Danny Boxall
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel James Boxall[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 August 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1987 | Selsdon Junior | ||
| 1987–1991 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| 1991–1995 | Crystal Palace | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1998 | Crystal Palace | 8 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 1998–2002 | Brentford | 68 | (1) |
| 2002–2004 | Bristol Rovers | 63 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Dublin City | ||
| 2006 | Carshalton Athletic | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Whyteleafe | 48 | (0) |
| 2008 | Hampton & Richmond Borough | 1 | (0) |
| 2008 | Croydon Athletic | 16 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 8 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Daniel James Boxall (born 24 August 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right back for Brentford, Bristol Rovers, Oldham Athletic and Crystal Palace. After two seasons in Ireland with Dublin City, he returned to England in 2006 to play non-League football and retired in 2008.
A right back, Boxall began his senior career at First Division club Crystal Palace and made 8 appearances during the 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons.[3][4][5] He made two appearances during Palace's single-season stay in the Premier League and spent most of 1997–98 on loan at Second Division club Oldham Athletic.[6][7] Having been hampered by an anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered during his time at Selhurst Park,[8] Boxall was released by Crystal Palace in June 1998 and joined newly-relegated Third Division club Brentford on a free transfer.[3][9] He made 46 appearances and scored one goal during the Bees' Third Division-title winning 1998–99 season.[10][11]
A second anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered in February 2000 kept Boxall out of match play until March 2002 and he made a number of late-2001–02 season appearances.[3][12] He was released after Brentford's Second Division play-off final defeat and played the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons with Third Division club Bristol Rovers.[3][13] After putting off a decision to retire,[8] Boxall played his subsequent career in the League of Ireland and English non-League football,[citation needed] before retiring due to injury in 2008.[14]
International career
Owing to an Irish grandmother from Wexford,[8] Boxall qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland at international level and he won eight U21 caps in 1998 and 1999.[15]
Personal life
Boxall was born at Mayday Hospital and attended Holy Trinity Church of England Junior School and Stanley Park High School in Wallington.[16][17][18] He has four older brothers and an older sister.[16] Boxall has worked as a male model and has run cleaning, construction and physiotherapy businesses.[19] As of 2020, he was director of cleaning and property business Adept London.[20]
Trivia
Boxall was hired as a body double for Kuno Becker's legs in close-up dribbling sequences in the 2005 film Goal!.[21]
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