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Christian Dailly 
Personal information Full name Christian Eduard Dailly Date of birth 23 October 1973 Place of birth Dundee, Scotland Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Playing position Centre back Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1990–1996 Dundee United 143 (18) 1996–1998 Derby County 68 (4) 1998–2001 Blackburn Rovers 69 (4) 2001–2008 West Ham United 158 (3) 2007 → Southampton (loan) 11 (0) 2008–2009 Rangers 21 (2) 2009–2011 Charlton Athletic 86 (1) 2011 Portsmouth 1 (0) National team‡ 1990–1994 Scotland U21 34 (0) 1997–2008 Scotland 67 (6) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 August 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 September 2010Christian Eduard[1] Dailly (born 23 October 1973) is a Scottish professional footballer who is without a club having last played for Championship side Portsmouth. He is a versatile player, often seen in defence or defensive midfield, but has played in most outfield positions during his career. Dailly is Scotland's sixth-most capped player, having won 67 caps.[2] Unlike most other modern day footballers, he does not have an agent and negotiates deals himself. The largest transfer fee any team paid for Dailly was when he joined Blackburn Rovers from Derby County for £7,155,000.
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Club career
Dundee United
Dailly was born in Dundee, Tayside and first signed professional terms with Dundee United on 2 August 1990, aged sixteen years old. He became the youngest-ever player to appear for Dundee United when he made his first-team debut on 21 August 1990, though this record has since been broken by Greg Cameron. Playing as a striker and scoring in each of his first three games, Dailly quickly shot to prominence, making his Scotland Under 21 side debut just a month later. In his debut season, Dailly managed five goals in eighteen appearances. His debut season would become his most prolific, and the 1991–92 season brought just eight games with no goals. In the 1992–93 season, Dailly scored four from fourteen appearances and firmly established himself as a regular in the 1993–94 season with 38 league appearances, and not only another four goals, but also the Scottish Cup, when his shot rebounded off the post for Craig Brewster to score the only goal against Rangers.
The 1994–95 season ended in disappointment with relegation, with yet another four goals from 33 games. In 1995–96, Dailly was firmly established as a central defender and started the season as United's club captain, although he was subsequently replaced by Dave Bowman. He scored just once in 30 appearances. It was an important goal though, as it ensured United drew the away leg of the short-lived league-playoff against Partick Thistle, and subsequently won the home leg to gain promotion at the first opportunity. This proved to be Dailly's final game for Dundee United, as he joined Derby County in August 1996 for £500,000, with a further £500,000 payable dependent on his international career, which was later paid.
Derby County
Dailly joined Derby County at the start of the 1996–97 season, following Derby's promotion to the FA Premier League. In his debut English season, Dailly missed just two games, with his three goals helping Derby to 12th place and six points clear of relegation. In the 1997–98 season, Dailly made 30 appearances and scored once; Derby fared even better, with the club finishing 9th and just two points from European football. In 1998–99, Dailly played just once, ironically against Blackburn Rovers, the club he was then transferred to.
Blackburn Rovers
Dailly joined Rovers in August 1998 for £5.35m but a tumultuous season followed with Dailly not finding a settled position and an injury meaning he played just seventeen times. To make matters worse, Rovers were relegated from the FA Premier League as Dailly suffered relegation for the second time in his career. In the First Division, Dailly appeared 43 times in a hectic 1999–00 season, which saw him score four goals. However, he fell out of favour with new boss Graeme Souness and in January 2001, after making just nine appearances that season, Dailly left for West Ham United in a £1.75m deal and returned to the Premier League. During his spell in Lancashire he played in a testimonial match for Celtic- scoring a late consolation goal against Liverpool in the Ronnie Moran testimonial match on 13 May 2000.[3]
West Ham United
He made twelve appearances in 2000–01, helping the Hammers to 15th place. He also played in their 1-0 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford in the FA Cup.[4] The following season, Dailly played every minute of every game as West Ham finished in seventh place. 2002–03 proved to be a low point, as Daily suffered relegation for a third time. Playing 26 times, West Ham were relegated with the highest number of points since the 1995–96 change to 20 teams, a total of 42.
Following his transfer from Blackburn to the Hammers for a fee of £1.7m, Dailly was to go on and scored 3 times from 43 games as West Ham failed to win promotion.Injury prevented Dailly from the majority of West Ham's promotion-winning 2004–05 season, although he returned to make brief appearances in both play-off semi-final legs and the final. He signed a new deal with West Ham in June 2005.[5] Dailly appeared as a substitute for West Ham in their 2006 FA Cup Final defeat to Liverpool, coming on in the 77th minute. Despite being 2–0 ahead after 28 minutes, West Ham eventually lost on penalties. He was the longest serving West Ham player at the time of his departure and something of a cult hero to the fans.[6]
Southampton
On 20 September 2007, he joined Southampton on loan, initially for a month. The loan was extended for a further month as Saints continued to suffer with injuries to several defensive players.[7] He made his debut against Barnsley in a 3–2 home league defeat on 22 September 2007. After eleven appearances for Saints he returned to West Ham.
Rangers
On 30 January 2008, Dailly signed for Rangers on a short term contract until the end of the season. The club took over what remained of his contract from West Ham United.[8] He made his Rangers debut three weeks later in a UEFA Cup match against Panathinaikos; the game ended in a 1-1 and saw the club progress to the fourth round.[9] He scored his first goal 9 days later, netting the equaliser in a 3-1 triumph over Aberdeen.[10] On 3 July 2008 he and David Weir signed new one-year contract extensions with the club.[11]
Dailly played in both legs of Rangers' UEFA Champions League qualifier defeat to FBK Kaunas. After that and a couple of league games he was frozen out of first team action until an injury to Madjid Bougherra saw him included in Rangers' 2009 Scottish League Cup Final squad. Dailly played in the 2-0 defeat to Celtic and became a regular in the team towards the end of that season. He played his final game for the club in the 2009 Scottish Cup Final as a 87th minute substitute. He was released two days later on 1 June 2009. Dailly made 36 appearances in total and scored twice for Rangers.[12]
Charlton Athletic
On 31 July 2009 Dailly signed for Charlton Athletic on a Bosman free transfer and took squad number 35, his then age.[13] His debut for Charlton came on 8 August 2009 in a 3-2 home win against Wycombe Wanderers; Dailly scoring the first Charlton goal.[14] At the end of the 2009/2010 season he was named as Charlton Athletic's player of the year. "I feel very proud." Dailly told the official website.[15]
Portsmouth
Dailly joined Portsmouth on a one month deal in August 2011. [16] He made his debut on6 August 2011, in the 2-2 away draw against Middlesbrough, after coming off the bench to replace Hayden Mullins. [17] On 1 September 2011 he was released having made just two appearances.[18]
International career
On 11 September 1990 Dailly became the youngest player to appear for his country at under-21 level when he featured at the age of 16 against Romania at Easter Road. By the time Dailly was too old to continue playing at this level, he had received 34 caps, a world record for appearances at under-21 level.[19]
Dailly made his full international debut in May 1997, aged 23, in a 1–0 defeat against Wales. His first goal came in just his second match, and just four days after his international debut, when his early goal helped Scotland to a 3–2 away victory over Malta in a friendly match.
Dailly was famously caught unaware after Germany's 2–1 defeat of Scotland on 10 September 2003. He returned to the dressing room after the match shouting, "Cheats! Fucking cheats! Fucking diving cheats!" Unfortunately, the outburst was being broadcast live on BBC Scotland as then Scotland manager Berti Vogts was being interviewed by Chick Young. The player would have remained anonymous had it not been for Vogts shouting "Christian!" mid-interview to stop the tirade.[20][21]
Dailly has captained Scotland a total of 12 times.[19]
International goals
- Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 1 June 1997 Ta' Qali, Malta 
Malta1-0 3-2 Friendly 2. 17 April 2002 Aberdeen, Scotland 
Nigeria1-0 1-2 Friendly 3. 23 May 2002 Hong Kong, China 
Hong Kong3-0 4-0 Friendly 4. 12 October 2002 Reykjavik, Iceland 
Iceland1-0 2-0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying 5. 4 June 2005 Glasgow, Scotland 
Moldova1-0 2-0 FIFA World Cup 2006 qualifying 6. 6 September 2006 Kaunas, Lithuania 
Lithuania1-0 2-1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Career statistics
Club
Correct as of 23:15, 7 August 2011
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other[22] Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Dundee United 1990-91 18 5 2 0 4 2 2 0 26 7 1991-92 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1992-93 14 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 1993-94 38 3 6 0 4 0 2 0 50 3 1994-95 33 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 40 4 1995-96 32 2 2 0 1 0 4 1 39 3 Total 143 18 15 0 10 2 10 1 178 21 Derby County 1996-97 36 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 42 3 1997-98 31 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 36 1 1998-99 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Total 68 4 5 0 6 0 0 0 79 4 Blackburn Rovers 1998-99 17 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 21 0 1999-2000 43 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 48 4 2000-01 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12 0 Total 69 4 4 0 6 0 2 0 81 4 West Ham United 2000-01 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 2001-02 38 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 42 0 2002-03 26 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 29 0 2003-04 43 3 4 0 3 0 3 1 53 4 2004-05 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 2005-06 22 0 6 0 2 1 0 0 30 1 2006-07 14 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17 0 2007-08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 158 7 20 0 8 1 5 1 191 5 Southampton 2007-08 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 Total 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 Rangers 2007-08 12 2 4 0 1 0 5 0 22 2 2008-09 9 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 14 0 Total 21 2 6 0 2 0 7 0 36 2 Charlton Athletic 2009-10 46 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 49 1 2010-11 32 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 39 0 Total 78 1 4 0 0 0 6 0 88 1 Portsmouth 2011-12 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Career Totals 548 36 54 0 33 3 30 2 666 41 Honours
- Dundee United
- 1: 1994
- West Ham United
- 1: 2005
- 1: 2006
- Rangers
References
- ^ "International Roll of Honour". Scottish Football Association. http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_football_players.cfm?page=138. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
- ^ "Testimonial match versus Celtic, May 13th 2000". Ronnie Moran. http://www.ronniemoran.com/testimonial.htm. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
- ^ "Di Canio sinks Man Utd". BBC Sport. 28 January 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/1140138.stm. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ "Dailly signs new Hammers contract". BBC Sport website. 11 June 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/4083524.stm. Retrieved 8 July 2007.
- ^ Russell Brand. "Russell Brand: It is time to face facts - we are all doomed | Football". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2007/mar/03/sport.comment3. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
- ^ "Christian aid for Saints". dailyecho. 20 September 2007. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/display.var.1704557.0.christian_aid_for_saints.php. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
- ^ "Gers sign Dailly". Rangers official website. 30 January 2008. http://www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Headlines/0,,5~1229044,00.html.
- ^ Panathinaikos 1-1 Rangers BBC Sport website, 21 February 2008
- ^ "Rangers 3-1 Aberdeen". BBC Sport website. 1 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/7270219.stm.
- ^ "Veteran duo seal new Ibrox deals". BBC Sport. 3 July 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/7487125.stm.
- ^ "Weir poised for new Rangers deal". BBC Sport. 1 June 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/8077300.stm.
- ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | C | Charlton | Addicks bring in veteran Dailly". BBC News. 2009-07-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/8174479.stm. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
- ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | League One | Charlton 3-2 Wycombe". BBC News. 2009-08-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/8186068.stm. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Please enter your username. "Pompey sign Dailly - Great Matches - The News". Portsmouth.co.uk. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/great-matches/pompey_sign_dailly_1_2940898. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
- ^ Middlesbrough vs. Portsmouth 2-2
- ^ "Christian Dailly released by Portsmouth | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2032789/Christian-Dailly-released-Portsmouth.html. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
- ^ a b "Player & Result Finder: Scottish Football Association". The Scottish FA. http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_player_profile.cfm?page=823&playerID=8755&squadID=1. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
- ^ BBC Scotland (30 October 2006). "Chritian Dailly". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av2IttEF0rM. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
- ^ "The Scotsman". Thescotsman.scotsman.com. 13 January 2009. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport.cfm?id=1007502003. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
- ^ Includes Europe, Football League play-offs
External links
Charlton Athletic F.C. – Player of the Year 1971: Went • 1972: Peacock • 1973: Horsfield • 1974: Dunn • 1975: Bowman • 1976: Hales • 1977: Flanagan • 1978: Peacock • 1979: Peacock • 1980: Berry • 1981: Johns • 1982: Naylor • 1983: Johns • 1984: Johns • 1985: Aizlewood • 1986: Aizlewood • 1987: Bolder • 1988: Humphrey • 1989: Humphrey • 1990: Humphrey • 1991: Lee • 1992: Webster • 1993: Balmer • 1994: Leaburn • 1995: Rufus • 1996: Robinson • 1997: Petterson • 1998: Kinsella • 1999: Kinsella • 2000: Rufus • 2001: Rufus • 2002: Kiely • 2003: Parker • 2004: Kiely • 2005: Young • 2006: Bent • 2007: Carson • 2008: Holland • 2009: Bailey • 2010: Dailly • 2011: Semedo
Scotland squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 
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