Daniel Edward Gray (born 23 November 1989) is an English semi-professional

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who plays for

Alfreton Town Alfreton Town Football Club is a football club based in Alfreton, Derbyshire, England. The club are currently members of and play at North Street. History The club was formed in 1959 following the merger of Alfreton Miners Welfare and Alfr ...

. Gray began his career as a

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, before being converted into a

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, where he has spent most of his first-team career.

Career

Born in

Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market tow ...

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

, Gray made his debut for

Chesterfield Chesterfield may refer to: Places Canada * Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261, Saskatchewan * Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut United Kingdom * Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a market town in England ** Chesterfield (UK Parliament constitue ...

in October 2008, having earlier spent a work experience placement at non-league

in March 2008. On 31 December 2010, it was announced that Gray would sign a one-month loan contract with

Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town Football Club was an English professional association football, football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, that was liquidation, wound-up after a High Court of Justice, High Court ruling on 16 September 2020. Initially kno ...

, effective from 1 January 2011. Gray made his debut for the club on 1 January 2011, scoring in a 2–2 draw against Bury. Gray re-joined Macclesfield on loan in November 2011. He was released by Chesterfield at the end of the 2011–12 season. Gray signed for Lincoln City on 24 July 2012 after a successful trial period at the club. He joined

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team

on a one-year contract on 15 July 2014. On 9 January 2015, he completed a loan move to

Bradford Park Avenue Bradford (Park Avenue) Association Football Club is an association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The team compete in , at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The name derived from their former hom ...

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gray, Dan 1989 births Living people Footballers from Mansfield English men's footballers Chesterfield F.C. players Alfreton Town F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Men's association football midfielders Men's association football fullbacks