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| Danny Simpson | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Daniel Peter Simpson | |
| Date of birth | 4 January 1987 | |
| Place of birth | Eccles,  England
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
| Playing position | Right-back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Bristol City
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| Number | 2 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2003–2006 | Manchester United
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 2006–2010 2006 2006 2007 2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2013 2013–2014 2014–2019 2019–2020 2021– |
Manchester United → Royal Antwerp (loan) → Royal Antwerp (loan) → Sunderland (loan) → Ipswich Town (loan) → Blackburn Rovers (loan) → Newcastle United (loan) Newcastle United Queens Park Rangers Leicester City Huddersfield Town Bristol City
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Daniel Peter Simpson (born 4 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Championship side Bristol City. A product of the Manchester United academy, Simpson played on loan for Royal Antwerp, Sunderland, Ipswich Town, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United during his professional development. He then signed for Newcastle on a permanent basis in January 2010, before relocating to Queens Park Rangers on a free transfer in June 2013.
Simpson signed for Leicester City in 2014, then newly promoted to the Premier League. He was part of the Leicester squad that avoided relegation, in his first season, before winning the Premier League title in the 2015–16 season. He left Leicester for Huddersfield Town in 2019, but was released a year later.
Personal life[]
Simpson has a daughter, who was born six weeks prematurely in mid-2011.
On 20 May 2015, Simpson was found guilty of assaulting his then-girlfriend and mother of his child, Stephanie Ward, on 28 December 2014. He was sentenced to 300 hours of community service. On 12 May 2016, his sentence was reviewed in light of press intrusion into his community service, and replaced with a 22:00 to 06:00 curfew for 21 days.
External links[]
- Danny Simpson profile at the official Leicester City F.C. website
Danny Simpson profile at Soccerbase
| Bristol City F.C. squad 2023–24 |
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1 O'Leary • 2 McCrorie • 3 Pring • 4 Naismith • 5 Atkinson • 6 James • 7 Twine • 8 Williams • 9 Cornick • 10 King • 11 Mehmeti • 12 Knight • 13 Wiles-Richards • 15 Conway • 16 Dickie • 17 Sykes • 18 Benarous • 19 Tanner • 20 Bell • 21 Wells • 22 Gardner-Hickman • 23 Bajic • 24 Roberts • 26 Vyner • 27 Knight-Lebel • 28 Araoye • 29 Yeboah • 32 Thomas • 35 Taylor-Clarke • Mebude • Murphy • Manager: Liam Manning |
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