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Danny Simpson
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English association football player (born 1987)
Key facts
- 2006
- → Royal Antwerp (loan)
- 2007
- → Sunderland (loan)
- 2008
- → Ipswich Town (loan)
- 2026
- Stretford Paddock
- Full name
- Daniel Peter Simpson
- Date of birth
- ( 1987-01-04 ) 4 January 1987 (age 39)
- Place of birth
- Eccles, Greater Manchester , England
- Height
- 5 ft 9 in (1.76 m)
- Position
- Right-back
- 0000 2003
- Parkwyddn JFC
- 2003 2006
- Manchester United
- Years
- Team
- 2006 2010
- Manchester United
- 2008 2009
- → Blackburn Rovers (loan)
- 2009 2010
- → Newcastle United (loan)
- 2010 2013
- Newcastle United
- 2013 2014
- Queens Park Rangers
- 2014 2019
- Leicester City
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Family name
- Simpson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Eccles
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Royal Antwerp F.C.
- Position played
- full-back
- League
- Premier League
- Mass
- 72
- Image
- Danny simpson.jpg
- Height
- 178
- Convicted of
- assault
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- sport number
- 17
- Commons category
- Danny Simpson
- date of birth
- 1987-01-04
- birth name
- Daniel Peter Simpson
- start of work period
- 2006-00-00
- name in native language
- Danny Simpson
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Encyclopedic overview
Daniel Peter Simpson (born 4 January 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a right-back for Stretford Paddock. He started his career at Manchester United in the Premier League, later loaned for Royal Antwerp, Sunderland, Ipswich Town, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United during his professional development.
He signed for Newcastle on a permanent basis in January 2010, before relocating to Queens Park Rangers on a free transfer in June 2013. He signed for Leicester City in 2014, then newly promoted to the Premier League. He was part of the Leicester squad that avoided relegation, in his first season, before winning the Premier League title in the 2015–16 season. He left Leicester for Huddersfield Town in 2019, but was released a year later. He then joined Bristol City where he made seven appearances for the club between 2021 and 2022, after this he joined Macclesfield where he didn't make a single appearance, retiring after that.
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