Matty Daly should not be confused with Matthew Daly.
| Matty Daly | |
| Full Name: | Matthew Paul Daly[1] |
| Birth Date: | 10 March 2001[2] |
| Birth Place: | Stockport, England |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Harrogate Town |
| Clubnumber: | 10 |
| Youthyears1: | –2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | Everton |
| Youthyears2: | 2015–2018 |
| Youthclubs2: | Huddersfield Town |
| Years1: | 2018–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Huddersfield Town |
| Caps1: | 12 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs2: | → Hartlepool United (loan) |
| Caps2: | 19 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2022 |
| Clubs3: | → Bradford City (loan) |
| Caps3: | 9 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs4: | → Harrogate Town (loan) |
| Caps4: | 35 |
| Goals4: | 7 |
| Years5: | 2023– |
| Clubs5: | Harrogate Town |
| Caps5: | 40 |
| Goals5: | 6 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam1: | England U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019–2020 |
| Nationalteam2: | England U18 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 22:56, 27 April 2024 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 08:03, 28 June 2022 (UTC) |
Matthew Paul Daly (born 10 March 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for side Harrogate Town.
Daly was previously at Everton as a youngster before signing for Huddersfield Town in September 2015.[3] He made his first team debut for the Terriers as a first-half substitute for Jonathan Hogg in their 2–1 defeat to Watford in the Premier League on 20 April 2019.[3] Daly scored his 1st goal for the Terriers against Charlton on 10 December 2019, an injury time winner.[4]
On 5 August 2021, Daly signed for -promoted League Two side Hartlepool United on loan.[5] He made his debut for Hartlepool as a late substitute in a 1–0 victory against Crawley Town.[6] Huddersfield recalled Daly on 17 January 2022.[7] Daly made 27 appearances and scored seven goals in total for Hartlepool, including five goals in four appearances in the EFL Trophy.[7]
On 18 January 2022, the day after being recalled from Hartlepool United, Daly returned to League Two to join Bradford City on loan until the end of the season. Upon requiring surgery after 9 appearances Daly then returned to Huddersfield for recovery.[8]
On 27 June 2022, Daly joined Harrogate Town on loan for the whole of the 2022–23 season.[9] [10] he agreed to return to Harrogate on a two-year deal in May 2023.[11]
He has represented England at international youth levels, including under-17, where he received 10 caps including his participation at the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, which included scoring the winning goal in the 2–1 win over Israel under-17s in their first match,[12] which would eventually lead to a semi-final defeat to the Netherlands under-17s on a penalty shootout,[13] although Daly did score England's second penalty.[14] In May 2019, Daly was part of the England U18s squad that competed at the Slovakia Cup.[15]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Huddersfield Town | 2018–19 | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Championship | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | Championship | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Hartlepool United (loan) | 2021–22 | League Two | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 7 | |
| Bradford City (loan) | 2021–22 | League Two | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | League Two | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 8 | ||
| 2023–24 | League Two | 40 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 6 | ||
| Total | 75 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 85 | 14 | |||
| Career total | 114 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 133 | 23 | |||