Danny Gabbidon
Gabbidon playing for Crystal Palace in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Daniel Leon Gabbidon | ||
| Date of birth | 8 August 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Cwmbran, Wales | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Panteg | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1998 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2000 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2000–2005 | Cardiff City | 193 | (10) |
| 2005–2011 | West Ham United | 96 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Crystal Palace | 33 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Cardiff City | 1 | (0) |
| 2015– | Panteg | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999–2001 | Wales U21 | 17 | (0) |
| 2002–2014 | Wales | 49 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014 | Cardiff City (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:58, 18 August 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20.50, 5 June 2014(UTC) |
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Daniel Leon "Danny" Gabbidon (born 8 August 1979) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Welsh club Panteg as a defender. He has previously played for West Bromwich Albion, Cardiff City (two spells), West Ham United, Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace. He also plays for the Wales national team.
Born in Cwmbran, Wales, Gabbidon began his career at West Bromwich Albion, joining as an apprentice in November 1996 before turning professional in July 1998. He made his Albion début in a 1–0 home defeat against Ipswich Town on 20 March 1999 and, utilised as a right-back, he went on to make 27 appearances for West Brom in all competitions. Following the appointment of Gary Megson as manager towards the end of the 1999–2000 season, Gabbidon failed to keep his place in the team. Megson switched to a 5-3-2 formation, signing Des Lyttle to fill the right-wingback position. Gabbidon joined Cardiff City on a one-month loan at the start of the 2000–01 season.
Gabbidon signed a permanent four-year deal with Cardiff City in September 2000, for a fee of up to £500,000 depending on appearances and future honours. His performances in the 2001–02 season helped Cardiff to the Division 2 play-offs, saw him make his senior international debut for Wales in March 2002 and win the Welsh clubman of the year award in October 2002. He signed an extension to his contract in April 2002, saying that it was the prospect of exciting times ahead that had persuaded him to do so. A back injury that had troubled him for some years, forced him off the pitch during a match against Barnsley in November 2002 and it was not until April 2003 that he returned to competitive action in a reserve game. He returned to the first-team in time to help Cardiff win promotion to Division 1 through the play-offs in May 2003. He missed several games at the beginning of the 2003–04 season with a heel injury but his assured performances at centre-half, and those of striker Robert Earnshaw, led club chairman, Sam Hammam, to insist in December 2003 that "Our top young players are going nowhere" in the January 2004 transfer window.
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