Omar Daley

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Omar Daley
Personal information
Full name Omar Daley
Date of birth 25 April 1981 (1981-04-25) (age 27)
Place of birth    Kingston, Jamaica
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Bradford City
Number 7
Youth clubs
Central Strikers and Israel
Value P
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001–2006
2003–2004
2004–2005
2006–2007
2007–		 Portmore United
→ Reading (loan)
→ Preston North End (loan)
Charleston Battery
Bradford City
06 (0)
14 (0)
25 (3)
55 (6)   
National team2
2000– Jamaica 52 (4)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 18:11, 3 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12:00, 26 November 2006 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Omar Daley (born 25 April 1981) is a Jamaican footballer, who plays in midfield for Bradford City in League Two, England. He has also played for the Jamaican national side winning more than 50 caps. Daley was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and played for Portmore United in his homeland, Charleston Battery, in the United States, and loan spells with English sides Reading and Preston North End.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Portmore United

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Daley's football career started at Glenmuir High School but was overlooked by many of the clubs in his home.[1] He turned out for local sides Central Strikers and Israel then Value P, before he moved to newly-promoted Jamaican Premier League side Hazard United.[1] He had a trial with Brazilian side Vasco da Gama in 2001,[2] before he first came to England in 2002 for trials with Charlton Athletic and Everton.[3] In August 2003 he signed a year-long loan spell with Division One side Reading after impressing on trial in a 7–0 victory over Northampton Town.[3] He played just seven games, all as substitute, for Reading. The following season he signed another loan deal, this time with Preston North End joining Jamaican teammates Ricardo Fuller and Claude Davis.[4] He scored in his first Preston start when they beat Mansfield Town 4–0 in the League Cup.[5] He left Preston by mutual consent in January 2005 after 17 appearances and returned to Hazard, who had now been renamed Portmore United.[6][4]

[edit] Charleston Battery

In March 2006, Daley and compatriot Shane Crawford moved to the United States to play for Charleston Battery on a two-year contract.[7] He was sent off in the team's United Soccer League semi-final 1–0 defeat against Rochester Rhinos and missed the second leg in which Charleston were knocked out.[8]

[edit] Bradford City

After just ten months at Charleston, Daley returned to England when he signed for Bradford City on an 18-month deal to link up with fellow Jamaican internationals Donovan Ricketts and Jermaine Johnson,[9] becoming the fourth Jamaican to sign for City under the management of Colin Todd following central defender Damion Stewart.[10] He made his City debut on 27 January in a 2–0 against Yeovil Town, in what proved to be Johnson's final game for City.[11] He became Johnson's replacement and scored his first club goal in March 2007 in a 4–1 defeat at Rotherham United with a 25-yard strike.[12] In total he scored twice in 13 games during the final months of 2006–07 season.[13][11]

He became a regular under new manager Stuart McCall failing to start just one game in the first half of the 2007–08 season but he scored only one goal which came against Chester City,[11] before he signed a new three-and-a-half year contract in January 2008.[11] He immediately set himself a target of eight goals for the season[14] before he added his second and third goals of the season within the space of a month as Bradford defeated Shrewsbury Town 4–2[15] and Rotherham United 3–2.[16] He picked up the first red card of his career in England against the same opposition the following month in a 1–1 draw.[17] Daley briefly returned to the side following his suspension, but was rested by McCall for a 2–2 draw with Brentford on 12 April 2008, when he came on as a second half substitute,[18] after he had received abuse from fans in the club's previous game.[19]

[edit] International career

Daley appeared for the Jamaican under 20s in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina, where they went out in the first round after losing two of their three group games. He was first called up to the Jamaican national team for a tour of the Cayman Islands and also impressed in a game against the national side for a Clarendon All Star XI team.[1] He has been capped more than 50 times and scored four international goals.

Three of his goals came in successive games in 2003 including CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifying victories against St Lucia and Haiti.[20] He was sent off in a 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup game against Mexico in the 70th minute for a second bookable offence.[21] He played in Jamaica's 6–0 friendly defeat to England in the run up to the 2006 World Cup. Peter Crouch scored a hat-trick for England in the game, with his first goal taking a deflection off Daley.[22] He scored a 22nd minute goal in a 2–0 win against Guatemala on 21 November 2007.[23] Three days later he was dropped from the Bradford City starting team for the first time in the 2007–08 English league season, after he and Jamaican teammate Donovan Ricketts had to be picked up by club chairman Mark Lawn when their flight back was delayed.[24] Bradford drew the game with Stockport County 1–1 with Daley coming on as a second-half substitute.[24]

[edit] International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Notes
1. 23 March 2003 National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica Flag of Barbados Barbados 2–1 Win Friendly [25]
2. 26 March 2003 National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica Flag of Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 5–0 Win CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifier [26]
3. 30 March 2003 National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica Flag of Haiti Haiti 3–0 Win CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifier [20]
4. 21 November 2007 National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica Flag of Guatemala Guatemala 2–0 Win Friendly [23]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Omar Daley. Reggae Boyz Supporters Club. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
  2. ^ Wright, Nodley. "Williams, Daley off to Brazil for trials", Jamaica Gleaner, 16 August 2001. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 
  3. ^ a b Roach, Stuart. "Daley seals Reading switch", BBC Sport, 21 August 2003. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  4. ^ a b Smith, Gary. "Jamaica's Omar Daley to leave Preston North End", Caribbean Net News, 28 March 2005. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  5. ^ "Mansfield 0-4 Preston", BBC Sport, 21 September 2004. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  6. ^ "Bradford capture wide man Daley", BBC Sport, 16 January 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  7. ^ "News", Charleston Battery Official Website, 3 April 2006. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 
  8. ^ "Daley sees red", Jamaica Gleaner, 26 September 2006. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 
  9. ^ Parker, Simon. "Daley to show he's the real deal", Telegraph & Argus, 22 January 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  10. ^ "Daley to make debut against Yeovil", Telegraph & Argus, 25 January 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 
  11. ^ a b c d Parker, Simon. "Daley pens long-term City deal", Telegraph & Argus, 21 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  12. ^ Parker, Simon. "Bantams sink to new low", Telegraph & Argus, 4 March 2007. Retrieved on 2008-03-04. 
  13. ^ Parker, Simon. "Daley emerging from JJ's shadow", Telegraph & Argus, 28 March 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  14. ^ Parker, Simon. "Daley sets himself eight-goal target", Telegraph & Argus, 25 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-30. 
  15. ^ Crowther, Mike. "It's raining goals, hallelujah!", Telegraph & Argus, 30 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-30. 
  16. ^ "Bradford 3-2 Rotherham", BBC Sport, 26 February 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-04. 
  17. ^ "Rotherham 1-1 Bradford", BBC Sport, 2008-03-22. Retrieved on 2008-03-22. 
  18. ^ Parker, Simon. "Brentford 2 City 2", Telegraph & Argus, 2008-04-12. Retrieved on 2008-04-17. 
  19. ^ Parker, Simon. "Daley desperate to be City success", Telegraph & Argus, 2008-04-11. Retrieved on 2008-04-17. 
  20. ^ a b Wright, Nodley. "Impressive Boyz", Jamaica Gleaner, 31 March 2003. Retrieved on 2008-01-24. 
  21. ^ Boyd, Audley. "Mexico send Ja down to third", Jamaica Gleaner, 15 July 2005. Retrieved on 2008-01-24. 
  22. ^ "England 6-0 Jamaica", BBC Sport, 3 June 2006. Retrieved on 2008-01-24. 
  23. ^ a b Boyd, Audley. "Reggae Boyz down Guatemala in international friendly", Jamaica Gleaner, 22 November 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-24. 
  24. ^ a b Parker, Simon. "Ricketts leaves it late, Stockport even later", Telegraph & Argus, 25 November 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 
  25. ^ Boyd, Audley. "Boyz clip B'dos 2-1", Jamaica Gleaner, 24 March 2003. Retrieved on 2008-01-24. 
  26. ^ "Jamaica blank St Lucia 5-0", Jamaica Gleaner, 27 March 2003. Retrieved on 2008-01-24. 

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Bradford City A.F.C. – current squad

3 Heckingbottom • 6 Bower • 7 Daley • 9 Conlon • 10 Thorne • 12 Clarke • 15 Colbeck • 16 Ainge • 19 O'Brien • 22 Nix • 23 Topp • 28 Taylforth • 29 Morgan • 32 Bullock • 29 Sharry • –– Brandon • –– McLaughlin • –– Osborne • Manager: McCall


Persondata
NAME Daley, Omar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 25 April 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston, Jamaica
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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