Danny Pugh

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Adam Pugh
Date of birth	19 October 1982 (1982-10-19) (age 27)
Place of birth	Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1][2]
Playing position	Midfielder Left back
Club information
Current club	Stoke City
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2004	Manchester United	1	(0)
2004–2006	Leeds United	50	(5)
2006–2008	Preston North End	52	(4)
2007–2008	→ Stoke City (loan)	14	(0)
2008–	Stoke City	37	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:35, 26 September 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Daniel Adam "Danny" Pugh (born 19 October 1982 in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport) is an English professional footballer. He currently plays for Stoke City who he signed for from Preston North End, in a deal worth £500,000 and a three-and-a-half-year deal.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Leeds United 1.2 Preston North End 1.3 Stoke City 2 Career statistics 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Leeds United

After making few appearances for his former club, Manchester United, Pugh became the first player signed under new Leeds United manager Kevin Blackwell as part-exchange for former Leeds favourite Alan Smith. Pugh was signed as a utility player – his ability to play on the left side of midfield or defence was to be a key factor in a Leeds squad which only had four players remaining from the season before.

His Leeds career started well: for the first half of the season he held down the left midfield position in a 4-4-2 formation, and had been the club's top scorer until the arrival of David Healy from Preston North End. Pugh was then switched to left full back after an injury to Stephen Crainey and a dip in form from Frazer Richardson. However, Pugh subsequently fell out of favour at Leeds. Blackwell's decision to switch to a 4-3-3 formation meant that Pugh's position was taken by David Healy and, with Matthew Kilgallon occupying the left full back position, Pugh was dropped to the bench.

[edit] Preston North End

Pugh was sold to Preston in June 2006 for a fee of £250,000, his last few months at Leeds having been spent almost entirely out of the first team (he had made only five appearance in his final six months with the club). Pugh was a regular in the first team, playing tucked in off the left flank or occasionally as an out-and-out central midfielder.

[edit] Stoke City

On 2 November 2007, it was announced that Stoke City had signed Pugh, initially on loan with a view to a permanent move in January. Manager Tony Pulis was "delighted to have signed a quality left-sided midfielder".^[3] The move was made permanent on 3 January 2008, with Stoke paying Preston £500,000 for Pugh's services. Pugh has been a regular since joining the club, playing as left-sided midfielder and left back. He has also deputised in centre midfield, winning man of the match awards in games against Watford and Newcastle United.

Pugh struggled to establish himself in the side during the 2008-09 season with most of his appearances coming off the bench. He scored his first goal for City in a 2-0 win over Rotherham United in the Carling Cup.^[4] Due to injury to Danny Higginbotham towards the end of the season Pugh took his place at right back for the final few matches against Fulham, Wigan Athletic and Arsenal. Despite not playing much Pugh signed a one year contract extension keeping him at Stoke until 2012.^[5]

[edit] Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Manchester United	2002-03	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
	2003-04	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Leeds United	2004–05	38	5	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	42	6
	2005–06	12	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Preston North End	2006–07	45	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	49	4
	2007–08	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
Stoke City	2007–08	30	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0
	2008–09	17	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	20	1
	2009–10	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Career total		153	9	7	0	16	3	3	0	0	0	179	12

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Danny Pugh player profile at stokecityfc.com
• Danny Pugh player profile at pnefc.net
• Danny Pugh career stats at Soccerbase

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