Danny Coyne

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Danny Coyne
Personal information
Full name Daniel Coyne
Date of birth August 27, 1973 (1973-08-27) (age 34)
Place of birth    Prestatyn, Wales
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Tranmere Rovers
Number 1
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1992-1999
1999-2003
2003-2004
2004-2007
2007-		 Tranmere Rovers
Grimsby Town
Leicester City
Burnley
Tranmere Rovers		 111 (0)
181 (0)
004 (0)
040 (0)
030 (0)   
National team2
1996- Wales 016 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 16:30, 3 July 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 21:25, 13 October 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Daniel "Danny" Coyne (born 27 August 1973 in Prestatyn, Wales) is a Welsh footballer currently playing for Tranmere Rovers.

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[edit] Career

Coyne, a goalkeeper, began his career at Tranmere Rovers where he made over a hundred starting appearances. In 1999 he left for Grimsby Town where he soon became a fans favourite. He had been a regular in the Wales Under 21 team and, whilst at Grimsby Town, won his first senior cap for Wales. He was a regular for Grimsby for 4 years when Premiership team Leicester City moved for him. He struggled at Leicester, usually playing second fiddle to Ian Walker who himself was an English international goalkeeper.

He signed for Burnley FC in the summer of 2006 for a fee of £25,000 from Leicester City.He had previously struggled to hold down a starting place for Wales, winning 11 caps in 10 years but at Burnley he had managed to finally secure his first team place after several fine performances in the 2004-2005 season.

After recovering from an injury sustained at QPR in that season, he went into the 2005-2006 season as first choice for Wales' World Cup Qualifiers. He then suffered a knee injury in the game against Brighton & Hove Albion on the 24th of September 2005 and did not play again that season. Coyne was not yet deemed fully-fit by Burnley F.C. manager Steve Cotterill at the start of the 2005-06 season, although he was selected at the start of the season for the Welsh squad before he had played again for Burnley.

Once again, an injury and the good form of Brian Jensen saw him relegated to substitute and Coyne talked openly of the possibility of leaving Burnley at the end of his contract at the close of the 2006-07 season.[1] This was confirmed on May 8th.[2]

Coyne was re-signed by his original club, Tranmere Rovers, on 3 July 2007 on a free transfer. Coyne immediately re-established himself as the club's first choice goalkeeper, missing just five league games in his first season back at Prenton Park. [3]

He made some vital saves for rovers which included his penalty save from Jack Lester in the fa cup agains Chesterfield.Also he saved with his feet from Doncasters James Hayter, both of those saves coming in the last minute of the games.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Grimsby Town

  • Supporters Player of the Year: 2001, 2002

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Coyne unsure over Burnley future", BBC Sport, BBC Sport, 2007-04-26. Retrieved on April 29. 
  2. ^ "Experienced quartet leave Burnley", BBC Sport, BBC Sport, 2007-05-08. Retrieved on May 8. 
  3. ^ "Tranmere bag veteran keeper Coyne", BBC Sport, BBC Sport, 2007-07-03. Retrieved on 2007-07-03. 

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