Matty Daly

Matthew Paul Daly (born 10 March 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays for Harrogate Town on loan from Championship side Huddersfield Town as an attacking midfielder.

Not to be confused with Matthew Daly.

Matty Daly
Personal information
Full name Matthew Paul Daly[1]
Date of birth (2001-03-10) 10 March 2001[2]
Place of birth Stockport, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Harrogate Town
(on loan from Huddersfield Town)
Number 28
Youth career
000–2015 Everton
2015–2018 Huddersfield Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Huddersfield Town 12 (1)
2021–2022 → Hartlepool United (loan) 19 (2)
2022 → Bradford City (loan) 9 (1)
2022– → Harrogate Town (loan) 34 (7)
International career‡
2017–2018 England U17 10 (1)
2019–2020 England U18 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:21, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:03, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Daly was previously at Everton as a youngster before signing for Huddersfield Town in September 2015.[3] He made his first team debut for the Terriers as a first-half substitute for Jonathan Hogg in their 2–1 defeat to Watford in the Premier League on 20 April 2019.[3] Daly also became the 5th youngest player to make his Premier League debut of the season at 18 years, 1 month and 10 days old. Daly scored his 1st goal for the Terriers against Charlton on 10 December 2019, an injury time winner.[4]

On 5 August 2021, Daly signed for newly-promoted League Two side Hartlepool United on loan.[5] He made his debut for Hartlepool as a late substitute in a 1–0 victory against Crawley Town.[6] Huddersfield recalled Daly on 17 January 2022.[7] Daly made 27 appearances with 7 goals leaving the club as top scorer

On 18 January 2022, the day after being recalled from Hartlepool United, Daly returned to League Two to join Bradford City on loan until the end of the season. Upon requiring surgery after 9 appreances Daly then returned to Huddersfield for recovery.[8]

On 27 June 2022, Daly joined Harrogate Town on loan for the whole of the 2022–23 season.[9]

International career

He has represented England at international youth levels, including under-17, where he received 10 caps including his participation at the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, which included scoring the winning goal in the 2–1 win over Israel under-17s in their first match,[10] which would eventually lead to a semi-final defeat to the Netherlands under-17s on a penalty shootout,[11] although Daly did score England's second penalty.[12] In May 2019, Daly was part of the England U18s squad that competed at the Slovakia Cup.[13]

Career statistics
As of 29 April 2023[14]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Huddersfield Town 2018–19 Premier League 2000000020
2019–20 Championship 4100000041
2020–21 5010000060
Total 111100000121
Hartlepool United (loan) 2021–22 League Two 192301045277
Bradford City (loan) 2021–22 League Two 9100000091
Harrogate Town (loan) 2022–23 League Two 347111020388
Career total73115120658617

References
  1. "2017/18 Premier League clubs publish retained lists". Premier League. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. "Matty Daly - Midfielder - Elite Development Team - Huddersfield Town". htafc.com. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  3. "Position former Everton prospect could play at Huddersfield Town in future". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  4. "Charlton 0-1 Huddersfield". BBC. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  5. "Pools Sign Matty Daly". Hartlepool United FC. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  6. "Hartlepool United 1-0 Crawley Town". BBC Sport. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  7. "Matty Daly Leaves Pools". Hartlepool United FC. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  8. "CITY SECURE DALY LOAN CAPTURE". www.bradfordcityafc.com. 18 January 2022.
  9. "LOAN: MATTY DALY JOINS HARROGATE TOWN". Huddersfield Town AFC. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  10. "England start U17 European Championship with victory over Israel". BBC Sport. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  11. "European Under-17 Championships: England lose 6-5 on penalties to Netherlands". BBC Sport. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  12. "England 0-0 Netherlands". UEFA. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  13. "ANOTHER ENGLAND U18 CAP FOR MATTY DALY". htafc.co.uk. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  14. "Matthew Daly". Soccerbase.
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