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Danny Shittu is a Nigerian male association football player born in Lagos on September 2, 1980. He plays the centre-back position and has represented Nigeria in international competition. His club career includes stints with Bolton Wanderers F.C., Queens Park Rangers F.C., Watford F.C., and Blackpool F.C. He has competed in the Premier League league.
Shittu participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, and the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. He wears the sport number 3. He speaks English language, Yoruba, and Nigerian Pidgin, with Yoruba as his native language.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1953-05-29
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
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- Pulmonary Vascular Endothelialitis, Thrombosis, and Angiogenesis in Covid-19
· 2020 · cited 4,867x
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Key facts
- 1999
- Norwich City
- 2001
- → Blackpool (loan)
- Full name
- Daniel Olusola Shittu
- Date of birth
- ( 1980-09-02 ) 2 September 1980 (age 45)
- Place of birth
- Lagos , Nigeria
- Height
- 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
- Position
- Centre back
- Years
- Team
- 1999 2002
- Charlton Athletic
- 2002 2006
- Queens Park Rangers
- 2006 2008
- Watford
- 2008 2010
- Bolton Wanderers
- 2010 2011
- Millwall
- 2011 2012
- Queens Park Rangers
- 2012 2015
- Millwall
- 2002 2010
- Nigeria
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- _Retired Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Nigeria
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Lagos
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Native language
- Yoruba
- Participant in
- 2008 Africa Cup of Nations
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Nigeria men's national football team
- Position played
- centre-back
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Nigeria
- Mass
- 96
- Image
- Danny Shittu.jpg
- Height
- 191
Show 2 more facts
- date of birth
- 1980-09-02
- sport number
- 3
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Encyclopedic overview
Daniel Olusola Shittu Listen(born 2 September 1980) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He made 346 appearances in the Premier League and Football League, including 190 for Queens Park Rangers.
In his 16-year-long playing career, Shittu played for Norwich City, Charlton Athletic, Blackpool, Watford, Millwall and Bolton Wanderers. He played 32 games for the Nigeria national football team between 2000 and 2013.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Danny Shittu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.