi made 24 appearances in all competitions mainly as back up to on-loan winger Elliott Bennett, helping the club reach the play-offs.[7][8] At the end of the 2009–10 season, he was released by the club.[9]

Wrexham

He joined Conference Premier club Wrexham on trial and appeared in their pre-season friendly matches against Crewe Alexandra and Stoke City, hoping to win a contract for the coming season.[10][11] On 16 August, he signed with the Welsh club on a non-contract basis.[12]

York City

Racchi on his York City debut against Hayes & Yeading United in 2010

He had a trial with fellow Conference Premier team York City in September 2010 and played for the reserve team in a 1–1 draw against Chesterfield.[13] He eventually signed on a one-month contract on 18 September and made his debut that day after starting in a 2–0 victory over Hayes & Yeading United before being substituted in the 52nd minute.[14][15] Racchi's contract was extended on 19 October by new manager Gary Mills, who said "I have been impressed with his enthusiasm and qualities".[16] His first goal for the club came with the opener in a 2–0 victory at Kidderminster Harriers in the FA Cup fourth qualifying round on 23 October.[17] He scored his first league goal with the opener from a 25 yard direct free kick in a 4–0 victory at Rushden & Diamonds on 20 November.[18][19] He left the club on 17 December after his contract expired, although Mills said he wanted to re-sign him once the January transfer window opened.[20] Racchi accepted a contract with York that would last until the end of the 2010–11 season on 27 December, which was signed on 1 January 2011.[21][22] After requesting a transfer he was released from his contact with immediate effect on 7 April, having been unable to hold down a regular place in the team.[23]

Kilmarnock

Following a trial, he was offered a two-year contract by Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock in May.[24] He signed for them on 21 June 2011.[25]

Racchi made his debut for Kilmarnock on 10 September in a 3–2 victory home to Dunfermline Athletic, coming on as a second-half substitute.[26] He scored his first goal for Kilmarnock in a 2–1 defeat to Celtic at Celtic Park on 24 December, after coming on as a substitute.[27] Racchi then started nine days later on 2 January 2012 and scored an 89th minute winner against St. Mirren with the game finishing 2–1 to Kilmarnock.[28] After the match, Rachhi says: "It has been a little bit frustrating and there’s definitely more to come from me. I can provide goals for Killie but you need to be on the pitch to do that."[29] In April, Racchi continues to be in and out in the first team, but he would score the opening game before making an assist, in a 4-3 win over Inverness CT.[30] In his first season at Kilmarnock, Racchi made nineteen appearance and scored three times.

His second season started for Racchi when made three appearance, mostly coming on as a substitute. Racchi scored his first goal of the season on 15 September 2012, in a 2-1 loss against Hibernian.[31] Following this, Racchi began making assists in two matches. Despite described as a star player in the 2012-13 season by Manager Kenny Shiels,[32] his first team opportunities was limited furthermore, as he soon sustained a knee injury during a match against Aberdeen in a 3-1 loss.[33] He made his return in late-November, in a 2-1 loss against St. Johnstone.[34] Afterwards, Racchi expressed happiness to be back on the pitch, though sitting out made him feel miserable.[35] However, he was absent again after suffering a serious illness.[36]

Towards the end of the 2012-13 season, Racchi was fined four weeks wages following a bitter Twitter row with the Ayrshire club and as the result, Racchi was released by the club early.[37] After being released, Racchi took the board of the Scottish Professional Football League in a preliminary hearing over contractual dispute after [38]

Valur

After being released by Kilmarnock, Racchi moved to Iceland, joining Icelandic club Valur for the second half of the season in the Úrvalsdeild.[39]

Racchi made his debut two days, after signing for Valur, where Valur lost 3-1 against Fylkir and Racchi played 90 minutes.[40] Racchi next appearance came on 29 July 2013, where he scored twice in a 6-4 victory over Keflavík.[41] Since then, Racchi became the first team regular, though he made eight appearance this season, though he began to have discipline issue. It started when he received a second yellow card in a 2-2 draw against Þór Akureyri on 25 August 2013.[42] After meeting with the Discipline and Complaints Committee, Racchi would miss the match towards the end of the season.[43]

Ahead of the Úrvalsdeild season, Racchi was linked with a move back to Scotland, with a proposed move to Scottish Championship side Dundee.[44] The move never happened and Racchi returned to Valur.

Hyde

On 7 January 2015, Racchi returned to England to sign for Conference North club Hyde.[45]

Personal life

While Racchi was born in England, he is of Italian heritage.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 September 2013.
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Huddersfield Town 2006–07[46] League One 3000000030
2007–08[47] League One 3000000030
Total 6000000060
Bury 2008–09[7] League Two 21010002[lower-alpha 1]0240
2009–10[48] League Two 22010102[lower-alpha 2]1261
Total 430201041501
Wrexham 2010–11[17] Conference Premier 0000—0000
York City 2010–11[17] Conference Premier 17151—1[lower-alpha 3]0232
Kilmarnock 2011–12[49] Scottish Premier League 1923010—232
2012–13[50] Scottish Premier League 1611010—181
Total 3534020—413
Valur 2013[51] Úrvalsdeild 820000—82
Career total 109611130511288
  1. ↑ One appearance in Football League Trophy, one in League Two play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearances in Football League Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearance in FA Trophy

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hugman0, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 345. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. ↑ "Racchi Signs!". Huddersfield Town F.C. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "James Handed Contract". Huddersfield Town F.C. 19 May 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Huddersfield 2–2 Port Vale". BBC Sport. 31 March 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Racchi pens new Huddersfield deal". BBC Sport. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "Bury seal Racchi deal". Sky Sports. 28 July 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Games played by Danny Racchi in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
    "Bury 2–1 Shrewsbury". BBC Sport. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "Danny's the boy". Bury Times. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  9. ↑ "Bury release goalkeeper Wayne Brown". BBC Sport. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  10. ↑ "Reds Field Trialist at Crewe". Wrexham F.C. 31 July 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "Fuller sees red for Potters". Sky Sports. 6 August 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Racchi To Join on Non-Contract". Wrexham F.C. 31 July 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  13. ↑ Flett, Dave (8 September 2010). "York City manager Martin Foyle puts trio of trialists under Bootham Crescent spotlight". The Press (York). Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  14. ↑ "York make double signing". Vital York. 18 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  15. ↑ "York City 2–0 Hayes & Yeading". BBC Sport. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  16. ↑ Flett, Dave (19 October 2010). "David McDermott back at York City". The Press (York). Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Appearances and goals for this season are taken from:
    "Games played by Danny Racchi in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
    Flett, Dave (25 October 2010). "Kidderminster 0, York City 2". The Press (York). Retrieved 18 March 2012.
    Flett, Dave (13 December 2010). "Match report: York City 0, Boston United 1 – FA Trophy, first round". The Press (York). Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  18. ↑ "Rushden & D'mnds 0–4 York". BBC Sport. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  19. ↑ Flett, Dave (22 November 2010). "Match report: Rushden and Diamonds 0, York City 4". The Press (York). Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  20. ↑ Flett, Dave (17 December 2010). "Match preview: Luton Town v York City". The Press (York). Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  21. ↑ Flett, Dave (27 December 2010). "New deals at York City for David McDermott and Danny Racchi". The Press (York). Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  22. ↑ "Gateshead 0–3 York City". BBC Sport. 1 January 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  23. ↑ "York boss Gary Mills releases midfielder Danny Racchi". BBC Sport. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  24. ↑ "Racchi offered Killie deal". Sky Sports. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  25. ↑ "Patrick Ada and Danny Racchi sign for Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  26. ↑ "BBC Match Report: Kilmarnock 3 - 2 Dunfermline Athletic". BBC Sport. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  27. ↑ "SPL: Celtic 2 Kilmarnock 1". Daily Record. 24 December 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  28. ↑ "SPL: Kilmarnock 2 St Mirren 1". Daily Record. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  29. ↑ "Danny Racchi: I'm making up for lost time at Kilmarnock after back injury". Daily Record. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  30. ↑ "SPL: Kilmarnock 4 Inverness CT 3". Daily Record. 29 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  31. ↑ "Hibernian 2-1 Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  32. ↑ "Thursday's Scottish gossip". BBC Sport. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  33. ↑ "Kilmarnock suffer Danny Raachi injury setback". BBC Sport. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  34. ↑ "Kilmarnock FC: Liam Kelly is an injury doubt after training ground accident". Daily Record. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  35. ↑ "Fit again Kilmarnock midfielder Danny Racchi raring to go after making life misery for club doctors". Daily Record. 24 November 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  36. ↑ "Danny Racchi: I was 95 per cent sure I had cancer...but I kept my secret from Kilmarnock team-mates". Daily Record. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  37. ↑ "Racchi Twitter axe". The Sun (subscription required). 30 April 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  38. ↑ "Danny Racchi takes Kilmarnock FC to SPFL over contractual dispute". STV Sport. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  39. ↑ "English midfielder selection" [Enskur miðjumaður til Vals] (in Icelandic). mbl.is. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  40. ↑ "Review, interviews and ratings: Valur 1-3 Fylkir" [Umfjöllun, viðtöl og einkunnir: Valur 1 - 3 Fylkir] (in Icelandic). mbl.is. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  41. ↑ "Vals Triumph ten game mark" [Valssigur í tíu marka leik] (in Icelandic). mbl.is. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  42. ↑ "Ten Valsmenn ventured equation" [Tíu Valsmenn héldu jöfnu] (in Icelandic). mbl.is. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  43. ↑ "Three banned from Pepsi-division" [Þrír í bann úr Pepsi-deild karla] (in Icelandic). mbl.is. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  44. ↑ "Dundee take a look at former Kilmarnock midfielder Danny Racchi". The Courier. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  45. ↑ "Hyde Bring in Three". hydefc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  46. ↑ "Games played by Danny Racchi in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  47. ↑ "Games played by Danny Racchi in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  48. ↑ "Games played by Danny Racchi in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  49. ↑ "Games played by Danny Racchi in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  50. ↑ "Games played by Danny Racchi in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  51. ↑ "D. Racchi". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 October 2013.

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