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Danny Drinkwater
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English association football player
Key facts
- 2011
- → Watford (loan)
- 2016
- England
- 2020
- → Aston Villa (loan)
- 2021
- → Kasımpaşa (loan)
- Full name
- Daniel Noel Drinkwater
- Date of birth
- ( 1990-03-05 ) 5 March 1990 (age 36)
- Place of birth
- Manchester , England
- Height
- 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
- Position
- Midfielder
- 1999 2009
- Manchester United
- Years
- Team
- 2009 2012
- Manchester United
- 2009 2010
- → Huddersfield Town (loan)
- 2010 2011
- → Cardiff City (loan)
- 2011 2012
- → Barnsley (loan)
- 2012 2017
- Leicester City
- 2017 2022
- Chelsea
- 2019 2020
- → Burnley (loan)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Manchester
- Occupation
- bricklayer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Chelsea F.C.
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- England
- Mass
- 80.5
- Image
- Danny Drinkwater 20170114 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 177
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- Commons category
- Danny Drinkwater
- date of birth
- 1990-03-05
- birth name
- Daniel Noel Drinkwater
- name in native language
- Danny Drinkwater
- start of work period
- 2009-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Daniel Noel Drinkwater (born 5 March 1990) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Having come through the youth academy at Manchester United, he spent time on loan with Huddersfield Town, Cardiff City, Watford and Barnsley. He moved to Leicester City in 2012, where he was part of Leicester’s side that was promoted to the top flight and later part of their Premier League title-winning team in 2015. After moving to Chelsea in 2017 and making few appearances for the London-based club, he spent the remainder of his career on loan at Burnley, Aston Villa, Kasımpaşan and Reading. He departed Chelsea in June 2022, following the expiration of his contract.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Danny Drinkwater” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.