Dan Happe
English footballer
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Daniel Keith Happe (born 28 September 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League One club Leyton Orient.
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Happe with Leyton Orient in 2025. | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Daniel Keith Happe[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 September 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Tower Hamlets, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Leyton Orient | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Leyton Orient | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Leyton Orient | 242 | (7) |
| 2017 | → Histon (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | England C | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 05:00, 8 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:29, 18 January 2021 (UTC) | |||
Career
On 13 January 2017, Happe joined Southern League Division One Central club Histon on loan and appeared as a last minute substitute in the 3–2 win at Uxbridge the following day.[3] He also appeared as a substitute in the 2–1 win at Kidlington on 28 January.[4]
Happe was drafted into the Leyton Orient first team squad in February 2017, and made his debut and his first senior start in the 3–0 league defeat at Cambridge United on 8 April 2017.[5]
He signed his first professional contract in October 2017, tying him to Leyton Orient until the end of the 2019–20 season.[6] He signed a new contract in July 2019, until 2021.[7] Happe was a member of the Leyton Orient side that won the 2022–23 EFL League Two title.[8][9] In June 2024, he signed a new two-year contract with Orient.[10]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Leyton Orient | 2016–17[12] | League Two | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017–18[8] | National League | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19[8] | National League | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 7[a] | 1 | 28 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20[13] | League Two | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 1 | 37 | 2 | |
| 2020–21[14] | League Two | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 43 | 3 | |
| 2021–22[15] | League Two | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 1 | 18 | 1 | |
| 2022–23[16] | League Two | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2023–24[17] | League One | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Total | 187 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 220 | 8 | ||
| Histon (loan) | 2016–17 | Southern League Division One Central | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 189 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 222 | 8 | ||
- Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
Honours
Leyton Orient
- EFL League Two: 2022–23[8]
- National League: 2018–19[18]
- FA Trophy runner-up: 2018–19[19]