Colin Daniel

Colin Alan Daniel (born 15 February 1988) is an English footballer who plays for club Worksop Town.

Primarily a left-sided defender, he can also play as a winger, wing-back, or forward.

He began his career with non-League Eastwood Town, before winning a move to Crewe Alexandra in July 2007.

Crewe Alexandra manager Dario Gradi signed Daniel from Northern Premier League side Eastwood Town for a "five-figure sum" in July 2007.

In January 2008 Daniel signed for Conference Premier club Grays Athletic on a one-month loan.

He made his debut for the "Blues" coming on from the bench in the 1–1 FA Trophy Third Round match against York City at Bootham Crescent on 12 January.

He made three appearances for Grays before returning to Crewe on 1 February.

He joined Northern Premier League side Leek Town on loan in March 2008.

He scored three goals in eight games for the club.

He joined newly formed club Halifax Town on loan in the Northern Premier League Division One North in October 2008.

He scored a hat-trick for Halifax against Clitheroe.

He returned to Crewe and scored his first goal in the English Football League on 24 January in a 5–1 defeat to Northampton Town at Sixfields Stadium.

Daniel joined Keith Alexander's Macclesfield Town on loan on 24 March for the remainder of the 2008–09 season.

From Crewe he was loaned out to Grays Athletic, Leek Town, Halifax Town, and Macclesfield Town, before he joined Macclesfield Town on a permanent basis in May 2009.

He played eight League Two games, and after being released by Crewe in May 2009 he signed a one-year contract with Macclesfield.

He made 41 appearances in the 2009–10 campaign and signed a new two-year deal with the club in April 2010.

He scored ten goals in 49 games in the 2010–11 season.

Daniel underwent hernia surgery in August 2011, after manager Gary Simpson admitted that "we feel best to sort out now rather than risk it getting much worse".

Despite injury problems restricting him to just five appearances at the start of the 2011–12 season, he signed a new one-year contract extension in October to keep him at the club until summer 2013.

On 7 January, he scored in a 2–2 draw with Premier League side Bolton Wanderers in the FA Cup at Moss Rose.

He spent three years with Macclesfield, before moving on to Mansfield Town for an undisclosed fee in August 2012.

He helped Mansfield to win the Conference Premier title in 2012–13.

Daniel was signed by Conference Premier side Mansfield Town for an undisclosed fee in August 2012.

He ended the 2012–13 campaign with five goals in 43 appearances as Paul Cox's "Stags" won promotion into the Football League as champions of the Conference.

He scored three goals in 32 matches in the 2013–14 season, the first of which was a "powerful free-kick" against Morecambe that won him a place on the EFL team of the week.

The third of these goals was the only goal of the game against Bristol Rovers to relegate Rovers out of the Football League on 3 May.

This goal ensured him of a warm welcome at Bristol City, despite him never playing for the club.

Nottingham Post reporter Sarah Clapson described Daniel, who played at left wing-back in a 3–5–2 formation, as "a bit inconsistent" during the campaign despite showing good potential.

He signed with Port Vale in June 2014, before returning to Mansfield on loan in February 2016.

Daniel signed a two-year contract with League One club Port Vale in June 2014.

Daniel said that "as soon as Micky Adams called me I couldn't say no because Port Vale are a big club."

In October, new boss Rob Page told Daniel he was not a part of his first team plans and suggested he go out on loan, but Daniel remained at Vale Park and on 1 November he came off the bench to score the winning goal away at Colchester United.

He remained in and around the first team, featuring 30 times throughout the 2014–15 season despite missing February with an ankle injury.

He made his debut for the "Railwaymen" on 15 December, coming on as an 89th-minute substitute for Nicky Maynard in a 3–0 defeat to Hartlepool United at Victoria Park.

He started the 2015–16 campaign on the bench, but put himself in the frame for a place in the starting line up after coming off the bench to score at Fleetwood Town on 26 September.

He joined Blackpool in June 2016, and helped the club to achieve promotion out of EFL League Two via the play-offs in 2017.

He joined Peterborough United in May 2018, before switching to Burton Albion in January 2019.

He stayed with Burton for 18 months and then signed with Exeter City in August 2021.

He was loaned out to Aldershot Town in February 2022.

Daniel returned to non-League football with Scunthorpe United for the 2022–23 season and then signed with Worksop Town in June 2023.