Danny Rogers

For other people of the same name, see Daniel Rogers (disambiguation).

Danny Rogers

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Rogers
Date of birth	(1994-03-23) 23 March 1994
Place of birth	New York, United States
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Aberdeen
Youth career
	Belvedere
	Aberdeen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–	Aberdeen	0	(0)
2013–2014	→ Airdrieonians (loan)	6	(0)
2014–2015	→ Dumbarton (loan)	34	(0)
2015–2016	→ Falkirk (loan)	39	(0)
International career‡
2014–	Republic of Ireland U21	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:06 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Danny Rogers (born 23 March 1994) is an Irish professional footballer currently playing for Aberdeen. Rogers has also previously played for Airdrieonians, Dumbarton and Falkirk.

Personal life

He was born in New York, his mum is Irish and his father is American. He has an American passport. The family including Danny and his two brothers moved back to Ireland when he was five years old. Before signing with Aberdeen, he was close to going on a scholarship to the USA.

Club career

Rogers signed his first contract with Aberdeen in July 2011 and played regularly for the clubs youth sides. In December 2013 he joined Airdrieonians on loan for a month but returned to the 'Dons' at the end of his short spell.

He signed for Dumbarton on a six-month loan deal, after impressing in friendly matches as a trialist, on 1 August 2014. He made his debut in a 1–0 victory over Brechin City and was named the club's player of the month for September 2014. His loan deal was extended on 2 January 2015 until the end of the 2014–15 season. At the end of the season he scooped the 'Dumbarton Terrace' and Baxter Ramsay (club sponsor) Player of the Year awards as well as the prestigious Sonstrust Young Player of the Season accolade. He returned to parent club Aberdeen having made 36 appearances in total for Ian Murray's side, keeping nine clean sheets.

On 26 June 2015, Rogers moved to Falkirk on a loan deal for the whole of the 2015–16 season. During his loan spell, he was announced as part of the PFA Scotland Championship Team of the Season.

International career

Rogers performances on loan at Dumbarton earned him a call up to the Republic of Ireland U21 squad for the game against Norway U21 in October 2014. He made his debut as a 60th-minute substitute and did not concede in his time on the pitch. The game finished 4–1 to Norway He made his first start for the team in a 1–0 defeat to the United States U21.

External links

• Daniel Rogers career statistics at Soccerbase