Dan Neil
Personal information
Full name Daniel Neil[1]
Date of birth (2001-12-13) 13 December 2001
Place of birth South Shields, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sunderland
Number 24
Youth career
Hebburn Town
2010–2018 Sunderland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Sunderland 112 (9)
International career‡
2021–2022 England U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:15, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:44, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Daniel Neil (born 13 December 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sunderland.

Career

Born in South Shields,[2] Neil grew up as a Sunderland fan,[3] and began his career with the club after a stint with Hebburn Town Juniors.[4][5]

He made his senior debut on 13 November 2018, in the EFL Trophy, appearing as a late substitute in injury time.[6][7] Neil scored his first professional goal when he scored against Accrington Stanley on 11 September 2021 in a 2–1 win.[8]

In December 2021 and January 2022 he was linked with possible transfers to Premier League clubs Burnley and Aston Villa, however he remained with Sunderland.[9][10] This speculation came off of the back of Neil being awarded the EFL Young Player of the Month award for December 2021.[11]

International career

On 11 November 2021, Neil made his England U20 debut during a 2–0 defeat to Portugal in the 2021–22 Under 20 Elite League. [12]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sunderland 2018–19[6][7][13] League One 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2019–20[14] League One 0000000000
2020–21[15] League One 2000006[lower-alpha 1]080
2021–22[16] League One 39310501[lower-alpha 1]1464
2022–23[17] Championship 45230002[lower-alpha 2]0502
2023–24[18] Championship 264101000284
Career total 1129506010113310
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.
  2. ↑ Appearances in the play-offs.

Honours

Sunderland

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Sunderland" (PDF). English Football League. 11 September 2020. p. 68. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 Dan Neil at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Sunderland's Dan Neil: 'The gaffer said I needed to improve'". The Northern Echo.
  4. ↑ "Profile". Sunderland A.F.C. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Inside the Hebburn production line that has produced Manchester United starlet Shola Shoretire plus Sunderland, Leeds and Norwich trio Bali Mumba, Dan Neil and Sam Greenwood". www.shieldsgazette.com.
  6. 1 2 "Morecambe vs. Sunderland – 13 November 2018 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  7. 1 2 James Hunter (13 November 2018). "Morecambe 0–1 Sunderland report: Josh Maja's late strike send Black Cats through". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Sunderland 2–1 Accrington Stanley". BBC. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  9. ↑ King, Kieran (26 December 2021). "Burnley to test Sunderland's resolve with Dan Neil bid". ChronicleLive.
  10. ↑ Hewitt, Matty (16 January 2022). "Steven Gerrard plotting Aston Villa approach for Dan Neil, according to reports". ChronicleLive.
  11. 1 2 "Dan Neil claims EFL Young Player of the Month award for December". www.efl.com. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  12. ↑ Veevers, Nicholas (11 November 2021). "Portugal 2–0 England MU20s". EnglandFootball.com. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Dan Neil in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Dan Neil in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Dan Neil in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Dan Neil in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Dan Neil in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Dan Neil in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  19. ↑ Pilnick, Brent (14 March 2021). "Sunderland 1–0 Tranmere Rovers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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