Daniel Francis (born 10 July 2002) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

KFC Uerdingen 05 KFC Uerdingen 05 is a German football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The former Bundesliga side enjoyed its greatest successes in the 1980s but now plays in the fifth-level Oberliga. History The ...

. Born in England, he represents the Sierra Leone national team.

Professional career

A youth product of

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

, Francis transferred to the German club

Rot Weiss Ahlen Rot Weiss Ahlen is a German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after the team was relegated ...

in 2020 and began his senior career in the

Regionalliga The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the four ...

International career

Francis was born in England to a Sierra Leonean Sherbro father and German mother. He made his debut with the Sierra Leone national team in a friendly 0–0 tie with

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

on 26 August 2021.

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* * * 2002 births Living people Footballers from Bradford Sierra Leonean footballers Sierra Leone men's international footballers English footballers Sierra Leonean people of German descent English sportspeople of Sierra Leonean descent English people of German descent Rot Weiss Ahlen players Regionalliga players Men's association football fullbacks Bradford City A.F.C. players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players English expatriate footballers KFC Uerdingen 05 players Oberliga (football) players {{SierraLeone-footy-bio-stub