Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jayden Alexander Danns | ||
Date of birth | 16 January 2006 | ||
Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Liverpool | ||
Number | 76 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2024 | Liverpool | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024– | Liverpool | 2 | (0) |
International career | |||
2021 | England U16 | 3 | (1) |
2023– | England U18 | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:33, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Jayden Alexander Danns (born 16 January 2006) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool.
Jayden Alexander Danns [1] was born on 16 January 2006 in Liverpool. [2] He joined Liverpool when he was eight years old [3] and attended Rainhill High School, where he won the Year 8 Merseyside Schools Cup in 2019. [4]
Danns progressed through the Liverpool academy. While playing at U16 level, he suffered from Osgood–Schlatter disease. [5] He began playing for the Liverpool U18 side when he was 16 years-old. [6] He began the 2023–24 season in fine form, scoring in every competitive match for the Liverpool under-18s between August and December 2023, totalling nine goals in seven games. He also scored four goals in three games in the 2023–24 U18 Premier League Cup. [7] [8]
Danns made his debut at first-team level in the 2023–24 EFL Trophy, appearing as a second-half substitute against Morecambe in September 2023. [9] On 21 February 2024, he made his Premier League debut as an 89th-minute substitute in a 4–1 home win over Luton Town. [10] Four days later, he featured in the 2024 EFL Cup final as Liverpool beat Chelsea 1–0 at Wembley Stadium. [11] He scored his first and second goals for Liverpool on 28 February in the fifth round of the FA Cup in a 3–0 home victory against Southampton. He was given the player of the match award for the first time. [12] On 15 March 2024, Danns signed a new long-term contract with the club. [13]
He was called up to play with the England national under-18 team in October 2023. [14]
He is the son of former professional footballer and Guyana international Neil Danns. [15] [16] His grandfather, also called Neil, was a backing singer on the UK's entry in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest as well as a European title-winning skateboarder. [17] [18] He has a younger brother, Kaylen, and a younger sister, Hayla-Essen. [19]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Liverpool U21 | 2023–24 [20] | — | — | — | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Liverpool | 2023–24 [21] | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 2 | |
Career total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Liverpool
England U18s
Neil Alexander Danns is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently assistant manager at Tranmere Rovers. He began his career in 2000 as a trainee at Blackburn Rovers and subsequently played for Colchester United, Birmingham City, Crystal Palace, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers and Bury. He became a free agent after Bury were expelled from the Football League, and joined Tranmere Rovers in September 2019 until the end of the 2019–2020 season. He then played in non-league football for Radcliffe, FC Halifax Town, and in the Cymru Premier for Connah's Quay Nomads, before finishing his career at Macclesfield. He also played internationally for Guyana. His final season of his club playing career saw him also take the role of player-manager at Macclesfield, which led to him becoming the assistant at Tranmere.
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