Daniel Udoh

Dominic Daniel Udoh (born 30 August 1996) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for League One side Shrewsbury Town.

Daniel Udoh
Personal information
Full name Dominic Daniel Udoh[1]
Date of birth (1996-08-30) 30 August 1996
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Shrewsbury Town
Number 23
Youth career
Luton Town
0000–2014 Stevenage0000
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Kidderminster Harriers 0 (0)
2014 → Worcester City (loan) 9 (0)
2014 → Wingate & Finchley (loan)
2014–2015 → North Greenford United (loan)
2015 → Grays Athletic (loan) 1 (0)
2015 → Hoddesdon Town (loan) 11 (9)
2015–2016 Ilkeston 34 (8)
2016–2018 Crewe Alexandra 15 (0)
2017 → Solihull Moors (loan) 4 (0)
2017 → Halesowen Town (loan) 16 (7)
2017–2018 → Chester (loan) 3 (0)
2018 → Leamington (loan) 17 (5)
2018–2019 AFC Telford United 39 (19)
2019– Shrewsbury Town 42 (6)
National team
Nigeria U17
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:15, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

Playing career

Early career

Udoh was born in Lagos, Nigeria, then came to England with his family at the age of nine, and as a teenager joined the Luton Town development squad.[3] He later moved on to the Stevenage Academy on a two-year scholarship.[3] He was called up to the Nigeria under-17 squad, however Stevenage were concerned that he spent too much time on international duty and released him.[3]

He signed on non-contract terms alongside former teammate Harold Joseph with Kidderminster Harriers.[3] Kidderminster loaned him out to Worcester City,[4] Wingate & Finchley,[5] North Greenford United and Grays Athletic,[6] but he became frustrated by a lack of match time,[3] and ended the season at Hoddesdon Town.[7] He was invited to a trial at Ilkeston by manager Gavin Strachan, and impressed in pre-season enough to earn a one-year contract in 2015.[3] He remained a first team regular after Andy Watson replaced Strachan as manager in October, forming a successful partnership with Lee Ndlovu.[3]

Crewe Alexandra

He was signed for an undisclosed fee by League One side Crewe Alexandra on 21 March 2016 after being spotted by head of recruitment Neil Baker.[8] He made his first team debut seven days later, in a 1–0 defeat to Bradford City at Gresty Road, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute for Lauri Dalla Valle,[9][10] and started the next game, at Port Vale, on 9 April 2016.[11] He scored his first senior goal on his 20th birthday in a 3–0 win at Accrington Stanley in a Football League Trophy tie on 30 August 2016.[12]

In early 2017, Udoh spent a loan period at Solihull Moors. On 1 September 2017, Udoh signed for Northern Premier League team Halesowen Town on a two-month loan deal (along with team mate Oliver Finney).[13] The loan was extended by a further month in early November.[14] He subsequently went on loan to Chester[15] and to Leamington.[16] Having played no first-team games for Crewe in the previous season, on 9 May 2018, Crewe manager David Artell announced Udoh would not be offered a new contract at the club.[17]

AFC Telford United

In June 2018, Udoh signed for AFC Telford United of the National League North.[18] He was a prolific goal scorer during his season with Telford, scoring 26 times.[19][20]

Shrewsbury Town

On 31 May 2019, it was announced that Udoh had signed for local rivals Shrewsbury Town on a 2-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[21] He made his league debut for the club on 20 August, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute and scoring an 89th-minute winner in a 2–3 away win at Accrington Stanley.[22]

Career statistics
As of match played 30 April 2017.
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Worcester City 2014–15[23] Conference North 9000—0090
North Greenford United 2014–15[24] Southern League Division One Central 10——0010
Grays Athletic 2014–15[25] Isthmian League Premier Division 10——0010
Hoddesdon Town 2014–15[24] Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division 117———117
Crewe Alexandra 2015–16[23] League One 6000000060
2016–17[23] League Two 9020003[lower-alpha 1]1141
2017–18League Two----------
Total 150200031201
Solihull Moors (loan) 2016–17[23] National League 40———40
Career total 417200031468
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Retained List 2015–16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. "Daniel Udoh". www.shrewsburytown.com. Shrewsbury Town F.C. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  3. Duffy, Mark (13 January 2016). "Striker Udoh grateful for Ilkeston opportunity". Ilkeston Advertiser. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  4. Carley, Steve (9 August 2014). "Nti agrees new deal at City". Worcester News. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. Swingler, Simon (3 November 2014). "True Blue: A Wingate & Finchley fan's view of the FA Trophy defeat at Arlesey Town". Ham & High. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. Lambert, Luke (7 January 2015). "Grays Athletic sign former Nigerian youth international Daniel Udoh". Thurrock Gazette. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  7. Scott, Ged (25 January 2020). "Shrewsbury v Liverpool: 'I don't class this as work', says Daniel Udoh on Sunday's FA Cup tie". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  8. Sharpe, Rich (1 April 2016). "Crewe Alexandra: Neil Baker delighted the club backed his judgement on Daniel Udoh". The Sentinel. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  9. Scott, Ged (28 March 2016). "Crewe 0 – 1 Bradford". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  10. "Daniel Udoh: Crewe Alexandra striker after more action after league debut". BBC Sport. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  11. "Port Vale 3 – 0 Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  12. "Accrington Stanley 0–3 Crewe Alexandra". CreweAlex.net. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  13. Halesowen Town F.C. [@halesowentownfc] (1 September 2017). "NEW SIGNINGS Crewe Alexandra pair Oliver Finley and Daniel Udoh join on 2 month loan" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. "Loans: Dale Joins Witton, Udoh Remains At Halesowen, Finney Returns". CreweAlex.net. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  15. "Udoh Completes Chester Loan Move". Crewe Alexandra Official Site. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  16. "Loan: Udoh Makes Leamington Switch". Crewe Alexandra Official Site. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  17. "Crewe Alexandra Retained List 2018". Crewe Alexandra F.C. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  18. "Daniel Udoh Signs". A.F.C. Telford United. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  19. Daniel Udoh Joins Town
  20. Daniel Udoh: Shrewsbury Town sign striker from neighbours AFC Telford
  21. "Shrewsbury Town confirm signing of Daniel Udoh from AFC Telford". Shropshire Star. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  22. "Accrington Stanley 2 Shrewsbury Town 3 - Report and pictures". Shropshire Star. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  23. "D. Udoh". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  24. "Daniel Udoh". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  25. "Statistics: Grays Athletic". Grays Athletic FC Statistics Archive. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
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