Dan Agyei

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Dan Agyei
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Agyei playing for Crewe Alexandra in 2023
Personal information
Full name Daniel Ebenezer Kwasi Agyei [1]
Date of birth (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 (age 27) [2]
Place of birth Kingston upon Thames, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Leyton Orient
Number 7
Youth career
2013–2015 AFC Wimbledon
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2019 Burnley 3 (0)
2016–2017 → Coventry City (loan) 16 (4)
2017–2018 → Walsall (loan) 18 (4)
2018 → Blackpool (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2022 Oxford United 66 (8)
2022–2023 Crewe Alexandra 55 (17)
2023– Leyton Orient 35 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:20, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Daniel Ebenezer Kwasi Agyei (born 1 June 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League One club Leyton Orient.

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Career

Burnley

Agyei came through the ranks at AFC Wimbledon, scoring 35 goals for the club's under-21 team in the 2014–15 season to draw the attention of a host of top clubs, reportedly including West Ham United, Chelsea and Fulham. [3] Agyei eventually signed for Burnley on a long-term contract, initially to play for the club's development squad. [4]

After impressing for Burnley's development squad in the 2015–16 season and making his senior Burnley debut in a pre-season friendly against Bradford City, Agyei was made available for a loan move by manager Sean Dyche. [5] Coventry City beat off competition from several clubs in League One and the Championship to secure the loan signing of Agyei on a five-month loan deal. [6] Agyei was handed the number 9 shirt by Coventry City manager Tony Mowbray upon arrival at the Ricoh Arena. [7]

Agyei made his professional league debut against Bradford City on 20 August 2016, handing Coventry City the lead with his first goal in professional league football in a 3–1 defeat at Valley Parade. [8] He then scored his second goal of the season in a 2–0 home win against Rochdale. [9] In October 2016, he scored Coventry's fastest-ever goal at the Ricoh Arena after just 19.5 seconds in a 3–1 victory over Northampton Town in the EFL Trophy. [10] In January 2017, he returned to Burnley following the expiration of his loan, having made a total of 19 appearances and scored five goals for the Sky Blues. [11]

He made his Burnley debut on 12 March 2017, coming on in the 88th minute to replace Scott Arfield against Liverpool. [12]

On 31 August 2017, Agyei joined League One club Walsall on loan until January 2018. [13] He made a total of 21 appearances in all competitions, scoring five goals, before returning to Burnley. [14]

On 18 January 2018, Agyei joined League One club Blackpool on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season. [15]

Oxford United

On 10 August 2019, Agyei joined League One club Oxford United on a three-year deal, with compensation to be paid to Burnley, after turning down a new contract at the Premier League club. [16] He made his first-team debut in an EFL Trophy group-stage victory over Norwich City U21 on 3 September 2019, and his league debut as a 78th-minute substitute [17] in a 0–0 draw away at Bolton Wanderers on 17 September. [18]

Crewe Alexandra

On 28 January 2022, Agyei joined Crewe Alexandra on an 18-month contract for an undisclosed fee, [19] and made his debut in Crewe's 1–0 league defeat at Gillingham on 1 February 2022. [20] He scored his first Crewe goal, a late consolation goal in a 4–1 defeat at Accrington Stanley, on 12 February 2022. [21] After Crewe were relegated to League Two, Agyei scored in both of Crewe's first two games of the 2022–2023 season and was the club's top goalscorer for the season with 16 goals and five assists in the league. [22] [23] He was named the Crewe Players' Player of the 2022–23 season, [24] and was offered a new contract by the club. [25]

Leyton Orient

On 29 June 2023, Agyei signed for newly promoted League One club Leyton Orient on a two-year deal, [26] but his Orient debut was delayed by injury. [27] On 25 November 2023, he played in his first game for Orient, coming on as a second-half substitute against Wigan Athletic, and on 1 January 2024, scored his first Orient goal, in a 2–0 win at Cambridge United. [28]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueDomestic cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AFC Wimbledon 2014–15 [29] League Two 000000—0000
Burnley 2015–16 [29] Championship 000000——00
2016–17 [29] Premier League 300000——30
2017–18 [29] Premier League000000——00
2018–19 [29] Premier League00000000—00
Total300000000030
Coventry City (loan) 2016–17 [29] League One 1640010—2 [a] 1195
Walsall (loan) 2017–18 [29] League One1840000—3 [a] 1215
Blackpool (loan) 2017–18 [29] League One900000—0090
Oxford United 2019–20 [30] League One1334010—7 [b] 0253
2020–21 [31] League One3950010—7 [c] 1476
2021–22 [32] League One1402020—3 [a] 0212
Total6686040001719311
Crewe Alexandra 2021–22 [32] League One910000—0091
2022–23 [33] League Two46162010—3 [a] 05216
Total5517201000306117
Leyton Orient 2023–24 [34] League One811000—0091
Career total1743580600021521139
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Four appearances in the Football League Trophy and three appearances in the League One play-offs
  3. ↑ Five appearances in the Football League Trophy and two appearances in the League One play-offs

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  9. ↑ "Coventry City 2–0 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
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  31. ↑ "Games played by Dan Agyei in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  32. 1 2 "Games played by Dan Agyei in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
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  34. ↑ "Games played by Dan Agyei in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
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