Dan Agyei

Daniel Ebenezer Kwasi Agyei (born 1 June 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for League One club Oxford United.[3]

For the Ghanaian midfielder, see Daniel Kofi Agyei. For the Ghanaian goalkeeper, see Daniel Agyei.

Dan Agyei
Personal information
Full name Daniel Ebenezer Kwasi Agyei[1]
Date of birth (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997[2]
Place of birth Kingston upon Thames, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Striker / Winger
Club information
Current team
 Oxford United
Number 23
Youth career
2013–2015 AFC Wimbledon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Burnley 3 (0)
2016–2017 → Coventry City (loan) 16 (4)
2017–2018 → Walsall (loan) 18 (4)
2018 → Blackpool (loan) 9 (0)
2019– Oxford United 13 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:46, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Career

Burnley

Agyei came through the ranks at AFC Wimbledon, scoring 35 goals for the club's under-21 team in the 2014–15 season to draw the attention of a host of top clubs, reportedly including West Ham United, Chelsea and Fulham.[4] Agyei eventually signed for Burnley, on a long-term contract to initially play for the club's development squad.[5]

After impressing for Burnley's development squad in the 2015/16 season and making his senior Burnley debut in a pre-season friendly against Bradford City, Agyei was made available for a loan move by manager Sean Dyche.[6] Coventry City beat off competition from several clubs in League One and the Championship to secure the loan signing of Agyei on a five-month loan deal.[7] Agyei was handed the number 9 shirt by Coventry City manager Tony Mowbray upon arrival at the Ricoh Arena.[8]

Agyei made his professional league debut against Bradford City on 20 August 2016, handing Coventry City the lead with his first goal in professional league football in a 3–1 defeat at Valley Parade.[9] He then scored his second goal of the season in a 2–0 home win against Rochdale.[10] In October 2016, he scored Coventry's fastest ever goal at the Ricoh Arena after just 19.5 seconds to set a new record in the 3–1 victory over Northampton Town in the EFL Trophy.[11] In January 2017, he returned to Burnley following the expiration of his loan, he made a total of 19 appearances for the Sky Blues, netting five goals.[12]

He made his debut on 12 March 2017 coming on in the 88th minute replacing Scott Arfield against Liverpool.

On 31 August 2017, Agyei joined League One club Walsall on loan until January 2018.[13] He made a total of twenty-one appearances in all competitions scoring five goals before returning to Burnley.[14]

On 18 January 2018, Agyei joined League One club Blackpool on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season.[15]

Oxford United

On 10 August 2019, Agyei joined League One club Oxford United on a three-year deal, with compensation to be paid to Burnley, after turning down a new contract at the Premier League club.[3] He made his first-team debut in an EFL Trophy group-stage victory over Norwich City U21 on 3 September 2019, and his league debut as a 78th-minute substitute[16] in a 0–0 draw away at Bolton Wanderers on 17 September.[17]

Career statistics
As of match played 17 September 2019.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AFC Wimbledon 2014–15[18] League Two 000000—0000
Burnley 2015–16[18] Championship 000000——00
2016–17[18] Premier League 300000——30
2017–18[18] Premier League 000000——00
2018–19[18] Premier League 00000000—00
Total 300000000030
Coventry City (loan) 2016–17[18] League One 1640010—2[lower-alpha 2]1195
Walsall (loan) 2017–18[18] League One 1840000—3[lower-alpha 2]1215
Blackpool (loan) 2017–18[18] League One 900000—0090
Oxford United 2019–20[17] League One 100000—1[lower-alpha 2]020
Career total 478001000625410
  1. Appearance in the EFL Cup
  2. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. "Dan Agyei". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. Pritchard, David (10 August 2019). "Oxford United sign former Burnley striker Dan Agyei". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  4. "West Ham take Wimbledon's Daniel Agyei on trial amid Chelsea interest". Squawka. 2 July 2015.
  5. "Clarets Complete Agyei Signing". Burnley F.C. 4 August 2015.
  6. Turner, Andy (3 August 2016). "Burnley striker Dan Agyei set for loan spell but will he be winging his way to Coventry City?". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  7. "Dan Agyei: Coventry City sign Burnley striker on loan". BBC Football. 18 August 2016.
  8. "SIGNING: Coventry City FC confirm the signing of Daniel Agyei from Burnley on a five-month loan deal". Coventry City F.C. 18 August 2016.
  9. "Bradford City 3–1 Coventry City". BBC Football. 20 August 2016.
  10. "Coventry City 2–0 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  11. "RECORD: Daniel Agyei scores the fastest ever goal at the Ricoh during Checkatrade Trophy win". Coventry City F.C. 7 October 2016.
  12. "NEWS: Striker Daniel Agyei returns to parent club Burnley after Sky Blues loan spell". Coventry City F.C. 3 January 2017.
  13. "Walsall: Burnley forward Daniel Agyei and Bury winger Zeli Ismail on loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  14. "Agyei back at Burnley". UpTheClarets. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  15. "Blackpool: Blackpool Bring In Agyei". Blackpool F.C. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  16. "Bolton Wanderers 0–0 Oxford United". BBC Sport. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  17. "Games played by Dan Agyei in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  18. Dan Agyei at Soccerway
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