Danny Foster (footballer)

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Danny Foster
Personal information
Full name Daniel Foster [1]
Date of birth (1984-09-23) 23 September 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Enfield, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
0000–1994 Brimsdown Rovers
1994–2002 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2004 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2004–2009 Dagenham & Redbridge 170 (4)
2009–2010 Brentford 36 (0)
2010–2013 Wycombe Wanderers 76 (1)
Total282(5)
International career
2000 England U16 1 (0)
2002 England U18 2 (0)
2007 England C 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Foster (born 23 September 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right back in the Football League, most notably for Dagenham & Redbridge and Wycombe Wanderers. He was capped by England at youth and C level.

Contents

Club career

Early years

Foster began his youth career at Brimsdown Rovers and later entered the academy at Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, [3] progressing to sign his first professional contract in June 2002. [1] He failed to receive a call into a first team squad and was released at the end of the 2003–04 season. [4]

Dagenham & Redbridge

Foster dropped into non-league football to join Conference Premier club Dagenham & Redbridge in September 2004. [1] He made a breakthrough into the first team squad during the second half of the 2004–05 season and signed a new three-year contract in February 2005. [5] [6] Foster was a regular during 2005–06 season and missed just one league match during 2006–07, [7] [8] in which the Daggers secured promotion to the Football League after winning the Conference Premier title. [9] He signed a new two-year contract following the promotion. [10]

Foster continued to appear regularly for the club in League Two and made 69 league appearances and scoring three goals before being released at the end of the 2008–09 season. [11] [12] [13] During five seasons at Victoria Road, Foster made 186 appearances and scored four goals. [14]

Brentford

On 17 June 2009, Foster and former Dagenham & Redbridge teammates Sam Saunders and Ben Strevens joined newly promoted League One club Brentford on free transfers, with Foster signing a one-year contract. [13] He made 42 appearances during the 2009–10 season, in which the Bees trod water in mid-table before a strong finish elevated the club to a 9th-place finish. [15] [16] He was given a free transfer at the end of the season. [17]

Wycombe Wanderers

On 25 June 2010, Foster and former Brentford teammate Ben Strevens joined newly relegated League Two club Wycombe Wanderers. [18] He made 41 appearances and scored one goal during a successful 2010–11 season, [19] in which the Chairboys secured an automatic return to League One after a third-place finish. [20] Foster signed a new two-year contract in May 2011, [21] but the Chairboys' return to League One was brief, with the club being relegated straight back to League Two at the end of the 2011–12 season. [20] After overcoming a shoulder injury, [22] Foster began the 2012–13 season as a regular, [23] before suffering a season-ending knee injury late in a match versus Rotherham United on 20 November 2012. [24] He underwent surgery in January 2013, [24] but failed to recover before the end of the season. [23] Despite being out of contract, [25] Foster remained at Adams Park into the early months of the 2013–14 season, but was forced to retire from football in November 2013. [26] In three seasons with Wycombe, he made 125 appearances and scored one goal. [14]

International career

Foster won three caps for England at U16 and U18 level. [27] He made two appearances in England C's victorious 2007 Four Nations Tournament campaign. [28] [29]

Coaching career

In May 2019, Foster was named as assistant to manager Steve Clark at Isthmian League Premier Division club Wingate & Finchley. [30] The pair departed the club by mutual agreement on 28 September 2019. [31]

Honours

Wycombe Wanderers

Dagenham & Redbridge

England C

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dagenham & Redbridge 2004–05 [6] Conference Premier 19000—3 [lower-alpha 1] 0220
2005–06 [7] 37110—00381
2006–07 [8] 45010—2 [lower-alpha 2] 0480
2007–08 [11] League Two 321301000361
2008–09 [12] 37230002 [lower-alpha 3] 0422
Total17048010701864
Brentford 2009–10 [15] League One 36040101 [lower-alpha 3] 0420
Wycombe Wanderers 2010–11 [19] League Two38110101 [lower-alpha 3] 0411
2011–12 [32] League One29010101 [lower-alpha 3] 0320
2012–13 [23] League Two9000001 [lower-alpha 3] 0100
Total761202030831
Career total2825140401103115
  1. ↑ 1 appearance in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in Conference League Cup, 1 appearance in Essex Senior Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in FA Trophy
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in Football League Trophy

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  3. ↑ "My interview with former Spurs player Danny Foster". superhotspur. 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
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  9. ↑ "Dagenham and Redbridge Complete History". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  10. ↑ "Dagenham retain several players". 13 July 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Games played by Danny Foster in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Games played by Danny Foster in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Bees sign Dagenham trio". brentfordfc.co.uk. 17 June 2009. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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  16. ↑ "Brentford results for the 2009–2010 season". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  17. ↑ "Danny departs". brentfordfc.co.uk. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  18. ↑ "Wycombe swoop for Brentford duo". 25 June 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
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