Daniel Noel Drinkwater ( born 5 March 1990 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Reading on lend from Chelsea. Drinkwater has besides played internationally for England at under-18, under-19 and senior levels. He is a Premier League achiever, having won the competition with Leicester City in the season of 2015–16 .
Club career [edit ]
manchester United [edit ]
Born in Manchester, [ 4 ] Drinkwater joined the Manchester United academy at the old age of nine, progressing through the ranks before earning a trainee shrink in July 2006. [ citation needed ] In his first gear season at the club, Drinkwater became a regular in the Manchester United under-18 team, making 27 appearances and scoring two goals. [ citation needed ] He received his first taste of modesty team action that same season, coming off the bench to replace Ritchie Jones in a 5–2 Premier Reserve League succeed at home to Wigan Athletic. [ citation needed ] The following season, Drinkwater consolidated his position in the under-18s team while increasing his presence in the reserves. [ citation needed ] In the 2008 Lancashire Senior Cup final against Liverpool on 31 July 2008, Drinkwater came on as a 56th-minute ersatz for Rodrigo Possebon before scoring the gain finish three minutes from full-time. [ citation needed ] In the 2008–09 season, Drinkwater became a regular in the reserve team, making 18 appearances and getting on the scoresheet twice. [ citation needed ]
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At the end of the season, he was called up to the Manchester United first team for their dead rubber league match against Hull City on 24 May 2009. He was named on the judiciary, but did not take to the field. [ 5 ]
Loans [edit ]
To gain first-team experience, on 14 August 2009, Drinkwater joined Huddersfield Town on loan for the duration of the 2009–10 season. [ 6 ] He made his debut for the club the identical next day, coming on in the 72nd hour for Gary Roberts in a 3–1 gain at home to Southampton. [ 7 ] His first goal for Huddersfield came three days later in a 7–1 home acquire over Brighton & Hove Albion, five minutes after coming on as a 64th-minute substitute. [ 8 ] He made his first originate for Huddersfield in a 1–0 frustration at Bristol Rovers on 22 August. [ 9 ] On 8 July 2010, Manchester United agreed for Drinkwater to spend a season-long loan spell at Cardiff City. As they were under a transfer embargo at the time, Cardiff said that the move would be completed once this had been lifted. [ 10 ] The move was finally confirmed on 6 August 2010, once the embargo had been removed. [ 11 ] Drinkwater ‘s competitive debut for Cardiff two days late, in their 1–1 home draw with Sheffield United on the unfold day of the 2010–11 Football League season. [ 12 ] Despite the loanword having primitively been intended to last the stallion temper, Manchester United recalled Drinkwater from Cardiff on 25 January 2011. During his time with Cardiff, Drinkwater made 12 appearances, including nine in the Championship. [ 13 ] equitable three days after his hark back to Manchester United, Drinkwater joined Watford on 28 January 2011 on loanword until the goal of the season. [ 14 ] On 23 August 2011, Drinkwater joined Barnsley on loanword until 2 January 2012, [ 15 ] which was later extended until 30 June 2012. [ 16 ] He made 17 Championship appearances for the Tykes, scoring in a 5–3 loss at his former team Cardiff on 22 October. [ 17 ]
Leicester City [edit ]
On 20 January 2012, Drinkwater joined Leicester City from Manchester United for an undisclosed fee. [ 18 ] After being named Championship Player of the Month for December 2013, [ 19 ] he was besides one of three players who received a nomination for the Championship Player of the Year Award. [ 20 ] Drinkwater had his most successful year as a professional, scoring seven goals and being named to the PFA Championship Team of the Year aboard teammates Kasper Schmeichel and Wes Morgan, [ 21 ] as Leicester were promoted to the Premier League after winning the Championship. [ 22 ] On 17 June 2014, Drinkwater signed a new four-year hand with Leicester after helping the Foxes win promotion to the Premier League for the first time in ten years. [ 23 ] Drinkwater played systematically as the Foxes won the Premier League title in 2015–16, aboard his midfield partners N’Golo Kanté, Marc Albrighton and Riyad Mahrez. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] He scored his first top-flight goal on 23 January 2016, to open a 3–0 succeed over Stoke City at the King Power Stadium. [ 26 ] On 25 August 2016, Drinkwater signed a contract to remain with the club until 2021. [ 27 ]
Chelsea [edit ]
On 1 September 2017, Drinkwater signed for Premier League champions Chelsea on a five-year shrink, for a £35 million fee. [ 28 ] Due to a thigh injury that ruled him out previously, he made his debut on 25 October in the last 16 of the EFL Cup, playing an hour of a 2–1 home succeed over Everton. [ 29 ] Drinkwater made his first Premier League beginning for the Blues in a 1–1 draw against Liverpool at Anfield on 25 November. [ 30 ] On 30 December, he scored his first goal for Chelsea, a well-executed one-half volley, in a 5–0 home succeed over Stoke City. [ 31 ] His first season at Chelsea saw him make 22 appearances in all competitions, including four in the Blues ‘ triumphant FA Cup crusade. however, injury meant Drinkwater was not involved in the final, against his erstwhile club Manchester United. [ 32 ] With the arrival of new director Maurizio Sarri, Drinkwater made no league appearances at all in the 2018–19 temper. His entirely appearance in all competitions was during the 2018 FA Community Shield against Manchester City in August 2018. [ 33 ]
loanword to Burnley [edit ]
Drinkwater signed for Premier League golf club Burnley on 8 August 2019 on loan until 6 January 2020. [ 34 ] He made his Burnley debut on 28 August 2019, in a 3–1 EFL Cup defeat to Sunderland. [ 35 ] On 31 August 2019, he was allegedly attack outside a cabaret, resulting in injury and two weeks out-of-action. [ 36 ] He did not make his league introduction until 3 December, in a 4–1 loss to Manchester City. [ 37 ] Drinkwater was ineffective to get back into the team after that game, and on 3 January 2020, Burnley coach Sean Dyche confirmed that Burnley would not extend his lend and he would return to Chelsea. [ 38 ]
loan to Aston Villa [edit ]
On 7 January 2020, Drinkwater signed for Aston Villa on lend until the end of the season. [ 39 ] Aston Villa coach Dean Smith watched Drinkwater train with the team before confirming his loanword cover. Smith stated that he was confident that Drinkwater had put the issues that had affected his former loan behind him and he would be ready to provide traverse for the injured John McGinn. [ 40 ] On 11 March, Drinkwater was told to leave Aston Villa ‘s train grind following an affray with teammate Jota, in which Drinkwater reportedly directed a headbutt at the player. [ 41 ]
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return to Chelsea [edit ]
In May, ESPN named Drinkwater ‘s move to Chelsea as the second-worst transfer in Premier League history, behind only Ali Dia ‘s move to Southampton. [ 42 ] Drinkwater was not allocated a police squad phone number for the 2020–21 season, with his former number 6 allocated to modern signing Thiago Silva. In an consultation with The Telegraph in September 2020, Drinkwater spoke of his off-field issues and stated his desire to get his career back on track, including the possibility of playing abroad. [ 43 ]
lend to Kasımpaşa [edit ]
On 18 January 2021, Drinkwater signed for Turkish club Kasımpaşa on lend until the end of the season. [ 44 ] He made his debut as a ersatz against Göztepe on 28 February. [ 45 ]
loan to Reading [edit ]
On 30 August 2021, Drinkwater joined Reading on loanword until the end of the season. [ 46 ] He scored his beginning goal for the club on 27 November 2021 in a 3–2 win against Swansea City. [ 47 ]
International career [edit ]
Drinkwater made his debut for the England under-18 team in their 2–0 gain over Ghana, where he scored the moment goal of the match. [ 48 ] His second under-18 capital came in a 2–0 acquire over Austria. [ 49 ] He besides made appearances for the England under-19s between 2008 and 2009. His beginning appearance came in their match against Albania on 8 October 2008. His final appearance for the England under-19s came against Ukraine on 2 August 2009. [ 49 ] He was called up to the entire England police squad for the first time on 17 March 2016, ahead of friendlies against Germany and the Netherlands. [ 50 ] He made his debut 12 days belated in the latter match, a 2–1 loss at Wembley Stadium in which he was man of the match. [ 51 ] Drinkwater was named in Roy Hodgson ‘s 26-man probationary team for UEFA Euro 2016 but was one of three players axed for the concluding selection. [ 52 ]
personal life [edit ]
In April 2019, Drinkwater was charged with drink-driving after crashing his range Rover into a wall in Mere, Cheshire. There were two other passengers in the car at the time of the accident, who were treated for minor injuries. Drinkwater appeared at Stockport Magistrates ‘ Court on 13 May, where he pleaded guilty to drink-driving and received a 20-month drive ban. [ 53 ] In September 2019, Drinkwater was attacked outside a Manchester cabaret, allegedly following a dispute with companion football player Kgosi Ntlhe, which resulted in ankle ligament damage. [ 54 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of matches played 27 November 2021
International [edit ]
- As of match played 27 May 2016[68]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Honours [edit ]
Leicester City
Chelsea
England U19
Individual
References [edit ]
- Profile Archived 5 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine at the Chelsea F.C. website
- Danny Drinkwater at Soccerbase
