Dan Happe
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Dan Happe
|image = Dan Happe 02032025.jpg
|image_size = 250px
|caption = Happe in 2025.
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|09|28|df=y}}
|birth_place = Tower Hamlets, England
|height = {{height|ft=6|in=6}}{{Cite news |last=Cusack |first=Richard |date=4 July 2019 |title=Who is Dan Happe? Profile on City 'target' compared to Maguire |work=Leicester Mercury |url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/who-dan-happe-profile-leicester-3051665 |access-date=10 July 2020}}
|position = Defender
|currentclub = Leyton Orient
|clubnumber = 5
|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2017
|youthclubs1 = Leyton Orient
|years1 = 2017–
|clubs1 = Leyton Orient
|caps1 = 212
|goals1 = 7
|years2 = 2017
|clubs2 = → Histon (loan)
|caps2 = 2
|goals2 = 0
|nationalyears1 = 2019
|nationalteam1 = England C
|nationalcaps1 = 1
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|club-update = 05:00, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
|nationalteam-update = 23:29, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
}}
Daniel Keith Happe (born 28 September 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for {{English football updater|LeytonOr}} club Leyton Orient.
Career
On 13 January 2017, Happe joined Southern League Division One Central club Histon on loan and appeared as a last minute substitute in the 3–2 win at Uxbridge the following day.{{cite web|url=http://www.histonfc.co.uk/uxbridge-2-histon-3/ |title=Uxbridge 2–3 Histon |date=14 January 2017 |access-date=20 January 2018 |publisher=Histon F.C.}} He also appeared as a substitute in the 2–1 win at Kidlington on 28 January.{{cite web|url=http://www.histonfc.co.uk/kidlington-1-histon-2/ |title=Kidlington 1–2 Histon |date=28 January 2017 |access-date=20 January 2018 |publisher=Histon F.C.}}
Happe was drafted into the Leyton Orient first team squad in February 2017, and made his debut and his first senior start in the 3–0 league defeat at Cambridge United on 8 April 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39463675 |title=Cambridge United 3–0 Leyton Orient |date=8 April 2017 |publisher=BBC Sport}}
He signed his first professional contract in October 2017, tying him to Leyton Orient until the end of the 2019–20 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.leytonorient.com/news/2017/october/happe-turns-pro/ |title=Happe handed pro deal |date=2 October 2017 |access-date=20 January 2018 |publisher=Leyton Orient F.C.}} He signed a new contract in July 2019, until 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49171962|title=Dan Happe: Leyton Orient defender extends contract until 2021|date=31 July 2019|publisher=BBC Sport}} Happe was a member of the Leyton Orient side that won the 2022–23 EFL League Two title.{{Cite web |date=22 April 2023 |title=Leyton Orient 2–0 Crewe Alexandra: Richie Wellens' side seal League Two title |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/leyton-orient-vs-crewe-alexandra/report/468899 |access-date=23 April 2023 |website=Sky Sports}} In June 2024, he signed a new two-year contract with Orient.{{cite web|url=https://www.leytonorient.com/news/2024/june/04/dan-happe-signs-new-two-year-contract/|title=Dan Happe signs new two-year contract|website=www.leytonorient.com|date=4 June 2024|accessdate=4 June 2024}}
Career statistics
{{updated|end of 2023–24 season}}{{soccerway|daniel-happe/476461}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk/players/dan-happe#playingcareer|title=Dan Happe Profile | Aylesbury United FC}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|EFL Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="8"|Leyton Orient
|2016–17{{soccerbase season|101508|2016|access-date=28 March 2023}} |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017–18
|26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4{{Efn|name=FAT|Appearance(s) in FA Trophy}} | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19
|National League |20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 7{{Efn|name=FAT}} | 1 | 28 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20{{soccerbase season|101508|2019|access-date=28 March 2023}}
|League Two |32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3{{Efn|name=EFLT|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}} | 1 | 37 | 2 | |
| 2020–21{{soccerbase season|101508|2020|access-date=28 March 2023}}
|League Two |40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2{{Efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 43 | 3 | |
| 2021–22{{soccerbase season|101508|2021|access-date=28 March 2023}}
|League Two |12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4{{Efn|name=EFLT}} | 1 | 18 | 1 | |
| 2022–23{{soccerbase season|101508|2022|access-date=28 March 2023}}
|League Two |25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2023–24{{soccerbase season|101508|2023|access-date=14 December 2023}}
|30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Total
!187 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 220 | 8 | |
| Histon (loan)
|Southern League Division One Central |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!189 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 222 | 8 |
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Honours
Leyton Orient
- EFL League Two: 2022–23
- National League: 2018–19{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/tournaments/tournament.sd?tourn_id=1647 |title=National League: 2018/19: Current table |website=Soccerbase |publisher=Centurycomm |access-date=6 May 2019}}
{{cite web |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/england/leyton-orient-fc/744/squad/ |title=Leyton Orient FC: Squad |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=6 May 2019}} - FA Trophy runner-up: 2018–19{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48314552 |title=AFC Fylde 1–0 Leyton Orient |first=Rob |last=Stevens |publisher=BBC Sport |date=19 May 2019 |access-date=26 May 2019}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerbase|101508}}
{{Leyton Orient F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Happe, Dan}}
Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Leyton Orient F.C. players
Category:English men's footballers
Category:English Football League players
Category:National League (English football) players