Daniel Crowley (footballer)

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Daniel Crowley

Crowley with the Arsenal U21s in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-08-03) 3 August 1997
Place of birth Coventry, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 38
Youth career
0000–2013 Aston Villa
2013–2014 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2014– Arsenal 0 (0)
2015 → Barnsley (loan) 11 (0)
National team‡
2011–2012 England U16 6 (0)
2012 Republic of Ireland U16 2 (0)
2012–2013 England U17 12 (0)
2013 Republic of Ireland U17 2 (0)
2015– England U19 3 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:32, 28 October 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2015

Daniel "Dan" Crowley (born 3 August 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Arsenal. Crowley began his career at Aston Villa and has represented both England and the Republic of Ireland at youth levels.

Club career

Aston Villa

Born in Coventry, and attending Cardinal Newman Catholic School in Coventry, Crowley started his career at the youth academy of Aston Villa. While at Aston Villa, Crowley made appearances for the under-16s at the age of 12 and the under-18s at age 15.[1] Crowley was also involved in Aston Villa Under-19's victorious NextGen Series campaign during the 2012–13 season, despite being only 16, and appeared in the 2-0 final win against Chelsea.[1][2] While with Villa, Crowley earned plenty of plaudits for his passing ability, with his playing style described to be similar to current England international, Jack Wilshere.[3]

Arsenal

During the summer of 2013, Crowley moved from Aston Villa to Arsenal, before signing his first professional contract with the club in 2014 on his 17th birthday.[4] Aston Villa strongly opposed the move's terms under the Elite Player Performance Plan and filed a formal complaint at the fixed rate, limited compensation received for the player due him being under-16, noting that he had represented their under-18 side in the league that season and should be treated as an under-18.[5] Villa's Academy Director, Bryan Jones, commented that compensation at the level Villa received for Crowley, only £209,000 for nine years of investment, would deincentivise clubs from developing young players in the English game.[6]

After impressive performances with the Arsenal under-18s and under-21s in his first two seasons, Crowley was included in the Arsenal squad for their pre-season tour of Singapore in summer 2015.[7]

Loan to Barnsley

On 31 July 2015, it was announced that Crowley would join League One side Barnsley on loan until 3 January 2016.[8] He made his professional debut for the club on 9 August 2015 in their opening fixture against Chesterfield, starting the match and playing 57 minutes as Barnsley lost 3–1.[9] On 26 August, he scored his first goal for the club in the 60th minute of a Football League Cup match at home against Everton, but could not help prevent a comeback from the away side as Barnsley lost 5–3 after extra time.[10] On 30 October, Crowley's loan was terminated early as he was recalled by Arsenal.[11][12] After Crowley was recalled the Barnsely manager Lee Johnson, himself an Arsenal academy graduate, stated his disappointment at losing the player claiming he “the best 18-year-old I’ve ever seen”.[13][14]

International career

Crowley is eligible to play for both England and Ireland at international level, qualifying for Ireland through his grandparents.[15]

Crowley made his debut for England's under-16 team against Northern Ireland in October 2011.[16] He was called up to Ireland's under-16 squad in January 2012 for a double-header against Portugal,[17] going on to make appearances for both countries at under-16 level over the course of the 2011–2012 season.[18][19][20]

In August 2012, Crowley made the first of twelve appearances for England under-17s in the St George’s Park International Tournament.[20][21] In February 2013, the Football Association of Ireland announced that Crowley had pledged his allegiance to Ireland and selected him for two under-17 friendlies against Croatia.[22][23][24] However, the following month, Crowley returned to the England set-up to play in the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round - his first international games in official competition at any level.[25][26] He made his final appearance for England under-17s against Italy in September 2013.[20] He was named again in an England under-17 squad in January 2014.[27]

In September 2015, it was reported in the Irish Independent that Crowley was on the verge of declaring for Ireland,[28] with Republic of Ireland senior manager Martin O'Neill confirming that he had spoken to the player's father.[29] However, in October 2015, Crowley received his first call-up to an England under-19 squad.[30]

Career statistics

As of 24 October 2015.[31]
Club Season League[nb 1] Cup[nb 2] Europe[nb 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal 2015–16 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barnsley (loan) 2015–16 League One 11 0 2 1 – 13 1
Career total 11 0 2 1 0 0 13 1
Notes
  1. ↑ Includes Premier League and Football League One matches.
  2. ↑ Includes FA Cup, Football League Cup, Football League Trophy and FA Community Shield matches.
  3. ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League matches.

Honours

Aston Villa U19

References

  1. 1 2 Michael, David (16 January 2014). "The Genius Midfielder That Aston Villa Let Slip Away". My Old Man Said. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 Percy, John (1 April 2013). "NextGen Series Final: Chelsea U19 0 Aston Villa U19 2". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Knights, Simon (15 May 2013). "All you need to know about Arsenal's 'new Jack Wilshere' transfer target". TalkSports. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Arsenal midfielder Dan Crowley joins Barnsley on a six-month loan deal". IB Times. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Aston Villa set to challenge Premier League's Elite Player Perforamnce Plan". Business of Soccer. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Investigation reveals shortage of home talent available to England". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  7. ↑ Lawless, Josh (9 July 2015). "Arsenal youngsters Daniel Crowley and Chris Willock part of squad for pre-season trip to Singapore". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Daniel Crowley: Arsenal midfielder joins Barnsley on loan". BBC Sport. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Chesterfield 3-1 Barnsley". Soccerway.
  10. ↑ "BBC Sport - Barnsley 3-5 Everton (AET)". BBC Sport. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  11. ↑ http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20151030/daniel-crowley-returning-to-arsenal
  12. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3296622/Dan-Crowley-one-talented-18-year-olds-ve-seen-says-Barnsley-boss-claims-youngster-play-England.html
  13. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3296622/Dan-Crowley-one-talented-18-year-olds-ve-seen-says-Barnsley-boss-claims-youngster-play-England.html
  14. ↑ http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/the-top-101-youngsters-in-world-football-don-balon-list-2015/
  15. ↑ "Arsenal starlet Dan Crowley faces a decision between England and Ireland". http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "England 3-1 Northern Ireland". Chesterfield FC. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "Under-16 squad named for Portugal double-header". FAI. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "U16s defeat Portugal on their home patch". FAI. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  19. ↑ "U16s held to a draw in Portugal". FAI. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  20. 1 2 3 "Dan Crowley". The Football Association. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  21. ↑ "Bennett could play in Pirelli U21 challenge". Burton Mail. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  22. ↑ "U17 head coach Tom Mohan names squad to face Croatia". FAI. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  23. ↑ "Ireland U17s defeated by strong Croatian side". FAI. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  24. ↑ "Ireland U17s lose out again to Croatia". FAI. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  25. ↑ "Aston Villa star Crowley opts to play for England". Irish Independent. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  26. ↑ "Daniel Crowley". UEFA. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  27. ↑ "Dan Crowley returns to England U17 squad". The Football Association. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  28. ↑ "Jack Grealish may still go green despite reports". Irish Independent. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  29. ↑ "Martin O'Neill holds talks with Daniel Crowley's father and avoids Jack Grealish deadline". Irish Independent. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  30. ↑ "Crowley, Jackson & Wilkinson Called Up as Johnson Looks to Bradford". Barnsley FC. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  31. ↑ Daniel Crowley profile at Soccerway

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