Danny Elliott (footballer)

Daniel Elliott (born 29 September 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for National League North side Chester.

Danny Elliott
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-09-29) 29 September 1995[1]
Place of birth Nottingham, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Chester
Youth career
Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Hofstra Pride 68 (14)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 North Carolina FC U23 0 (0)
2018 Long Island Rough Riders 6 (1)
2018–2019 San Cristóbal 9 (2)
2019 Port Vale 6 (0)
2019– Chester 18 (3)
2020 → Alfreton Town (loan) 5 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:30, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

A former youth-team player at Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa, he played college soccer is the United States with Hofstra Pride and later represented North Carolina FC U23 and the Long Island Rough Riders. He joined Spanish club San Cristóbal in October 2018 and then signed with English Football League side Port Vale in January 2019. Released by Port Vale in May 2019, he signed with Chester two months later. He was loaned out to Alfreton Town in January 2020.

Early and personal life

Born in Nottingham,[3] Elliott attended West Bridgford School.[1] He earned a BA in economics from Hofstra University in May 2018.[1]

Career

Elliott began his career with the youth teams of Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa.[4]

He played college soccer for the Hofstra Pride between 2014 and 2017.[1] He also spent time with North Carolina FC U23,[5] and the Long Island Rough Riders.[4][6] He made his PDL debut for the Rough Riders on 24 June 2018, in a 1–0 defeat at Reading United.[7] He made a further five appearances, scoring one goal in 3–2 victory over Evergreen at the Hofstra University Soccer Stadium.[8]

He signed for Spanish Tercera División club San Cristóbal in October 2018.[4] He left the club in January 2019 to trial with English League Two club Port Vale.[9] The trial was successful and later that month he signed for Port Vale until the end of the 2018–19 season.[3] He made his debut in the English Football League on 19 January, coming on for Ricky Miller as a 75th-minute substitute in a 1–0 win at Crawley Town.[10] After the match, Port Vale manager Neil Aspin said that "Danny is a gamble. We have put him on today but if we had more strikers he wouldn't be thrown in the deep end".[11] After three months playing reserve team football, he returned to the first-team to impress new manager John Askey as a substitute against Stevenage on 19 April.[12] However Askey confirmed that he would not be offering Elliott a new contract on 16 May.[13]

Elliott joined National League North club Chester on a one-year deal in July 2019, following a successful trial spell in which he scored against Wigan Athletic in a pre-season friendly at the Deva Stadium.[14] He moved on loan to league rivals Alfreton Town in January 2020.[15] He scored a hat-trick on his debut for the "Reds" in a 6–1 victory over Gloucester City at North Street on 28 January. [16] He ended the loan spell with five goals from five games and was put back into the first-team following his return to the Deva Stadium.[17] He scored three goals in 21 appearances for Chester in the 2019–20 season, which was permanently suspended on 26 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, with Chester in the play-offs in seventh place.[18]

Career statistics
As of 7 March 2020
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
North Carolina FC U23 2018[6] PDL 0000000000
Long Island Rough Riders 2018[6] PDL 6100000061
San Cristóbal 2018–19[19] Tercera División 9200000092
Port Vale 2018–19[10] EFL League Two 6000001[lower-alpha 1]070
Chester 2019–20[19] National League North 18300—3[lower-alpha 2]0213
Alfreton Town 2019–20[19] National League North 5500—0055
Career total 44110000404811
  1. Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy
  2. Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy

References
  1. "Profile". Hofstra Pride. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  2. "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2018/2019". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. "Danny Elliott: Port Vale sign ex-USA university player following trial". BBC Sport. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  4. "El davanter anglès Danny Elliott s'incorpora finalment a la disciplina del CP San Cristóbal" (in Catalan). Terrassa Digital. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  5. "NCFC U-23 Announces 2018 Roster". North Carolina FC. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  6. "Profile". USL League Two. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  7. "Long Island Rough Riders at Reading United AC - 2018 Regular Season". USL League Two. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  8. "Evergreen FC at Long Island Rough Riders - 2018 Regular Season". USL League Two. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  9. "Danny Elliott deixa el CP San Cristóbal" (in Catalan). Món Terrassa. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  10. "Games played by Danny Elliott in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  11. Michael Baggaley (19 January 2019). "Crawley 0, Port Vale 1: Neil Aspin's reaction and Vale poised to sign striker". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  12. Smith, Peter (20 April 2019). "Port Vale boss impressed by Danny Elliott cameo". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  13. Baggaley, Michael (16 May 2019). "Port Vale's retained list in full as nine players are released". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  14. Davies, Albert. "Danny Elliott signs for Chester FC". Chester FC. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  15. "Chester Football Club – Official Website » BREAKING | Danny Elliott joins Alfreton Town on loan". chesterfc.com. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  16. Sharms, Amar (29 January 2020). "Report: Elliott hat-trick hammers Tigers". www.alfretontownfootballclub.com. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  17. Heald, Daniel (27 February 2020). "Chester boss says returning striker Danny Elliott can play a starring role in promotion bid". Chester and District Standard. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  18. "National League clubs vote to end regular season immediately". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  19. Danny Elliott at Soccerway
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