Daniel Adshead
{{Short description|English footballer (born 2001)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Daniel Adshead
| image = Daniel Adshead 2017-10-14 (37674750862) (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Adshead playing for Rochdale in 2017
| fullname = Daniel Adshead{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/1697050 |title=Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists |publisher=Premier League |date=26 June 2020 |accessdate=11 July 2020}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|9|2|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/261489/daniel-adshead |title=Daniel Adshead: Overview |publisher=ESPN |accessdate=11 July 2020}}
| birth_place = Manchester, England
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2017
| youthclubs1 = Rochdale
| years1 = 2017–2019
| clubs1 = Rochdale
| caps1 = 11
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2019–2022
| clubs2 = Norwich City
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2020–2021
| clubs3 = → Telstar (loan)
| caps3 = 28
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2021
| clubs4 = → Gillingham (loan)
| caps4 = 15
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2022–2024
| clubs5 = Cheltenham Town
| caps5 = 15
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2023
| clubs6 = → Rochdale (loan)
| caps6 = 0
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2023–2024
| clubs7 = → AFC Fylde (loan)
| caps7 = 19
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2024–
| clubs8 = Boston United
|caps8 = 0
|goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2018–2019
| nationalteam1 = England U18
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2019
| nationalteam2 = England U19
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| club-update = 11:49, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 18:47, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
}}
Daniel Adshead (born 2 September 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League club Boston United.
Club career
=Rochdale=
Born in Manchester,{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/dan-adshead-256190/ |title=Dan Adshead |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |accessdate=11 July 2020}} Adshead is a product of the Rochdale Academy. He began training with the first team at the age of 14. He attracted scouts from Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Barcelona and Bayern Munich.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/daniel-adshead-makes-rochdales-history-11226403|title=Exclusive: Rochdale player not allowed to get changed with his team-mates|last=Moxley|first=Neil|date=23 September 2017|newspaper=Daily Mirror|accessdate=15 October 2017}}
In 2016, he made his debut for Rochdale under-18s aged just 15. Adshead travelled with the first team during a pre-season camp to Tenerife in July 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/teams/first-team/midfielder/daniel-adshead2/|title=Daniel Adshead|publisher=Rochdale A.F.C.|accessdate=15 October 2017|archive-date=28 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128164604/https://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/teams/first-team/midfielder/daniel-adshead2/|url-status=dead}}
In September 2017, he became the club's youngest ever player with an appearance in the EFL Trophy aged 16 years, 17 days.{{cite web|url=https://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/news/2017/september/adshead_debut/|title=History Made As Daniel Adshead Becomes Dale's Youngest Ever Debutant|publisher=Rochdale A.F.C. |date=20 September 2017|accessdate=15 October 2017}} Due to child protection regulations, Adshead had to change away from his teammates.
On 5 April 2019, Adshead was announced as the LFE Apprentice Of The Year for the 2018–19 League One season. He was described as "a model apprentice and a fine young man with the potential of a great future in the game".{{Cite web |last=Wylie |first=Jack |date=2019-04-05 |title=LFE Apprentice Of The Year 2019 Winners |url=https://www.lfe.org.uk/news/lfe-apprentice-of-the-year-2019-winners/ |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=League Football Education (LFE) |language=en-GB}}
=Norwich City=
On 18 June 2019, Adshead signed for newly promoted Premier League club Norwich City for £750,000.{{cite web|url=https://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/news/2019/june/danadsheadjoinsnorwich/|title=Dan Adshead Joins Premier League Club Norwich City|publisher=Rochdale A.F.C. |date=18 June 2019|accessdate=19 June 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65130426/|title=Rochdale: From success with 'broken toys' to broken dreams - the story of Dale's decline|publisher=BBC Sport |date=17 May 2023|accessdate=17 May 2023}}
==Loan to Telstar==
On 26 August 2020, Adshead joined Dutch second-tier club SC Telstar on loan for the 2020–21 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/News/2020/august/daniel-adshead-joins-sc-telstar-on-loan/|title=Daniel Adshead joins SC Telstar on loan|publisher=Norwich City F.C. |date=26 August 2020|accessdate=26 August 2020}}
==Loan to Gillingham==
On 19 August 2021, Adshead joined League One club Gillingham on loan.{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58269644|title=Daniel Adshead: Gillingham sign Norwich midfielder on loan|publisher=BBC|date=19 August 2021|accessdate=19 August 2021}} Having suffered an injury that had prevented him featuring for the Kent side since November, it was confirmed on 11 February 2022 that he had returned to his parent club.{{Cite web|date=2022-02-11|title=Loan player returns to Norwich, confirms Gills boss|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/sport/loan-player-returns-to-norwich-confirms-gills-boss-262256/|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Kent Online|language=en}}
=Cheltenham Town=
On 21 June 2022, Adshead joined League One club Cheltenham Town for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-year contract.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctfc.com/news/2022/june/dan-adshead/|title=Midfielder Dan Adshead becomes first new signing|website=www.ctfc.com|date=21 June 2022|accessdate=21 June 2022}} In January 2023, he returned to Rochdale on loan until the end of the season,{{cite web|url=https://www.ctfc.com/news/2023/january/adshead-joins-rochdale-on-loan/|title=Adshead joins Rochdale on loan|website=www.ctfc.com|date=31 January 2023|accessdate=17 December 2023}} knee surgery preventing him from making an appearance as the club were relegated.{{cite web|url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-norwich-city-midfielder-rochdale-8141605|title=Former Norwich City midfielder and Rochdale loanee from Cheltenham Town Dan Adshead to undergo surgery|publisher=Gloucestershire Live|last1=Palmer|first1=Jon|date=13 February 2023|accessdate=17 December 2023}}
In December 2023, Adshead joined National League club AFC Fylde on a short-term loan until the end of January 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.afcfylde.co.uk/dan-adshead-joins-the-coasters-on-loan/|title=Dan Adshead Joins The Coasters On Loan|website=www.afcfylde.co.uk|date=16 December 2023|accessdate=17 December 2023}} His loan was then extended until the end of the season.{{cite web |date=30 January 2024 |title=Adshead Lengthens Mill Farm Loan |url=https://www.afcfylde.co.uk/adshead-lengthens-mill-farm-loan/ |accessdate=30 January 2024 |website=www.afcfylde.co.uk}}
Adshead was released by Cheltenham at the end of the 2023–24 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.ctfc.com/news/2024/april/30/2023-24-retained-and-released-list|title=2023/24 retained and released list|website=www.cheltenhamtown.co.uk|date=30 April 2024|accessdate=14 July 2024}}
= Boston United =
On 12 December 2024, Adshead joined National League club Boston United.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=12 December 2024 |title=United sign Midfielder Adshead. |url=https://www.bostonunited.co.uk/news/united-sign-midfielder-adshead-2890550.html |access-date=12 December 2024 |website=Boston United Football Club}}
International career
On 9 November 2018, Adshead was called up to the England U18 team for the first time for a tournament in Spain.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2018/nov/09/england-u18s-squad-named-091118|title=England U18S Squad Set to Face Netherlands, Republic of Ireland and Belgium in Spain|publisher=The Football Association |date=9 November 2018|accessdate=9 November 2018}} He scored on his debut against the Netherlands.{{cite web|url=https://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/news/2018/november/adshead-england-debut/|title=Daniel Adshead Scores On England Debut|publisher=Rochdale A.F.C.|date=16 November 2018|accessdate=28 November 2018}}
On 5 September 2019, Adshead scored on his England U19s debut during a 3–1 victory over Greece at St. George's Park{{cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2019/sep/05/england-u19s-greece-report-050919 |title=England U19s Greece Report|date=5 September 2019 |publisher=The Football Association |accessdate=5 September 2019}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 10 December 2022}}{{soccerway|daniel-adshead/493546}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! rowspan="2" |Division ! colspan="2" |League ! colspan="2" |National Cup{{Efn|Includes FA Cup, KNVB Cup}} ! colspan="2" |League Cup{{Efn|Includes EFL Cup}} ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total | |||||||||
| Apps
!Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=3|Rochdale
|2017–18{{Soccerbase season|id=106173|season=2017|accessdate=27 February 2020}} |1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5{{Efn|Appearances in the EFL Trophy|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2018–19{{Soccerbase season|id=106173|season=2018|access-date=27 February 2020}}
|League One |10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5{{Efn|name=EFLT}} | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| colspan="2" |Total
!11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| rowspan=2|Norwich City
|2019–20{{Soccerbase season|id=106173|season=2019|access-date=27 February 2020}} |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| colspan="2" |Total
!0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norwich City U21
|colspan="3"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2{{Efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Telstar (loan)
|28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 0 | ||
| Gillingham (loan)
|2021–22{{Soccerbase season|id=106173|season=2021|access-date=27 February 2020}} |League One |15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1{{Efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| rowspan=2|Cheltenham Town
|2022–23{{Soccerbase season|id=106173|season=2022|access-date=30 April 2022}} |League One |11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2{{Efn|name=EFLT}} | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| colspan="2" |Total
!11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Rochdale (loan)
|0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!65 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 90 | 1 |
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Honours
Individual
References
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External links
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- [https://www.canaries.co.uk/academy/U23-Team/Midfielder/daniel-adshead/ Profile] at the Norwich City F.C. website
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