Daniel Thompson (born 25 November 1993) is an English

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who plays for Phoenix Sports as a

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Career

Hampton & Richmond

Thompson started his career at Hampton & Richmond Borough. He made his debut with only 16 years old, on 12 March 2011, against

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. He scored his first career goal three days later, against

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. His success at the club earned him trials at

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

in July,

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in October and

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Portsmouth and loans

On 5 January 2012, Thompson signed for

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, in a one-year scholarship deal. This caused concern for Hampton & Richmond as they expected compensation. After his signing to Portsmouth, Thompson joined

Havant & Waterlooville Havant & Waterlooville Football Club is a professional football club based in Havant, Hampshire, England. The club participates in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, after relegation from the National League in the 20 ...

on loan until the end of the season, to gain first-team experience. He made a total of 13 appearances (12 league matches and 1 was a friendly against

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). After the end of the season, Thompson was promoted to the Portsmouth first team. And made his debut on 14 August, starting in a

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match against

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park, ...

. Due to an increase in players, Thompson was relegated to the Development squad. On 29 October 2012, he scored 4 goals against Gosport, in a friendly match for the Development squad. Despite his performance against Gosport, the manager

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ruled out his involvement in first team squad, due to 20-man shortage. On 21 November 2012, Thompson joined

Dorchester Town Dorchester Town Football Club are a semi-professional football club, based in Dorchester, Dorset, England. They currently play in the . The club is affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association and is a FA chartered Standard club. They ...

on an initial month-long loan, alongside George Colson. Thompson made his debut in a

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match against

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coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute, the match ended in a 2–2 draw. In January 2013 Thompson signed for

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side

Bognor Regis Town Bognor Regis Town Football Club is an English football club based in Bognor Regis, West Sussex. Nicknamed 'The Rocks',the club is an FA Chartered Standard Community club affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association. They currently compe ...

on a month-long loan. In March, Thompson was told that his Pompey contract would not be renewed. After his return to Pompey, he was released.

Return to Non-League

In July, Thompson returned to Hampton & Richmond Borough, making his re-debut for the club on 25 September, against Wingate & Finchley. In December 2013, he joined

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side Hayes and Yeading United, but he was already departed by their first match of 2014. He re-signed for Bognor Regis Town in February 2014, and

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in August 2014. In September 2014 he was back Bognor Regis for his third spell, then Redhill in January 2015, Hampton & Richmond Borough once again over the summer of 2015, Walton & Hersham in September 2015, Bedfont Sports in October 2015, Hampton & Richmond Borough again in November 2015, Chipstead in December 2015, and back at Hampton & Richmond Borough in January 2016. After being part of the Hampton & Richmond Borough squad that won the

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Premier Division, he joined Burgess Hill Town in August 2016 after a successful trial. He moved to

Tonbridge Angels Tonbridge Angels Football Club is a professional football club based in Tonbridge, Kent, England. The club was founded as Tonbridge Football Club in 1947 and became known as "The Angels" in 1949 when they started playing at the Angel Ground. S ...

om January 2017. In February 2018, manager Steve McKimm released him along with two other players. Just over a week later, he signed for

Braintree Town Braintree Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Braintree, Essex, England. They are currently members of and play at Cressing Road. History The club was formed on 24 September 1898 as Manor Works, the works team o ...

, where he won promotion to the National League. Thompson made 9 appearances for Braintree following promotion, but following a change of manager, his opportunities became limited. He signed for Dulwich Hamlet in December 2018. In June 2019, Thompson joined

Kingstonian Kingstonian Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London which currently plays in the Isthmian League Premier Division. The club was founded in 1885 by YMC ...

. He moved to

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, where he made five appearances before the 2019–20 season was cut short. In May 2021, Thompson moved to

Margate Margate is a seaside resort, seaside town on the north coast of Kent in south-east England. The town is estimated to be 1.5 miles long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay, UK, Palm Bay and Westbrook, Kent, ...

. In January 2022, Margate announced Dan had left by mutual consent. He subsequently signed for

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, scoring once before leaving at the end of the season. In September 2023, Thompson joined Bowers & Pitsea. He moved to Phoenix Sports just two months later.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Dan 1994 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Wandsworth People from Wandsworth English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players Havant & Waterlooville F.C. players Dorchester Town F.C. players Bognor Regis Town F.C. players Hayes & Yeading United F.C. players Farnborough F.C. players Redhill F.C. players Walton & Hersham F.C. players Bedfont Sports F.C. players Chipstead F.C. players Burgess Hill Town F.C. players Tonbridge Angels F.C. players Braintree Town F.C. players Dulwich Hamlet F.C. players Kingstonian F.C. players East Grinstead Town F.C. players Margate F.C. players Whitehawk F.C. players Worthing F.C. players Chatham Town F.C. players Bowers & Pitsea F.C. players Phoenix Sports F.C. players National League (English football) players Southern Football League players Isthmian League players