Neil Danns

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Neil Danns
Personal information
Full name	Neil Danns
Date of birth	November 23, 1982
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	5ft 9in
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Birmingham City
Number	17
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2002-2004 2003 2004 2004-2006 2006-	Blackburn Rovers Blackpool (loan) Hartlepool United (loan) Colchester United Birmingham City	3 (0) 12 (2) 9 (1) 73 (19) 11 (2)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19/10/2006.

Neil Danns (born November 23, 1982, in Liverpool, England) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Championship side Birmingham City.

After starting off his football career as a trainee at Blackburn Rovers, Danns moved south to Colchester United. It was with the U's that Neil really started to make a name for himself. He quickly established himself as a firm fans' favourite, with the affable Scouser showing complete passion and dedication to the cause. Whilst at Layer Road, Danns contributed greatly to the club's promotion to the Championship in 2006. His contribution had been recognised by many higher-profile clubs, and was subsequently linked with a number of teams in the summer of '06.

On June 19, 2006, Danns completed a £500,000 move to Birmingham City. Despite admitting that he "had a great time" at Colchester, he emphasised that "when a club the size of Birmingham come in for you, it's hard to say no". Ironically, Danns made his competitive début for Birmingham against Colchester on Saturday 5th August 2006.

Birmingham City F.C. - Current Squad
1 Taylor | 2 Kelly | 3 Sadler | 4 Taylor | 5 Upson | 6 Clemence | 7 Larsson | 8 Dunn | 9 Forssell | 10 Jerome | 11 Gray | 12 Nafti | 13 Doyle | 14 Campbell | 15 Kilkenny | 16 Tébily | 17 Danns | 18 Oji | 21 N'Gotty | 22 Johnson | 23 Birley | 24 Jaïdi | 25 Aluko | 26 Muamba | 27 Bendtner | 28 McSheffrey | Manager: Bruce