Dan Spence
{{Short description|English footballer (born 1989)}}
{{Notability|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Dan Spence
|fullname =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|10|22|df=y}}
|birth_place = England
|height =
|position = Defender
|youthyears1 = 2009–2010
|youthclubs1 = Glenn Hoddle Academy
|years1 = {{0|0000}}–2009
|clubs1 = Reading
|years2 = 2009
|clubs2 = → Woking (loan)
|goals2 = 1
|years3 = 2009
|clubs3 = Salisbury City
|caps3 = 9
|goals3 = 0
|years4 = 2010
|clubs4 = Jerez Industrial CF
|caps4 = 13
|goals4 = 0
|years5 = 2011
|clubs5 = Mansfield Town
|caps5 = 6
|goals5 = 0
|years6 = 2011–2013
|clubs6 = Hayes & Yeading United
|caps6 = 40
|goals6 = 0
|years7 = 2013–2015
|clubs7 = Eastleigh
|caps7 = 77
|goals7 = 0
|years8 = 2015–2018
|clubs8 = Sutton United
|caps8 = 64
|goals8 = 1
|years9 = 2018
|clubs9 = Hemel Hempstead Town
|caps9 = 8
|goals9 = 0
|years10 = 2018–2019
|clubs10 = Woking
|caps10 = 9
|goals10 = 0
|years11 = 2019
|clubs11 = Kingstonian
}}
Daniel Spence (born 22 October 1989) is an English former footballer who played as a defender.
Early life
As a youth player, Spence joined the youth academy of English side Reading FC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/10843190.dans-debt-to-hoddle/|title=Dan's debt to Hoddle|date=29 November 2013 |publisher=dailyecho.co.uk}} He attended Little Heath School in England.{{Cite web|url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-reading-fc-trainee-could-12629425|title=Former Reading FC trainee could make FA Cup history for Sutton United against Arsenal|date=20 February 2017 |publisher=getreading.co.uk}}
Career
In 2013, Spence signed for English side Eastleigh FC. He helped the club win the league.{{Cite web|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/sport/15099531.dan-spence-the-man-whose-last-gasp-tackle-kept-sutton-uniteds-fa-cup-run-alive/|title=Dan Spence, the man whose last-gasp tackle kept Sutton United's FA Cup run alive|date=17 February 2017 |publisher=yourlocalguardian.co.uk}}
Style of play
Spence mainly operated as a defender. He was known for his versatility.{{Cite web|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/864278258|title=Spence so grateful for second chance|publisher=Nottingham Post|id={{ProQuest|864278258}} }}
Personal life
Spence was born in 2000 in England. He has worked as a teaching assistant.{{Cite web|url=https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/15113652.dan-spence-was-part-of-the-sutton-united-team-which-made-it-to-the-fifth-round-of-the-fa-cup-against-arsenal-fc/|title=Dan Spence was part of the Sutton United team which made it to the fifth round of the FA Cup against Arsenal FC|date=23 February 2017 |publisher=readingchronicle.co.uk}}
References
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Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:English men's footballers
Category:English expatriate men's footballers
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Category:Salisbury City F.C. players
Category:Mansfield Town F.C. players
Category:Hayes & Yeading United F.C. players
Category:Eastleigh F.C. players
Category:Sutton United F.C. players
Category:Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. players