Daniel Adshead (born 2 September 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League One club Cheltenham Town.
![]() Adshead playing for Rochdale in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daniel Adshead[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2001-09-02) 2 September 2001 (age 21)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Cheltenham Town | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2017 | Rochdale | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Rochdale | 11 | (0) |
2019–2022 | Norwich City | 0 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Telstar (loan) | 28 | (0) |
2021 | → Gillingham (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2022– | Cheltenham Town | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2018–2019 | England U18 | 3 | (1) |
2019 | England U19 | 1 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:06, 27 November 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:47, 5 September 2019 (UTC) |
Born in Manchester,[4] Adshead is a product of the Rochdale Academy. He began training with the first team at the age of 14. He attracted scouts from Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Barcelona and Bayern Munich.[5]
In 2016, he made his debut for Rochdale under-18s aged just 15. Adshead travelled with the first team during a pre-season camp to Tenerife in July 2017.[6]
In September 2017, he became the club's youngest ever player with an appearance in the EFL Trophy aged 16 years, 17 days.[7] Due to child protection regulations, Adshead had to change away from his teammates.[5]
On 18 June 2019, Adshead signed for newly promoted Premier League club Norwich City for an undisclosed fee.[8]
On 26 August 2020, Adshead joined Dutch second-tier club SC Telstar on loan for the 2020–21 season.[9]
On 19 August 2021, Adshead joined League One club Gillingham on loan.[10] Having suffered an injury that had prevented him featuring for the Kent side since November, it was confirmed on 11 February 2022 that he had returned to his parent club.[11]
On 21 June 2022, Adshead joined League One club Cheltenham Town for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-year contract.[12]
On 9 November 2018, Adshead was called up to the England U18 team for the first time for a tournament in Spain.[13] He scored on his debut against the Netherlands.[14]
On 5 September 2019, Adshead scored on his England U19s debut during a 3–1 victory over Greece at St. George's Park[15]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Rochdale | 2017–18[17] | League One | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 9 | 0 |
2018–19[18] | League One | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 16 | 1 | |
Total | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 1 | ||
Norwich City | 2019–20[19] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Norwich City U21 | 2019–20[19] | — | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Telstar (loan) | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
Gillingham (loan) | 2021–22[20] | League One | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
Career total | 54 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 76 | 1 |
Cheltenham Town F.C. – current squad | |
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