Daniel Foster (born 23 September 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right back in the Football League, most notably for Dagenham & Redbridge and Wycombe Wanderers. He was capped by England at youth and C level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Foster[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 September 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Enfield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1994 | Brimsdown Rovers | ||
| 1994–2002 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2009 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 170 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | Brentford | 36 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Wycombe Wanderers | 76 | (1) |
| Total | 282 | (5) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000 | England U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2002 | England U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2007 | England C | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Early years
Foster began his youth career at Brimsdown Rovers and later entered the academy at Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur,[3] progressing to sign his first professional contract in June 2002.[1] He failed to receive a call into a first team squad and was released at the end of the 2003–04 season.[4]
Dagenham & Redbridge
Foster dropped into non-league football to join Conference Premier club Dagenham & Redbridge in September 2004.[1] He made a breakthrough into the first team squad during the second half of the 2004–05 season and signed a new three-year contract in February 2005.[5][6] Foster was a regular during 2005–06 season and missed just one league match during 2006–07,[7][8] in which the Daggers secured promotion to the Football League after winning the Conference Premier title.[9] He signed a new two-year contract following the promotion.[10]
Foster continued to appear regularly for the club in League Two and made 69 league appearances and scoring three goals before being released at the end of the 2008–09 season.[11][12][13] During five seasons at Victoria Road, Foster made 186 appearances and scored four goals.[14]
Brentford
On 17 June 2009, Foster and former Dagenham & Redbridge teammates Sam Saunders and Ben Strevens joined newly promoted League One club Brentford on free transfers, with Foster signing a one-year contract.[13] He made 42 appearances during the 2009–10 season, in which the Bees trod water in mid-table before a strong finish elevated the club to a 9th-place finish.[15][16] He was given a free transfer at the end of the season.[17]
Wycombe Wanderers
On 25 June 2010, Foster and former Brentford teammate Ben Strevens joined newly relegated League Two club Wycombe Wanderers.[18] He made 41 appearances and scored one goal during a successful 2010–11 season,[19] in which the Chairboys secured an automatic return to League One after a third-place finish.[20] Foster signed a new two-year contract in May 2011,[21] but the Chairboys' return to League One was brief, with the club being relegated straight back to League Two at the end of the 2011–12 season.[20] After overcoming a shoulder injury,[22] Foster began the 2012–13 season as a regular,[23] before suffering a season-ending knee injury late in a match versus Rotherham United on 20 November 2012.[24] He underwent surgery in January 2013,[24] but failed to recover before the end of the season.[23] Despite being out of contract,[25] Foster remained at Adams Park into the early months of the 2013–14 season, but was forced to retire from football in November 2013.[26] In three seasons with Wycombe, he made 125 appearances and scored one goal.[14]
International career
Foster won three caps for England at U16 and U18 level.[27] He made two appearances in England C's victorious 2007 Four Nations Tournament campaign.[28][29]
Coaching career
In May 2019, Foster was named as assistant to manager Steve Clark at Isthmian League Premier Division club Wingate & Finchley.[30] The pair departed the club by mutual agreement on 28 September 2019.[31]
Honours
Wycombe Wanderers
- Football League Two third-place promotion: 2010–11[19]
Dagenham & Redbridge
England C
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 2004–05[6] | Conference Premier | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2005–06[7] | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |||
| 2006–07[8] | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 48 | 0 | |||
| 2007–08[11] | League Two | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
| 2008–09[12] | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
| Total | 170 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 186 | 4 | ||
| Brentford | 2009–10[15] | League One | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 2010–11[19] | League Two | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| 2011–12[32] | League One | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| 2012–13[23] | League Two | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 76 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 83 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 282 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 311 | 5 | ||
References
External links
- Danny Foster at Soccerbase
- Danny Foster at thefa.com
