Daniels playing for Tranmere Rovers
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Donervon Joseph Daniels[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 30)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Montserrat[2] | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Walsall | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2009 | Reading | ||
| 2009–2011 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2015 | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | → Gillingham (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Blackpool (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Aberdeen (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | Wigan Athletic | 44 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | → Rochdale (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Blackpool | 24 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Luton Town | 3 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | (0) |
| 2022– | Walsall | 92 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Montserrat | 5 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:05, 12 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:05, 12 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
Donervon Joseph Daniels (born 24 November 1993) is a Montserratian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League Two club Walsall and the Montserrat national team.
Daniels joined West Bromwich Albion in 2009 from Reading and quickly made himself a regular in Albion's FA Premier Academy League Under-18s side before moving into the Under-21s and captaining them.[3] Developing through the academy, Daniels was awarded with first professional contract, which keep him until 2013.[3] Not only that, Daniels ended up being awarded the Baggies’ 2011–12 Young Player of the Year Award.[4]
After his loan spell at West Brom came to an end, the club opted to take up their option of a contract extension on Daniels to stay for another season.[5] After Daniels skippered Albion to victory in the Birmingham Senior Cup final against Tamworth in 2014,[6] the club, again, opted to take up their option of a contract extension on Daniels to stay for another season.[7] Daniels had his contract extended for another season.[8]
In the 2012–13 season, Daniels joined Tranmere Rovers on 22 November 2012, on loan.[9] He made his debut on 21 December, in a heavy 5–0 defeat away to Swindon Town.[10] His five appearances with Tranmere Rovers led Daniels to have a loan extension for further month, before it was extended until the end of the season.[11][12] On 19 February 2013, he scored his first senior goal, in a 3–1 defeat against Swindon.[13] After making thirteen appearances and scoring once, Daniels returned to his parent club after being recalled.[14]
On 25 November 2013, Daniels joined Gillingham on loan until 3 January 2014[15] and he played the following evening against Stevenage, where he scored in the 52nd minute on his debut in a 3–2 home victory for Gillingham.[16] After making three appearances and scoring once, Daniels returned to his parent club.[17]
On 1 August 2014, he joined Blackpool on a 28-day youth loan.[18] He made his debut for the club on 9 August, losing 2–0 to Nottingham Forest in the opening game of the season.[19] Daniels loan spell with Blackpool was soon extended until 2 January 2015.[20]
In November 2014, Blackpool were fined £30,000 for playing Daniels after his youth loan had expired. He had played against Millwall on 30 August 2014.[21] Daniels then scored his first goal for the club on 18 October 2014, in a 4–2 loss against Huddersfield Town.[22] By the end of November, Daniels missed four matches over "rules prevent clubs naming more than five loan players in their team".[23] Daniels made his return on his last appearance on 26 December 2014, in a 1–0 loss against Sheffield Wednesday.[24] The loan spell came to an end in December.[25]
On 27 January 2015 he joined Aberdeen on loan until the end of the season.[26] He scored on his debut for Aberdeen on 31 January 2015, against Dundee United in the semi-final of the Scottish League Cup, but Aberdeen went on to lose the match 2–1.[27] Daniels went on to make nine appearances for the club.
On 30 June 2015, Daniels signed for Wigan Athletic on a three-year-deal.[28] On 19 August 2015, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 home victory against Scunthorpe United.[29] After a successful first season with the club injury blighted his second, ruling him out for the majority of the 2016–17 season.[30]
On 31 August 2017, Daniels signed for Rochdale on a season-long loan.[31]
He was released by Wigan at the end of the 2017–18 season.[32]
Daniels spent a season with League One club Blackpool, signing on 9 August 2018.[33] Daniels made his first competitive appearance upon returning to the club on 14 August 2018 in a 3–1 victory in the EFL Cup over Barnsley.[34]
In 2019, he signed for Luton Town for an unknown fee. He played two matches and scored a goal against Derby County in a 3–2 win.[35]
On 27 August 2020, Daniels signed a two-year deal with newly promoted Crewe Alexandra after leaving Luton Town,[36] making his debut the following month in the EFL Trophy against Newcastle United's Under-21 team.[37] He made his first league start for Crewe on 10 October 2020 against former club Wigan at Gresty Road, but was substituted after an injury early in the first half.[38] He eventually returned to the first team in February 2021, but, on just his fourth league appearance for Crewe, suffered another injury in a 1–1 draw at former club Blackpool on 2 March 2021.[39] After a two-week absence, he returned to the side, playing in Crewe's final 11 games of the season.
On 24 January 2022, Daniels left Crewe Alexandra by mutual consent[40] to sign for EFL League Two side Walsall on a five-month deal.[41] He made his debut for the club the next day, starting in the 2–1 home defeat against Bradford City.[citation needed]
Born in Montserrat but raised in England after the Soufriere Hills eruption, Daniels is eligible to represent EnglandorMontserrat at international level. In October 2019, he received a call-up to represent Montserrat in their 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B games against El Salvador and the Dominican Republic, but declined the offer in order to focus on his recovery from injury.[42]
Daniels played for Montserrat in their FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifier against US Virgin Islands on 2 June 2021, a match Montserrat won 4–0.[43] He was then called up for Montserrat's CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification game against Trinidad and Tobago on 2 July 2021,[44] but did not play.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| West Bromwich Albion | 2012–13[45] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013–14[46] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15[47] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 2012–13[45] | League One | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Gillingham (loan) | 2013–14[46] | League One | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Blackpool (loan) | 2014–15[47] | Championship | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Aberdeen (loan) | 2014–15[47] | Scottish Premiership | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Wigan Athletic | 2015–16[48] | League One | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 45 | 3 |
| 2016–17[49] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017–18[50] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 3 | ||
| Rochdale (loan) | 2017–18[50] | League One | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Blackpool | 2018–19[51] | League One | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Luton Town | 2019–20[52] | Championship | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 1 | |
| Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 2019–20[52] | League One | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 2020–21[53] | League One | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2021–22[54] | League One | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Walsall | 2021–22[54] | League Two | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23[55] | League Two | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 46 | 2 | |
| 2023–24[56] | League Two | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
| Total | 92 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 258 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 297 | 12 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Montserrat | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 20 November 2023 | Blakes Estate Stadium, Look Out, Montserrat |  Barbados |
3–1
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4–2
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2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League B |
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