Daniel Anthony Seaborne (born 5 March 1987) is a retired English professional

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who played as a defender. Seaborne began his professional career at Exeter City, having risen through the club's youth system; he signed his professional contract in May 2005. Seaborne had numerous loan spells during his time at Exeter, including moves to Clyst Rovers,

Tiverton Town Tiverton Town Football Club are an English football club based in Tiverton, Devon. The club are currently members of the and play at Ladysmead. History The club was established in 1913 as Tiverton Athletic, and initially played at the Athle ...

and

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 ...

. In January 2010, Seaborne signed a -year contract with

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. Having made 44 appearances for the club, Seaborne was released by the

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side in June 2013. Following his release, Seaborne spent time at clubs including

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and

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English footbal ...

. In August 2014, Seaborne signed for

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side

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on a two-year contract. He joined Hamilton Academicals in 2016 but was released the following year. After six months without a club, he rejoined Exeter City in December 2017.

Career

Exeter City

Seaborne was born in

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, Devon. A defender who plays at centre half or left back, he began his football career as a trainee with

Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...

, and signed his first professional contract in May 2005. He spent several spells on loan, to Clyst Rovers in the 2004–05 season,

in September 2005, and

Taunton Town Taunton Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Taunton, Somerset. They compete in the , the sixth tier of English football and play their home matches at Wordsworth Drive, which they moved into during the 1953 season. ...

in January 2006, before making his

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debut in the 3–1 home win over Dagenham & Redbridge in April 2006. Also in the same month Seaborne scored his first career goal, a header from a corner, in the 4–0 home win against

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. He was rewarded with a new one-year contract, but, unable to get a regular place in the team, was loaned out again, this time to

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side

. In June 2007 he signed a new one-year deal, but a broken leg sustained as the result of a bad tackle in a pre-season friendly against

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side Bodmin Town kept him out for three months. Once restored to the team, he formed a successful defensive partnership with Matt Taylor, was handed the

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, and led them to

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via the play-off final, in which they beat

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1–0. Seaborne signed a new two-year contract before the 2008–09 season, and was a regular in the side as Exeter were again promoted, this time to

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Southampton

On 13 January 2010, Seaborne signed for

for an undisclosed fee on a -year contract. He made his debut on 16 January playing alongside two other recent signings,

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and

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, in a 1–1 draw at

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. Seaborne, alongside seven other professional players was released by Southampton in June 2013.

Loans

On 9 November 2012, Seaborne joined Charlton on a one-month loan deal. On 17 January 2013, he joined

on loan for the remainder of the season.

Yeovil Town

On 19 July 2013, he signed for newly promoted

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side

on a two-year contract, following his release from

. Seaborne made his Yeovil debut, on 3 August 2013, in their 1–0

victory over

. On 28 November 2013, Seaborne joined

side

on loan until 5 January 2014.

Coventry City

On 14 January 2014, Seaborne joined

permanently after a successful loan spell. He scored his first goal for Coventry in a 1–0 win against

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on 26 March 2014. However, he left on 8 August 2014, after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.

Partick Thistle

On 11 August 2014, Seaborne signed for

club

, agreeing a two-year contract. He scored his first goal for Thistle in a 1–1 draw against

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in December 2014. Seaborne scored his second Partick Thistle goal in a 2–1 win against St Mirren in the

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-based

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of the

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. However, only a few days later, after one training session, it was reported that Seaborne had left Mohun Bagan to attend a trial with

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side,

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

. He had never officially signed a contract with Mohun Bagan or Olympiacos.

Hamilton Academical

On 24 August 2016, Seaborne returned to Scotland to sign for

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. He was released at the end of the season.

Return to Exeter City

On 1 December 2017, it was announced by

that Seaborne had rejoined the club. He was released by Exeter at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Derry City

Seaborne joined

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club Derry City in July 2018, signing a contract until the end of the 2018 season.

Career statistics

:A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances (including substitutes) and goals in the

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, 2008 Conference Premier play-off Final.

Personal life

On 1 September 2011, Seaborne was the victim of a serious assault outside a nightclub in Southampton. He received treatment at

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seaborne, Danny 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Barnstaple English footballers Association football defenders Exeter City F.C. players Tiverton Town F.C. players Taunton Town F.C. players Dorchester Town F.C. players National League (English football) players English Football League players Southampton F.C. players Charlton Athletic F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Yeovil Town F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Derry City F.C. players