Danny Whitehall

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Danny Whitehall
Personal information
Full name Daniel Steven Whitehall [1]
Date of birth (1995-10-08) 8 October 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Scunthorpe United
Number 9
Youth career
Liverpool
2012–2014 Rochdale
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015 SIU Edwardsville Cougars
2015–2018 Hastings College 75 (93)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 Southport 3 (0)
2014 Marine 10 (1)
2014–2015 Prescot Cables 11 (4)
2017 Chattanooga FC 7 (1)
2018 Bugeaters FC 22 (8)
2019–2020 Maidenhead United 36 (13)
2020–2021 Kilmarnock 17 (2)
2021–2023 Eastleigh 81 (23)
2023– Scunthorpe United 76 (38)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:21, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

Daniel Steven Whitehall (born 8 October 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for National League club Scunthorpe United. [1]

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Career

Born in Liverpool, [1] Whitehall spent his early career with Liverpool and Rochdale. [3] He joined Rochdale at under-18 level following his release from Liverpool. [4]

He began his senior career with Southport, moving to Marine in September 2014. [3] He moved on to Prescot Cables in November 2014. [5]

Whitehall then spent time in the United States, [6] playing college soccer for SIU Edwardsville Cougars and Hastings College, and at club level for Chattanooga FC and Bugeaters FC. [7] [8] [9] At Hastings he won a number of awards and set several records, [2] [10] scoring 93 goals in 75 games. [11]

He returned to England in July 2019 with Maidenhead United, [9] [12] moving to Scottish club Kilmarnock in July 2020 on a six-month contract. [13] He made his debut as a substitute against Hibernian on 1 August 2020. [14] On 8 January 2021, Whitehall extended his contract at Kilmarnock, signing a new deal until the end of the season. [15] He left Kilmarnock at the end of the 2020–21 season. [16]

In August 2021 he signed for Eastleigh. [17]

He was offered a new contract by Eastleigh at the end of the 2022–23 season, [18] instead opting to join recently relegated National League North club Scunthorpe United on a two-year deal active from the expiration of his contract. [19] Following promotion at the end of the 2024–25 season, Whitehall signed a new two-year deal. [20]

Personal life

His father Steve Whitehall was also a footballer. [9]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 December 2023
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeague National cup [a] League cup [b] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Southport 2014–15 [1] Conference Premier 30000030
Marine 2014–15 [3] [21] NPL Premier Division101212 [c] 0142
Maidenhead United 2019–20 [1] National League 3613204 [d] 54218
Kilmarnock 2020–21 [14] Scottish Premiership 17200221 [e] 0204
Eastleigh 2021–22 [1] National League4111301 [f] 04511
2022–23 [1] National League4012213 [f] 24515
Total812351429026
Scunthorpe United 2023–24 [1] [22] National League North 211120102411
Career total168501122213819361
  1. Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup
  2. Includes Scottish League Cup, EFL Cup
  3. One appearance in the FA Trophy, one appearance in Liverpool Senior Cup.
  4. Three appearances and two goals in the FA Trophy, one appearance and three goals in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup.
  5. Appearance in the Scottish Premiership play-offs
  6. 1 2 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

Honours

Scunthorpe United

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Danny Whitehall at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 "Hastings College - 2018 Men's Soccer Roster". www.hastingsbroncos.com.
  3. 1 2 3 "StackPath". www.marinefc.com.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. "Youth Team Remain Unbeaten". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk.
  5. "Saturday's Transfer List - The Northern Premier League". www.thenpl.co.uk.
  6. "StackPath". www.thenationalleague.org.uk. 22 November 2019.
  7. "CFC vs. Nebraska's Bugeaters FC". Chattanooga FC. 20 February 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. "Danny Whitehall Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk.
  9. 1 2 3 "SIGNING | Welcome to Maidenhead, Danny Whitehall!". www.pitchero.com.
  10. "Hastings College - Whitehall NAIA Player of the Year; White and Tautz also All-Americans". www.hastingsbroncos.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  11. "DakStats WebSync". www.dakstats.com.
  12. "Maidenhead sign frontman Whitehall | Non League Daily". Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
  13. "Kilmarnock: Danny Whitehall signs from Maidenhead on six-month deal". BBC Sport. 21 July 2020.
  14. 1 2 "Games played by Danny Whitehall in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  15. "Danny Whitehall signs new six-month contract". 8 January 2021.
  16. "Squad update following 2020/21 season". 25 May 2021.
  17. "Spitfires sign Maidenhead's former prolific target-man Danny Whitehall". Daily Echo. 16 August 2021.
  18. "2022/23 RETAINED LIST". www.eastleighfc.com. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  19. "Danny Whitehall signs for the Iron". www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  20. "Danny Whitehall signs a new two-year deal with the club". www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  21. "First - Statistics - Marine Football Club". 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015.
  22. FA Cup second qualifying round v Brackley Town (H), 16 September 2023: "Report: Iron 0-0 Brackley Town (FA Cup)". Scunthorpe United FC. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
    FA Cup third qualifying round (replay) v Brackley Town (A), 19 September 2023: "Report: Brackley Town 3-1 Iron - FA Cup". Scunthorpe United FC. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  23. "Scunthorpe United 2–1 Chester FC: The Iron gain promotion to the National League". BBC Sport. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.