![]() Gardner playing for Chesterfield in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daniel Keith Gardner [1] | ||
Date of birth | 5 April 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Gorton, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Oldham Athletic | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2009 | Celtic | 4 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Flixton | ||
2010 | Crewe Alexandra | 2 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Droylsden | 69 | (19) |
2012–2014 | FC Halifax Town | 51 | (17) |
2014–2017 | Chesterfield | 97 | (10) |
2015 | → Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 4 | (2) |
2016 | → Bury (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Oldham Athletic | 63 | (3) |
2020–2021 | Wigan Athletic | 36 | (1) |
2021–2022 | Doncaster Rovers | 20 | (3) |
2022– | Oldham Athletic | 62 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 January 2025 |
Daniel Keith Gardner (born 5 April 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Oldham Athletic. He previously played in the Football League for Crewe Alexandra, Chesterfield, Oldham Athletic, Wigan Athletic and Doncaster Rovers.
Gardner was attending The Manchester College, training to be a panel beater and playing for their academy team (affiliated with FC United of Manchester) when he was noticed by scouts from Scotland and invited for a trial with Celtic's youth team in mid-October 2008. An "outstanding" performance against Rangers secured a short-term deal which was extended to a three-year professional contract. [2] He went on to make a couple of substitute appearances for the reserve team. However the SPL decided to scrap the Reserve League and so teams continued with a smaller first-team roster and a youth team. This effectively left him surplus to requirements and he was released by the club in May 2009.
Gardner returned to Manchester where he was persuaded to join local team Flixton in the Vodkat Premier Division. His performances soon attracted the attention of football league sides, he spent two weeks on trial at Oldham Athletic and a month training with Crewe Alexandra. [3]
While training with Crewe he hit the only goal in a reserve game against Aston Villa on 20 January 2010. This earned him a deal until the end of the season. He was handed the number 34 shirt and went on to make two substitute appearances in League Two before being released at the end of the 2009–10 season. [4]
Gardner joined Droylsden for the 2010–11 season in the Conference North. He signed for fellow Conference North team FC Halifax Town in July 2012. [5] He made his league debut in November in a 4–0 home win against Vauxhall Motors. [6] His first league goal for the club was a penalty in a 3–3 draw at home to Histon in February, a couple of days after scoring a brace in the FA Trophy at Dartford. He went on to score 8 more league goals for the club and was instrumental in the Conference North play-off final at Brackley Town which secured Town's place back in the Conference Premier for the 2013–14 season.
It was announced on 4 January 2014 that Gardner had joined League Two side Chesterfield. [7]
On 8 March 2016, he moved to Bury, signing a loan deal with the Shakers that was due to last until the end of the 2015–16 season, however Gardner was recalled early and scored against Bury in Chesterfield's final home game of the season. [8]
On 2 June 2017, after leaving Chesterfield, Gardner signed for Oldham Athletic on a two-year contract. He became John Sheridan's first summer signing as Oldham boss. [9] After a knee injury in November 2018, he was released in 2019. [10] [11]
At the beginning of September 2020 he joined Wigan Athletic on a short-term deal [12] and on 5 October 2020, his contract was extended until January 2021. [13] He scored his only goal for Wigan in a 4–3 win against Accrington Stanley on 12 December 2020. [14] He made 40 appearances in total in the 2020–21 season. [15]
On 6 August 2021, Gardner joined Doncaster Rovers on a one-year contract. [16] He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–3 loss against Morecambe on 2 January 2022. [17] Following relegation to League Two, Gardner was released at the end of his one-year contract. [18]
On 29 July 2022, Gardner returned to Oldham Athletic on a two-year deal following their relegation to the National League. [19] He made a total of 18 appearances during Oldham Athletics first campaign in the National league. His only goal of the campaign was the first goal in a 2-1 win against Aldershot at Boundary Park. [20] During the following season, Gardner scored 4 goals in 26 appearances. It was announced on the 26th June that Gardner had signed a one-year extension with Oldham Athletic. [21] [22]
Gardner has an autistic son. [23]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Crewe Alexandra | 2009–10 [24] | League Two | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Droylsden | 2010–11 [25] | Conference North | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ~ | ~ | 4 [a] | 1 | 37 | 2 |
2011–12 [25] | Conference North | 40 | 18 | 2 | 0 | ~ | ~ | 2 [a] | 0 | 44 | 18 | |
Total | 69 | 19 | 6 | 0 | ~ | ~ | 6 | 1 | 81 | 20 | ||
FC Halifax Town | 2012–13 [25] | Conference North | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ~ | ~ | 4 [a] | 2 | 32 | 12 |
2013–14 [26] | Football Conference | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ~ | ~ | 1 [a] | 0 | 26 | 7 | |
Total | 51 | 17 | 2 | 0 | ~ | ~ | 5 | 2 | 58 | 19 | ||
Chesterfield | 2013–14 [26] | League Two | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | 17 | 3 |
2014–15 [27] | League One | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [c] | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
2015–16 [28] | League One | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | |
2016–17 [29] | League One | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 [d] | 0 | 38 | 2 | |
Total | 97 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 110 | 10 | ||
Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 2014–15 [27] | League Two | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Bury (loan) | 2015–16 [28] | League One | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Oldham Athletic | 2017–18 [30] | League One | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 [d] | 0 | 49 | 1 |
2018–19 [31] | League Two | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 [d] | 0 | 25 | 2 | |
Total | 63 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 74 | 3 | ||
Wigan Athletic | 2020–21 [15] | League One | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [d] | 0 | 40 | 1 |
Doncaster Rovers | 2021–22 [17] | League One | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 [d] | 0 | 24 | 3 |
Oldham Athletic | 2022–23 | National League | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ~ | ~ | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
2023–24 | National League | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ~ | ~ | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | |
2024–25 | National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ~ | ~ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ~ | ~ | 0 | 0 | 44 | 5 | ||
Career total | 391 | 60 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 445 | 64 |
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