Danilo Harley Orsi-Dadomo (born 19 April 1996) is an English professional

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who plays as a striker for

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side

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The club was founded as Crawley Football Club in 1896, changed its name to Crawley Town Football Club in 1958. The team co ...

Early and personal life

Born in

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, Orsi was raised in Enfield and Barnet. He is of partial Italian and Scottish descent.

Career

Orsi played for

Cockfosters Cockfosters is a suburb of north London to the east of Chipping Barnet, lying partly in the London Borough of Enfield and partly in the London Borough of Barnet. Before 1965, it was in the counties of Middlesex and Hertfordshire. Origins and ...

before moving to the United States and playing college soccer with

Eastern Florida State College Eastern Florida State College, formerly Brevard Community College, is a public college in Brevard County, Florida. It is a member of the Florida College System and has campuses in Cocoa, Melbourne, Palm Bay, and Titusville, as well as a Virt ...

(studying business management), scoring 27 goals in 32 games across two seasons, whilst also playing at club level for Chivas U19 and Fort Lauderdale Strikers U23. Upon his return to England, Orsi played non-league football for East Thurrock United,

Hungerford Town Hungerford Town Football Club is a semi-professional Football club (association football), football club based in Hungerford, Berkshire, England. Affiliated to the Berks & Bucks Football Association, they are currently members of and play at B ...

, Hampton & Richmond Borough and

Maidenhead United Maidenhead United Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. They are currently members of and have played at York Road since 1871, making it the 'oldest senior football ground continuously ...

. He was Maidenhead's Fans' Player of the Season for the 2020–21 season. In June 2021 he was linked with a transfer to Football League clubs

Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club moved its home groun ...

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 ...

and

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

. Later that month he signed for Football League team

Harrogate Town Harrogate Town A.F.C. is a professional association football club in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, which competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club is nicknamed the Sulphurites, due to the ...

. On 1 January 2022, Orsi returned to the National League to join

Boreham Wood Borehamwood (, historically also Boreham Wood) is a town in southern Hertfordshire, England, from Charing Cross. Borehamwood has a population of 31,074, and is within the London commuter belt. The town's film and TV studios are commonly known ...

on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. Orsi scored his first goal for the club on his first start as he scored the only goal of the game as his side defeated

Wealdstone Wealdstone () is a district located in the centre of the London Borough of Harrow, England. It is located just north of Harrow town centre and is south of Harrow Weald, west of Belmont and Kenton, and east of Headstone. The area accommodates ...

. In June 2022 it was announced that he would join

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in ...

on 1 July 2022. He scored his first league goal for the club on 18 April 2023, notching the winner in a 1–0 victory over Barrow. Orsi was part of the Grimsby team that reached the

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quarter final for the first time since 1939, he started in the 2–1 win away at

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...

side

Southampton Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...

that secured that achievement. In June 2023 he transferred to

for an undisclosed fee.

Career statistics

References

1996 births Living people English men's footballers Footballers from the London Borough of Camden Chivas USA players Fort Lauderdale Strikers players Cockfosters F.C. players East Thurrock United F.C. players Hungerford Town F.C. players Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C. players Maidenhead United F.C. players Harrogate Town A.F.C. players Boreham Wood F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Men's association football forwards English expatriate men's footballers English expatriates in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States College men's soccer players in the United States English people of Italian descent English people of Scottish descent Crawley Town F.C. players {{England-footy-forward-1990s-stub