Danny Handling

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Danny Handling
Personal information
Full name Daniel Handling
Date of birth (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tranent Juniors
Youth career
Civil Service Strollers
Hibernian
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2017 Hibernian 55 (3)
2012 → Berwick Rangers (loan) 7 (7)
2017 → Raith Rovers (loan) 5 (0)
2017–2018 Dumbarton 16 (2)
2018–2023 Edinburgh City 80 (19)
2023–2024 Brechin City
2024– Tranent Juniors 0 (0)
International career
2010–2011 Scotland U17 2 (0)
2014–2015 Scotland U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:15, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Daniel Handling (born 6 February 1994) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Tranent Juniors. Handling has previously played for Hibernian and Dumbarton as well as Berwick Rangers and Raith Rovers on loan.

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Early life

Handling grew up in Haddington, East Lothian, and attended Knox Academy . His brother, Darren, plays as an attacking midfield player for Dunbar United. [1]

Career

He made his first-team debut for Hibs as a substitute against Aberdeen on 14 May 2011, [2] becoming the fourth-youngest person to play for Hibs. [3] Handling agreed a new contract with Hibs later that year. [4]

Handling was loaned to Third Division club Berwick Rangers in March 2012. He scored two goals on his Berwick debut, a 2–1 win at Peterhead on 24 March. [5] He scored six goals in his first four games for the club, which gave Berwick a chance of qualifying for the end of season playoffs. [6]

Handling made 24 appearances for the Hibs first team in the 2014–15 season, scoring three goals. [7] He then missed all of the 2015–16 season due to suffering a knee injury in a pre-season game. [7] Handling was an unused substitute in a 2016–17 UEFA Europa League tie with Brondby, but then suffered another injury. [8] This prevented him from playing until late January, when he appeared in a development squad match. [9] On 31 March, Handling moved to Raith Rovers on an emergency loan deal. [10]

Having negotiated his release from Hibernian, Handling joined Scottish Championship side Dumbarton in July 2017. [11] He scored his first goal for the club (and first since December 2014) in the semi-final of the Scottish Challenge Cup against Welsh Champions The New Saints in February 2018. [12] After 23 appearances and three goals he turned down a new deal to join Scottish League Two side Edinburgh City. [13] Handling signed a new two-year contract with Edinburgh City in June 2020. [14]

In June 2024, Handling joined Tranent Juniors after a short spell with Brechin City. [15]

Career statistics

[16]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hibernian 2010–11 [17] Scottish Premier League 1000000010
2011–12 [18] 0000000000
2012–13 [19] 151300000181
2013–14 [20] Scottish Premiership 190110020221
2014–15 [21] Scottish Championship 202102011243
2015–16 [22] 0000000000
2016–17 [23] 0000000000
2017–18 [24] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
Total553512031655
Berwick Rangers (loan) 2011–12 [18] Scottish Third Division 7700000077
Raith Rovers (loan) 2016–17 [23] Scottish Championship 5000002070
Dumbarton 2017–18 [24] Scottish Championship 162101051233
Edinburgh City 2018–19 [25] Scottish League Two 90004030160
2019–20 [26] 25103241103313
2020–21 [27] 162104141254
2021–22 [28] 307313040418
Total80197315212111425
Career total1633113418222321640

Honours

Player

Hibernian

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  2. ↑ "Hibernian v Aberdeen". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  3. ↑ Hardie, David (17 May 2011). "Hibs: Danny gets a handle on his historic debut". Edinburgh Evening News . Johnston Press. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Handling Agrees New Contract". Hibernianfc.co.uk. Hibernian FC. 2 December 2011. Archived from the original on 6 December 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Peterhead 1–2 Berwick". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "Handling just can't stop scoring for Rangers". Berwick Advertiser. Johnston Press. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  7. 1 2 Wales, Peter (16 July 2015). "Six month injury lay-off for Hibs' Danny Handling". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Brown, Anthony (7 September 2016). "Injury to keep Hibs' Liam Fontaine out of Dumbarton trip". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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  10. ↑ "Yogi Drafts In Handling while Lennox Departs". Raith Rovers FC. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
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