Danny Hay

Danny Hay

Personal information
Full name	Daniel John Hay
Date of birth	15 May 1975 (1975-05-15) (age 36)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
	Waitakere City
	Central United
1997–1999	Perth Glory	48	(2)
1998–1999	Green Bay-Titirangi United
1999–2002	Leeds United	4	(0)
2002–2003	Walsall	45	(0)
2003–2006	New Zealand Knights	16	(1)
2006–2006	Perth Glory	3	(0)
2007–2009	Waitakere United	36	(5)
National team‡
1996–2007	New Zealand	31	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 April 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:47, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Daniel "Danny" Hay (born 15 May 1975) is an association football player who has represented New Zealand at international level as a central defender and captains Waitakere United in the New Zealand Football Championship.

Club career

He started the 2006-2007 season as inaugural captain for the Auckland based New Zealand Knights, but left the club in December following a falling out with management, before playing out the season with Perth Glory.^[1]

He appeared in the English Premier League and in the UEFA Champions League, playing for Leeds United.^[1] However, he failed to reach his full potential in England due to constant injuries. In England he is probably most remembered for playing in Barcelona's 4–0 thrashing of Leeds despite them going on to reach the semi final and also he came on as a sub for Jonathan Woodgate against Liverpool in a memorabnle 4-3 victory for Leeds in November 2000.

In New Zealand he played for Green Bay-Titirangi United, Waitakere United and Central United. He also played for Perth Glory in Australia and Walsall in England.^[1]

International career

He also appeared for the New Zealand national football team, the All Whites.^[2] His first goal for his country came against Fiji in the 1998 Oceania Nations Cup in a 1-0 win.^[3] In 2006, Hay was awarded the captaincy of the All Whites.

In 2007, he retired from international football in order to pursue a teaching career at Sacred Heart College in Auckland which also involves him training the First XI and youth development teams.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Australian Players Database". OzFootball. http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/H/HARR.html. Retrieved 2008-09-03. 
2. ^ "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-25. 
3. ^ "A-International Scorers - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1842.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-25. 

External links

• Danny Hay – FIFA competition record

Awards
Preceded by Gavin Wilkinson	Perth Glory Most Glorious Player Award 1997/98	Succeeded by Danny Hay, Scott Miller

Persondata
Name	Hay, Danny
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	15 May 1975
Place of birth	New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death