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 (age 27)
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)^[2]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Shrewsbury Town
Number	11
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	135	(24)
International career
	Nigeria U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:32, 1 December 2023 (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]

He scored the opening goal against Liverpool FC at Anfield in a 2021-22 FA Cup 3rd round game on 9 January 2022. However, Shrewsbury Town went onto lose the game 4–1.

Personal life

Udoh is a Christian.^[23]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 March 2022

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Worcester City	2014–15^[24]	Conference North	9	0	0	0	—		0	0	9	0
North Greenford United	2014–15^[25]	Southern League Division One Central	1	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
Grays Athletic	2014–15^[26]	Isthmian League Premier Division	1	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
Hoddesdon Town	2014–15^[25]	Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division	11	7	—		—		—		11	7
Ilkeston	2015–16	Northern Premier League Premier Division	34	8	—		—		—		34	8
Crewe Alexandra	2015–16^[24]	League One	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	2016–17^[24]	League Two	9	0	2	0	0	0	3^[a]	1	14	1
	2017–18	League Two	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Crewe Alexandra total		15	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	20	1
Solihull Moors (loan)	2016–17^[24]	National League	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
Halesowen Town (loan)	2017–18	Northern Premier League	16	7	—		—		—		16	7
Chester (loan)	2017–18	National League	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
Leamington (loan)	2017–18	National League North	17	5	—		—		—		17	5
AFC Telford United	2018–19	National League North	39	19	—		—		—		39	19
Shrewsbury Town	2019–20^[27]	League One	25	4	5	0	0	0	3^[a]	0	33	4
	2020–21^[28]	League One	39	4	3	1	1	0	1^[a]	0	44	5
	2021–22^[29]	League One	39	12	2	1	2	2	0	0	43	15
	Shrewsbury Town total		103	20	10	2	3	2	4	0	120	24
Career total			253	66	12	2	4	2	7	1	276	69

1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References

1. (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. "F3 Chats to Daniel Udoh". F3 Football. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
24. "D. Udoh". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
25. "Daniel Udoh". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
26. "Statistics: Grays Athletic". Grays Athletic FC Statistics Archive. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
27. "Games played by Daniel Udoh in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
28. "Games played by Daniel Udoh in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
29. "Games played by Daniel Udoh in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

External links

• Daniel Udoh at Soccerbase