Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christopher Dagnall | ||
Date of birth | 15 April 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Crewe Alexandra | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
Tranmere Rovers | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2006 | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | (7) |
2006 | → Rochdale (loan) | 21 | (4) |
2006–2010 | Rochdale | 140 | (54) |
2010–2012 | Scunthorpe United | 60 | (9) |
2012–2014 | Barnsley | 53 | (6) |
2012 | → Bradford City (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2013–2014 | → Coventry City (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Leyton Orient | 60 | (18) |
2015 | Kerala Blasters | 13 | (6) |
2015–2016 | Hibernian | 11 | (0) |
2016– | Crewe Alexandra | 41 | (14) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:48, 7 May 2017 (UTC). |
Christopher Dagnall (born 15 April 1986) is an English footballer who is a striker and currently plays for League Two club Crewe Alexandra after signing in July 2016.
He began his career at Tranmere Rovers, where he debuted age 17 in 2003. In January 2006 he was loaned to Rochdale, where he moved permanently in the summer. He scored 60 goals across all competitions for the Dale, leaving for Scunthorpe United in 2010 after helping them achieve promotion to League One. In January 2012, he signed for Barnsley, where he struggled and was loaned to Bradford City and Coventry City. He spent 18 months scoring more frequently at Leyton Orient, before moving in 2015 to Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super League, leaving after one season to join Hibernian.
Dagnall was born in Liverpool and played for Tranmere Rovers from the age of 13 as a trainee. On 13 September 2003, at the age of 17, he was included in a matchday squad for the first time by manager Ray Mathias, coming on as a late substitute for Ryan Taylor in a goalless Second Division match against Peterborough United at Prenton Park, and had a 20-yard shot saved by their goalkeeper Mark Tyler. He went on to make 10 league appearances and one League Cup appearance, and scored his first career goal by equalising in a 3–1 away defeat to Luton Town on 6 October. Tranmere narrowly missed out on the play-offs, finishing in eighth place.