Danny Ward (English footballer)

Danny Ward
Personal information
Full name Daniel Carl Ward[1]
Date of birth (1990-12-09) 9 December 1990[2]
Place of birth Bradford, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Left-Winger/Forward
Club information
Current team
 Cardiff City
Number 9
Youth career
2005–2007 Leeds United
2007–2009 Bolton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Bolton Wanderers 2 (0)
2009–2010 → Swindon Town (loan) 30 (9)
2010 → Coventry City (loan) 5 (0)
2011 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 7 (3)
2011–2015 Huddersfield Town 117 (16)
2015 → Rotherham United (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2017 Rotherham United 90 (18)
2017– Cardiff City 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:57, 5 August 2017 (UTC).

Daniel Carl "Danny" Ward (born 9 December 1990) is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Cardiff City, as a forward and winger.

Career

Bolton Wanderers

Ward started his career in the Bradford City youth setup before he was snapped up by West Yorkshire rivals Leeds United, but he turned down a new deal at Leeds to join Premier League side Bolton Wanderers. Leeds received compensation as a result of Ward leaving. Danny made his senior debut for Bolton as a substitute in the club's 0–1 home Premier League defeat to Sunderland on 15 August 2009.[3]

On 26 November 2009, he signed for Swindon Town on a one-month loan deal and on 28 December 2009 he scored his first professional goal for Swindon Town in the 46th minute in a 3–1 home win over Yeovil Town.

On 7 September 2010, Ward signed a new three-year contract with Bolton [4] and three days later signed on a three-month loan deal with Coventry City.[5] He made his debut for them in the home game against Leicester City the day after. The loan was cut short on 15 October as Ward returned to Bolton for an operation on his groin which kept him out of the game until the following March.[6]

Huddersfield Town

2010–11 loan

After recovering from his injury, Ward was sent on loan to Football League One side Huddersfield Town on 15 March 2011, for the remainder of the season.[7] He made his debut as a substitute in the 1–0 win over Brentford at Griffin Park on the same day. He scored his first goal, which was the winner to make it 3–2, for Huddersfield against Brighton & Hove Albion on 30 April 2011, which also happened to be the last goal scored at the Withdean Stadium, before going on to score twice in the final league game of the season in the 4–4 home draw with Brentford. Ward scored in the League One play-off semi-final second-leg against A.F.C. Bournemouth. The match was 3–3 after 120 minutes, but Huddersfield won on penalties 4–2, which included Ward scoring his, qualifying Huddersfield for the final at Old Trafford where they just came short of promotion losing 3–0 in the final against Peterborough United.

2011–12 season

On 11 July 2011, Ward signed a three-year contract at Huddersfield Town.[8] The fee was around £1 million.[9] He made his second début for the Terriers in their 1–1 draw against Bury, at the Galpharm Stadium,[10] on 6 August 2011. He scored his first goal the week after in the 2–2 away draw to Rochdale.[11] Ward finished the season with 47 appearances in all competitions scoring five times four league goals, he also made 39 appearances in the league as Huddersfield finished the season as Play-off champions winning promotion to the Championship after beating Sheffield United 8–7 on penalties in the Wembley final.[12]

2012–13 season

Ward started his first game of the 2012–13 season in Huddersfield's 1–0 away defeat at Preston North End in the Football League Cup when he was substituted in the 46th minute.[13] His first league game came in Huddersfield's first home game of the season coming on as an 81st-minute substitute in Huddersfield's 1–1 home draw with Nottingham Forest on 21 August 2012.[14] Ward's first league start didn't come until 1 September in a 2–2 away draw at Ipswich Town,[15] his first goal came in the next match at home to Derby County when he scored the only goal of the 1–0 game after just 47 seconds on 15 September 2012.[16]

Rotherham United

On 9 January 2015, Ward moved on loan to Rotherham United on a 28-day emergency loan, with a view to a permanent deal.[17] On 12 January 2015, it was confirmed that Ward had made a permanent deal with the Millers for an undisclosed fee.[18] Rotherham escaped relegation during 2015–16 season.

The following season, Ward was one of the highlights in a poor season as Rotherham were relegated, which led to attraction from other clubs. Ward finished the club's top goalscorers with 12 goals to his name, and his contract was extended by a further year at the end of the season.[19]

Cardiff City

During the 2017 summer transfer window, Rotherham accepted a £1.6 million plus add-ons bid from Cardiff City for Ward,[20] completing the move on 23 June 2017, signing a three-year deal that will last until the summer of 2020.[21] He made his debut for the club on the opening day of the 2017–18 season, during a 1–0 victory over Burton Albion as a substitute in place of Junior Hoilett.[22]

Club statistics

As of match played 8 August 2017.[23]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Other Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup League Cup see Note Total
2009–10 Bolton Wanderers Premier League 200000-20
2009–10 Swindon Town League One 309100010329
2010–11 Coventry City Championship 500000-50
2010–11 Huddersfield Town League One 73000031104
2011–12 Huddersfield Town 394102150475
2012–13 Championship 2820010-292
2013–14 38102000-4010
2014–15 1200020-140
2014–15 Rotherham United Championship 100000-10
2014–15 Rotherham United 1530000-153
2015–16 3441010-364
2016–17 41111110-4312
2017–18 Cardiff City Championship 100010-20
Total England 2534661819127649
Career total 2534661819127649

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Statistics" (PDF). Premier League. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "Player profile: Danny Ward". Rotherham United F.C. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Bolton 0–1 Sunderland, bwfc.co.uk, accessed 29 August 2009.
  4. ↑ Ward Signs New Contract, bwfc.co.uk, accessed 10 September 2010.
  5. ↑ Ward Joins Coventry On Loan, bwfc.co.uk, accessed 10 September 2010.
  6. ↑ Injury hits Ward loan deal, Bolton News, accessed 15 October 2010.
  7. ↑ Huddersfield Town sign Bolton winger Danny Ward on loan, BBC Sport, accessed 15 March 2011.
  8. ↑ Ward Signs For Huddersfield Town, htafc.com, accessed 11 July 2011.
  9. ↑ "Ward is tipped for return to top after £1m move". Yorkshire Post. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  10. ↑ "Huddersfield 1–1 Bury". BBC News. 6 August 2011.
  11. ↑ "Rochdale 2–2 Huddersfield". BBC News. 13 August 2011.
  12. ↑ Emlyn Begley. "BBC Sport – Huddersfield promoted after epic shoot-out win over Sheffield United". BBC Sport.
  13. ↑ "BBC Sport – Preston 2–0 Huddersfield". BBC Sport.
  14. ↑ Ian Woodcock. "BBC Sport – Huddersfield 1–1 Nott'm Forest". BBC Sport.
  15. ↑ "BBC Sport – Ipswich 2–2 Huddersfield". BBC Sport.
  16. ↑ "BBC Sport – Huddersfield 1–0 Derby". BBC Sport.
  17. ↑ David Threlfall-Sykes. "Danny Ward moves from Huddersfield Town to Rotherham United".
  18. ↑ "Ward completes permanent move".
  19. ↑ "Lee Camp: Rotherham release experienced goalkeeper after relegation". BBC Sport. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  20. ↑ "Rotherham striker Danny Ward agrees Cardiff transfer". Sky Sports News. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  21. ↑ "Danny Ward completes City switch". Cardiff City Official Site. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  22. ↑ "Burton Albion 0–1 Cardiff City". BBC Sport. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  23. ↑ Danny Ward at Soccerbase
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