Danis Salman
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Danis Mahmut Mehmet Salman | ||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Famagusta, Cyprus | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | |||
| Queens Park Rangers | |||
| 1975 | Brentford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1986 | Brentford | 335 | (8) |
| 1986–1990 | Millwall | 93 | (3) |
| 1990–1992 | Plymouth Argyle | 74 | (4) |
| 1992 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Torquay United | 20 | (0) |
| Total | 511 | (15) | |
| National team | |||
| 1978 | England Youth | 5 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1992–1993 | Torquay United Youth (player-manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Danis Mahmut Mehmet Salman (Turkish: Danış Salman; born 12 March 1960), sometimes known as Danny Salman, is a Turkish Cypriot-born English former professional football defender and coach, best remembered for his time in the Football League with Brentford. He made over 380 appearances for the Bees, is the club's youngest-ever league debutant and was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame. He also played for Millwall, Plymouth Argyle and Torquay United.
Born in Famagusta, Cyprus, Salman was brought up in England from the age of two. He spent the early part of his career with Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers, coming under the wing of John Docherty at the latter club.
New Brentford manager John Docherty brought Salman to the Division Four club on schoolboy forms in September 1975. Beginning life at Griffin Park in the club's youth team, Salman was handed an unexpected senior debut in a match versus Watford on 15 November 1975, having never even trained with the first team. At 15 years, 248 days old, he became Brentford's youngest ever debutant. Salman later revealed that he only found out he was playing the day before the match, when a reporter from The Sun arrived at his house and told him the news. He made five further appearances during the 1975–76 season and 22 in the following campaign, scoring his first senior goal. Salman's debutant record was beaten by Paul Walker in August 1976, but Salman remains the Bees' youngest-ever league debutant. Salman signed his first professional contract in 1977, worth £55 a week. Adept at right back or centre back, he broke into the team during the 1977–78 season, making 37 appearances on the way to the Bees securing automatic promotion to Division Three with a fourth-place finish.
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