Daniel Webb

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Daniel Webb
Personal information
Full name	Daniel John Webb
Date of birth	July 2, 1983 (1983-07-02) (age 24)
Place of birth	Poole, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	unattached
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000 2000–2002 2001–2002 2002 2002–2004 2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2007 2007 2007 2007 2007–2008	Southampton Southend United →Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) →Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) Hull City →Lincoln City (loan) →Cambridge United (loan) Cambridge United Yeovil Town →Rushden & Diamonds (loan) →Woking (loan) Marsaxlokk AFC Wimbledon	00 (0) 31 (3) 12 (1) 03 (0) 16 (0) 05 (1) 10 (1) 33 (3) 07 (0) 01 (0) 06 (1) 00 (0) 33 (9)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 October 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Daniel John Webb (born July 2, 1983 in Poole, England) is a much travelled footballer who is currently without a club after being released by AFC Wimbledon. Daniel Webb is also the son of former Chelsea player David Webb with whom he has had a number of links throughout his playing career.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Southend United 1.2 Hull City 1.3 Cambridge United 1.4 Yeovil Town 1.5 AFC Wimbledon 2 External links 2.1 References

[edit] Career

[edit] Southend United

Daniel started his career as a trainee at Southampton but failed to break into the Saints' first team squad. In December 2000 Daniel was brought to Southend United for a fee of £10,000 by his father David, who had recently taken over as manager of Southend in September. Webb junior went on to make 39 appearances for the Shrimpers between 2000 and 2002, scoring 4 goals, but found his first team opportunities limited after his father's resignation in October 2001, following which Daniel had two loan spells at Brighton & Hove Albion in 2001-02 and 2002-03, where he made a total 16 appearances and scored 1 goal, however a permanent move failed to materialise^[1].

[edit] Hull City

In 2002 Webb left Southend, moving to Hull City on a free transfer, where he went on to make a total of 18 appearances, scoring 1 goal, between 2002 and 2004. However Webb always had a bit-part role at Hull and was loaned out to Lincoln City in his first season at the club. Webb returned to Hull making a handfull of first team starts at the beginning of the 2003-04 season, which earned him a Division Three runners-up medal, however his first team opportunities became limited in the second half of the season and he was sent out to Cambridge United on an initial one month loan.

[edit] Cambridge United

Webb impressed while on loan at Cambridge^[2], securing another month's extension to his loan^[3]. In total he made 10 starts and scored 1 goal while on loan at the U's. In February 2004, Cambridge made the move permanent^[4] and Webb went on to make a further 35 appearances and 3 goals for the club. The player's time at the club was not without controversy however and in August 2004 Webb was fined by United's manager Hervé Renard for an on-the-field punch-up with team-mate Luke Guttridge during a match against Shrewsbury Town^[5]. Webb was released by Cambridge at the end of the 2004-05 season after the club's relegation from the Football League and severe financial difficulties^[6].

[edit] Yeovil Town

Webb started the 2005-06 season with Weymouth; however, in January 2006, he moved to Yeovil Town^[7], teaming up once again with his father who had bought into the club in December 2005. David Webb's executive role however was brief, ending in February 2006, and his son never really subsequently broke into the first team, making only 10 appearances in 18 months at the club. In 2007, Daniel was again loaned out repeatedly with brief spells at Rushden & Diamonds and with Woking, where a strong performance in his debut against Aldershot, in which he scored with his first touch^[8], brought him to the attention of Terry Brown, the then Aldershot manager, who was later to sign him for Wimbledon.

[edit] AFC Wimbledon

Having been released by Yeovil at the end of the 2006-07 season^[9], there followed a short stint under Brian Talbot at Maltese champions Marsaxlokk which included an appearance in a Champions League qualifier against FK Sarajevo^[10]; however Webb soon returned to England to sign for AFC Wimbledon on July 23, 2007^[11], ending the club's long search for a "target man" ^{[12] [13]}. Webb was released at the end of the 2007-08 campaign after being deemed surplus to requirements by Dons boss Terry Brown.

[edit] External links

• Daniel Webb career stats at Soccerbase
• Player profile - AFC Wimbledon Official Site

[edit] References