Dan Gleeson

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Dan Gleeson
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Gleeson playing for Cambridge United in 2008
Personal information
Full name Daniel Edwin Gleeson [1]
Date of birth (1985-02-17) 17 February 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Cambridge, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Godmanchester Rovers (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2006 Cambridge United 61 (1)
2003Welling United (loan) 2 (0)
2006–2007 Notts County 17 (0)
2007Cambridge United (loan) 8 (1)
2007–2010 Cambridge United 107 (1)
2010–2012 Luton Town 44 (0)
2012–2015 Lowestoft Town
2015–2016 Cambridge City
2016–2017 St Neots Town
2017–2018 Histon
International career
2007–2008 England C 7 (0)
Managerial career
2016 Cambridge City (player-manager) [2]
2016–2017 St Neots Town (player-manager) [3]
2023– Godmanchester Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Edwin Gleeson (born 17 February 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right back.

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Career

Born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gleeson joined Cambridge United as a trainee in 2001 and his debut on 1 November 2003, in Division Three against Kidderminster Harriers. He made a total of 51 Football League and Conference appearances for Cambridge before signing for Notts County in July 2006. He rejoined Cambridge on loan in March 2007, where he has been an established player for the Conference National side. The deal was made permanent in the summer.

Gleeson scored his first senior goal in the 7–0 win against Weymouth in March 2007.

Following a great start to the 2007–08 season, he was rewarded by his first England National Game XI (England 'C') cap in November and signed a new deal to 2010.

On 19 May 2010 Gleeson joined Cambridge's Conference rivals Luton Town on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract. [4] He was a regular in the side during the 2010–11 season, also playing in Luton's play-off final defeat to AFC Wimbledon. Gleeson played far fewer games the next season due to a combination of injury and being kept out of the team by Curtis Osano. On 30 May 2012, Luton manager Paul Buckle did not offer Gleeson a new contract, and he subsequently left the club. [5]

On 2 July 2012, Gleeson signed for Lowestoft Town.

Personal life

He was born just minutes from the Abbey and watched Cambridge United with his family before joining the club as a scholar.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2010 and 31/07/2010 Matt F" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  2. Dan Gleeson leaves role as Cambridge City managercambridge-news.co.uk, 30 November 2016
  3. Dan Gleeson takes up player-coach role at St Neots Town‚ cambridge-news.co.uk, 1 December 2016
  4. "Gleeson completes switch". Luton Town F.C. 19 May 2010. Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
  5. "Trio to depart". Luton Town F.C. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.