Danny Granville

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Danny Granville
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Granville playing in a Chelsea legends game.
Personal information
Full name Danny Patrick Granville
Date of birth (1975-01-19) 19 January 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Islington, London, England
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal
(academy coach)
Youth career
1993–1996 Cambridge United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1997 Cambridge United 99 (7)
1997–1998 Chelsea 18 (0)
1998–1999 Leeds United 9 (0)
1999 → Manchester City (loan) 11 (1)
1999–2001 Manchester City 59 (2)
2001 → Norwich City (loan) 6 (0)
2001–2007 Crystal Palace 122 (9)
2007–2008 Colchester United 19 (0)
2008–2009 Leyton Orient 12 (0)
2009–2013 Hemel Hempstead 42 (3)
Total397(22)
International career‡
1997 England U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:30, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:30, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Daniel Patrick Granville (born 19 January 1975) is an English football coach and former footballer, who is an academy coach for Premier League side Arsenal.

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As a player he was a left back who played in the Premier League for Chelsea, Leeds United, Manchester City and Crystal Palace. He also played in the Football League for Cambridge United, Norwich City, Colchester United and Leyton Orient before retiring with non-league side Hemel Hempstead Town. He was capped four times by England U21. Since retiring he has coached football in schools as a PE Teacher and has worked with Arsenal as an academy coach.

Club career

Cambridge United

Granville began his career with Cambridge United, playing 99 games and attracting a number of top clubs.

Chelsea

Granville moved to Chelsea in 1997 for a fee of £300,000, but lost his place in the Chelsea side when Graeme Le Saux was re-signed from Blackburn Rovers. Arguably the highlight of his career occurred during his time at Chelsea, playing in the winning side in the 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup triumph over VfB Stuttgart. It was earlier in that campaign that Granville scored his only Chelsea goal, against Slovan Bratislava. [1]

Leeds United

He was signed by Leeds United in the summer of 1998 for £1,600,000.

Manchester City

Following a successful loan spell at Manchester City in November 1999 Granville moved again, joining City permanently for £1,000,000. He helped the club gain promotion to the Premier League, another highlight of his career. Towards the end of time at Manchester City, he was pushed onto the bench and spent a month on loan at Norwich City, a successful spell after which Norwich asked for his signature. He opted to return to City to help the club retain their Premier League status.

Crystal Palace

In December 2001 Granville signed for Crystal Palace and played regularly in the first team. Danny was an integral part of the play-off-winning team of 2003–04, scoring three goals and recording many assists. Granville made 138 appearances for Crystal Palace.

Later career

Granville signed with Colchester United at the start of the 2007–08 season and was given the number 2 shirt. He was released by the club at the end of the season.

After being released from Colchester, Granville signed for Leyton Orient on 4 June 2008. His stay lasted less than a year as, after only 15 first team appearances and one goal (against Bradford in the FA Cup [2] ) he was released by Orient manager Geraint Williams on 4 May 2009. Williams had also been the manager at Colchester when the Essex club released Granville the previous year.

Granville signed for Hemel Hempstead Town in October 2009 after being released by Leyton Orient.

International career

Granville represented England at under-21 level.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Granville worked as a coach with Arsenal's academy and coached in school football. [3]

Personal life

Granville works as a Games Teacher at Duncombe School in Hertfordshire. [4] Granville's son Sam is a professional footballer for Barnet.

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ Moore, Glenn (18 September 1997). "Granville seals Chelsea success". The Independent . Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  2. ↑ "Bradford 1–2 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "Danny Granville Discusses Palace, Promotion and Life Now as a School Teacher". Crystal Palace F.C. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Danny Granville, PE teacher at Duncombe School in Hertfordshire - Apr 2021". 19 August 2022.
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