Danny Coyne

Danny Coyne

Coyne playing for Middlesbrough
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Coyne[1]
Date of birth	27 August 1973 (1973-08-27) (age 38)[1]
Place of birth	Prestatyn, Wales
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Middlesbrough
Number	21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1992–1999	Tranmere Rovers	111	(0)
1999–2003	Grimsby Town	181	(0)
2003–2004	Leicester City	4	(0)
2004–2007	Burnley	40	(0)
2007–2009	Tranmere Rovers	80	(0)
2009–	Middlesbrough	24	(0)
National team‡
	Wales U21	9	(0)
	Wales B	1	(0)
1996–2007	Wales	16	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:31, 9 May 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:33, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Daniel "Danny" Coyne (born 27 August 1973) is a Wales international footballer who plays for Middlesbrough as a goalkeeper. He has previously played for Tranmere Rovers, Grimsby Town, Leicester City and Burnley.

Club career

Tranmere Rovers

Born in Prestatyn, Denbighshire,^[1] Coyne began his career at Tranmere Rovers where he made over a hundred starting appearances for the Prenton Park between 1992 and his 1999 departure. In 1996 he went on to win his first senior cap for Wales.

Grimsby Town

In 1999 he left for Grimsby Town managed by Alan Buckley where he was a replacement for Town's number 1 Aidan Davison who had transferred to Sheffield United. Coyne soon became a fans' favourite for the club where he would remain for four seasons. During his time at Blundell Park he was a regular in the first team whilst having rookie Steve Croudson as his under study for the entire four year stay. During the 2001-2002 season Coyne was part of the Grimsby team that beat Premier League side Liverpool 2-1 at Anfield in the third round of the English League Cup. In both the 00-01 and 01-02 seasons Coyne's performances would go on to see him be crowned the Supporters Player of The Season, as well as this he became a regular fixture in the Welsh international side. In the 2002-2003 at Grimsby he was part of a Welsh International trio of himself, John Oster and Darren Barnard who were on the books at Town. It was during that season that Grimsby would find themselves being relegated from the First Division after a five year stay, and this would see the end of Coyne's Grimsby career.

Leicester City

During the summer of 2003, Coyne signed for Premier League club Leicester City as the club's second choice keeper. He struggled at Leicester, usually playing second fiddle to Ian Walker who himself was an English international goalkeeper.

Burnley

He signed for Burnley in July 2004 on a three-year contract from Leicester.^[2] 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 2004–05 season. After recovering from an injury sustained at Queens Park Rangers in that season, he went into the 2005–06 season as first choice for Wales' FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He then suffered a knee injury in the game against Brighton & Hove Albion on 24 September 2005 and did not play again that season. Coyne was not yet deemed fully fit by Burnley 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.^[3] This was confirmed on 8 May.^[4]

Tranmere Rovers (second spell)

Coyne was re-signed by his original club, Tranmere Rovers, on 3 July 2007 on a free transfer.^[5] 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. Described by his manager Ronnie Moore as "The best goal keeper in League One" Coyne played nearly every game during his time at Tranmere. He helped Tranmere push for a play off place. He recorded 20 clean sheets to secure the division’s Golden Glove prize.

Middlesbrough

On 6 July 2009 Coyne joined Middlesbrough on a two-year deal, to challenge Brad Jones as the regular first team goalkeeper.^[6] It was soon established that manager Gareth Southgate found Coyne far superior in his goalkeeping experience to Brad who when returning from a short injury layoff was left on the bench. The 2009/10 season started well for the shot stopper; he was the only keeper in the CocaCola Championship to keep clean sheets in the first four games of the season. For a short period Coyne was dropped as first choice keeper after a 5-0 thrashing against West Brom, only to return after a subsequent poor performance by Middlesbrough first choice keeper Brad Jones. Coyne has mostly been Middlesbrough's second choice keeper, first behind Jones, then when he departed Jason Steele became first Gordon Strachan's number then his successor Tony Mowbray's number 1 and even when Steele was out injured Mowbray has brought in Paul Smith and then Carl Ikeme on loan from Nottingham Forest and Wolves respectively.

Honours

Grimsby Town

• Supporters Player of the Year: 2001, 2002

Personal

• Puma League One Golden Gloves Award 2009

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 143. ISBN 1852916656. 
2. ^ "Coyne joins Burnley". BBC Sport. 2004-07-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/3896703.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 
3. ^ "Coyne unsure over Burnley future". BBC Sport. 2007-04-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/6596055.stm. Retrieved 2007-04-29. 
4. ^ "Experienced quartet leave Burnley". BBC Sport. 2007-05-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/football/teams/b/burnley/6636191.stm. Retrieved 2007-05-08. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Tranmere bag veteran keeper Coyne". BBC Sport. 2007-07-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/6266716.stm. Retrieved 2007-07-03. 
6. ^ "Middlesbrough sign keeper Coyne". BBC Sport. 2009-07-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/middlesbrough/8136047.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-06. 

External links

• Danny Coyne career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
Name	Coyne, Danny
Alternative names	Coyne, Daniel
Short description	Professional footballer
Date of birth	27 August 1973
Place of birth	Prestatyn, Wales
Date of death
Place of death