| Danny Foster | |
| Fullname: | Daniel Foster |
| Birth Date: | 23 September 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Enfield, England |
| Height: | [1] |
| Position: | Right back |
| Youthyears1: | –1994 |
| Youthclubs1: | Brimsdown Rovers |
| Youthyears2: | 1994–2002 |
| Youthclubs2: | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Years1: | 2002–2004 |
| Clubs1: | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2004–2009 |
| Clubs2: | Dagenham & Redbridge |
| Caps2: | 170 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Years3: | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs3: | Brentford |
| Caps3: | 36 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2010–2013 |
| Clubs4: | Wycombe Wanderers |
| Caps4: | 76 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Totalcaps: | 282 |
| Totalgoals: | 5 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2000 |
| Nationalteam1: | England U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2002 |
| Nationalteam2: | England U18 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2007 |
| Nationalteam3: | England C |
| Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Daniel Foster (born 23 September 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right back in the Football League, most notably for Dagenham & Redbridge and Wycombe Wanderers. He was capped by England at youth and C level.
Foster began his youth career at Brimsdown Rovers and later entered the academy at Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur,[2] progressing to sign his first professional contract in June 2002. He failed to receive a call into a first team squad and was released at the end of the 2003–04 season.[3]
Foster dropped into non-league football to join Conference Premier club Dagenham & Redbridge in September 2004. He made a breakthrough into the first team squad during the second half of the 2004–05 season and signed a new three-year contract in February 2005.[4] Foster was a regular during 2005–06 season and missed just one league match during 2006–07, in which the Daggers secured promotion to the Football League after winning the Conference Premier title.[5] He signed a new two-year contract following the promotion.[6]
Foster continued to appear regularly for the club in League Two and made 69 league appearances and scoring three goals before being released at the end of the 2008–09 season.[7] During five seasons at Victoria Road, Foster made 186 appearances and scored four goals.
On 17 June 2009, Foster and former Dagenham & Redbridge teammates Sam Saunders and Ben Strevens joined newly promoted League One club Brentford on free transfers, with Foster signing a one-year contract. He made 42 appearances during the 2009–10 season, in which the Bees trod water in mid-table before a strong finish elevated the club to a 9th-place finish.[8] He was given a free transfer at the end of the season.[9]
On 25 June 2010, Foster and former Brentford teammate Ben Strevens joined newly relegated League Two club Wycombe Wanderers.[10] He made 41 appearances and scored one goal during a successful 2010–11 season, in which the Chairboys secured an automatic return to League One after a third-place finish.[11] Foster signed a new two-year contract in May 2011,[12] but the Chairboys' return to League One was brief, with the club being relegated straight back to League Two at the end of the 2011–12 season. After overcoming a shoulder injury,[13] Foster began the 2012–13 season as a regular, before suffering a season-ending knee injury late in a match versus Rotherham United on 20 November 2012.[14] He underwent surgery in January 2013, but failed to recover before the end of the season. Despite being out of contract,[15] Foster remained at Adams Park into the early months of the 2013–14 season, but was forced to retire from football in November 2013.[16] In three seasons with Wycombe, he made 125 appearances and scored one goal.
Foster won three caps for England at U16 and U18 level.[17] He made two appearances in England C's victorious 2007 Four Nations Tournament campaign.[18] [19]
In May 2019, Foster was named as assistant to manager Steve Clark at Isthmian League Premier Division club Wingate & Finchley.[20] The pair departed the club by mutual agreement on 28 September 2019.[21]
Wycombe Wanderers
Dagenham & Redbridge
England C
| Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 2004–05 | Conference Premier | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[22] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||||
| 2006–07 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[23] | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||||
| 2007–08 | League Two | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2008–09 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[24] | 0 | 42 | 2 | |||
| Total | 170 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 186 | 4 | |||
| Brentford | 2009–10 | League One | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 2010–11 | League Two | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 1 | |
| 2011–12 | League One | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | League Two | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 76 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 83 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 282 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 311 | 5 | |||