Danny Hay

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Danny Hay
Personal information
Full name Daniel John Hay
Date of birth (1975-05-15) 15 May 1975 (age 49)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Waitakere City
Central United
1997–1999 Perth Glory 48 (2)
1998–1999 Green Bay-Titirangi United
1999–2002 Leeds United 4 (0)
2002–2003 Walsall 45 (0)
2003–2006 New Zealand Knights 16 (1)
2006 Perth Glory 4 (0)
2007–2009 Waitakere United 36 (5)
International career‡
1996–2007 New Zealand 31 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:47, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Daniel "Danny" Hay (born 15 May 1975) is a New Zealand footballer who has represented New Zealand as a centre back and captained Waitakere United in the New Zealand Football Championship.

Club career

He started the 2006–2007 season as inaugural captain for the Auckland-based New Zealand Knights, but left the club in December following a falling out with management, before playing out the season with Perth Glory.[1]

He appeared in the English Premier League and in the UEFA Champions League, playing for Leeds United.[1] However, he failed to reach his full potential in England due to constant injuries. In England he is probably most remembered for playing in Barcelona's 4–0 thrashing of Leeds despite them going on to reach the semi-final. He also he came on as a substitute for Jonathan Woodgate against Liverpool in a memorable 4–3 victory for Leeds in November 2000.

In New Zealand he played for Green Bay-Titirangi United, Waitakere United and Central United. He also played for Walsall in England.[1]

International career

Hay appeared for the New Zealand national football team, the All Whites.[2] His first goal for his country came against Fiji in the 1998 Oceania Nations Cup in a 1–0 win.[3] In 2006, Hay was awarded the captaincy of the All Whites.

In 2007, he retired from international football to pursue a teaching career at Sacred Heart College in Auckland which also involves him training the First XI and youth development teams.

Life after football

Hay courted controversy in June 2012 by criticising All White coach Ricki Herbert's tactics following a defeat in the 2012 OFC Nations Cup to the Solomon Islands. Hay was quoted as saying "It's a little bit scary that you've got one person dictating all the ideas and there's nothing fresh coming through. He's got tactically lazy and to play three at the back in Honiara was horrific in those conditions, with the type of players we had available to us."[4]

References

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External links

Awards
Preceded by Perth Glory Most Glorious Player Award
1997/98		 Succeeded by
Danny Hay, Scott Miller

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