Dan Gray (footballer)

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Dan Gray
Personal information
Full name Daniel Edward Gray[1]
Date of birth (1989-11-23) 23 November 1989 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Mansfield, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Position(s) Right back / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Alfreton Town
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Chesterfield 45 (0)
2008Alfreton Town (loan)
2011Macclesfield Town (loan) 21 (1)
2011Macclesfield Town (loan) 2 (0)
2012–2014 Lincoln City 52 (1)
2014– Alfreton Town 7 (0)
2015Bradford Park Avenue (loan) 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:17, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Daniel Edward Gray[1] (born 23 November 1989) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays for Alfreton Town. Gray began his career as a central midfielder, before being converted into a right back, where he has spent most of his first-team career.[2]

Career[edit]

Born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire,[1] Gray made his debut for Chesterfield in October 2008, having earlier spent a work experience placement at non-league Alfreton Town in March 2008.[2]

On 31 December 2010, it was announced that Gray would sign a one-month loan contract with Macclesfield Town, effective from 1 January 2011.[3]

Gray made his debut for the club on 1 January 2011, scoring in a 2–2 draw against Bury.[4]

Gray re-joined Macclesfield on loan in November 2011.[5]

He was released by Chesterfield at the end of the 2011–12 season.[6]

Gray signed for Lincoln City on 24 July 2012 after a successful trial period at the club.[7]

He joined Conference Premier team Alfreton Town on a one-year contract on 15 July 2014.[8]

On 9 January 2015, he completed a loan move to Bradford Park Avenue.[9]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 20 February 2015[10][11]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chesterfield 2008–09 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
2009–10 19 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 23 0
2010–11 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2011–12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 45 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 53 0
Macclesfield Town (loan) 2010–11 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1
2011–12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 1
Lincoln City 2012–13 35 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 39 1
2013–14 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
Total 52 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 57 1
Alfreton Town 2014–15 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Bradford Park Avenue (loan) 2014–15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 128 2 8 0 1 0 4 0 141 2

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. ^ a b "Player profile". Chesterfield F.C. official website. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Macclesfield sign Chesterfield's Dan Gray". BBC Sport. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Bury 2 – 2 Macclesfield". BBC Sport. 1 January 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Macclesfield Town bring back Chesterfield's Gray and extend Boden's loan". BBC Sport. 9 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Spireites issue retained list". Chesterfield FC. 9 May 2012. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Lincoln City sign Miller, Gray and Gouveia". BBC Sport. 25 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Dan Gray: Alfreton sign ex-Lincoln and Macclesfield defender". BBC Sport. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Avenue Make Triple Signing". Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  10. ^ Dan Gray at Soccerbase
  11. ^ Dan Gray at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2015.