Daniel Paul Halafihi Forrest (born 23 October 1984) is an English

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coach and former professional player who played as a winger and a

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Playing career

Born in

Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of Bi ...

, Forrest began his career at

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 ...

, where he was described as a "promising striker." He joined the club at the age of 9 during the same week as Kevin Sanasy. He made 50 appearances in

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for Bradford City, including scoring on his Football League debut. He signed on loan for

Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration in the 2007–08 season. ...

in August 2005, before signing permanently later that year. At Halifax Town he spent a loan spell at

Hucknall Town Hucknall Town Football Club are a football club based in the town of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England. The club are members of the and play at Watnall Road. History Hucknall Town were renamed from Hucknall Colliery Welfare in 1987 and for ...

in 2008 to regain fitness following an injury. He signed for

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 ...

in May 2008, signing a new contract with the club in May 2009. He was offered another contract by the club in April 2010, but he moved to Barrow in June 2010. While at Barrow he spent a loan spell at

Guiseley Guiseley ( ) is a town in metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated south of Otley and Menston and is now a north-western suburb of Leeds. It sits in t ...

in January 2011. He was released by Barrow in May 2011, joining Guiseley on a permanent deal. He left Guiseley in September 2012, and played for

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 ...

before moving 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 ...

in July 2013. After a short spell back with Guiseley, his third with the club, he signed for

Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity Football Club is a football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. Established in 1873, the club became members of the Football League in 1893 and remained members of the Second Division until 1912, making Gainsbo ...

in November 2014, leaving the club in November 2015, retiring from football.

Coaching career

He returned to football in March 2016 with

Silsden Silsden is a town and civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England, on the River Aire and Leeds and Liverpool Canal between Keighley and Skipton, which had a population of 8,268 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the haml ...

, as a player-assistant manager, scoring on his debut. He became manager in November 2016, and led the club to promotion from the North West Counties League First Division in the 2017–18 season. He left Silsden in June 2022, to become assistant manager at

. He became interim manager in November 2022 after Danny Ellis was sacked, but left the club later that month after Paul Phillips was appointed the new manager.

Personal life

He is friends with Mark Trueman.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Forrest, Danny 1984 births Living people Footballers from Keighley English men's footballers English Football League players National League (English football) players Bradford City A.F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players Hucknall Town F.C. players Crawley Town F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players Guiseley A.F.C. players Harrogate Town A.F.C. players Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players Silsden A.F.C. players Men's association football forwards Men's association football wingers English football managers Guiseley A.F.C. managers