{{Short description|English footballer (born 1989)}} {{Notability|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Dan Spence |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|10|22|df=y}} |birth_place = England |height = |position = Defender |youthyears1 = 2009–2010 |youthclubs1 = Glenn Hoddle Academy |years1 = {{0|0000}}–2009 |clubs1 = Reading |years2 = 2009 |clubs2 = → Woking (loan) |goals2 = 1 |years3 = 2009 |clubs3 = Salisbury City |caps3 = 9 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 2010 |clubs4 = Jerez Industrial CF |caps4 = 13 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 2011 |clubs5 = Mansfield Town |caps5 = 6 |goals5 = 0 |years6 = 2011–2013 |clubs6 = Hayes & Yeading United |caps6 = 40 |goals6 = 0 |years7 = 2013–2015 |clubs7 = Eastleigh |caps7 = 77 |goals7 = 0 |years8 = 2015–2018 |clubs8 = Sutton United |caps8 = 64 |goals8 = 1 |years9 = 2018 |clubs9 = Hemel Hempstead Town |caps9 = 8 |goals9 = 0 |years10 = 2018–2019 |clubs10 = Woking |caps10 = 9 |goals10 = 0 |years11 = 2019 |clubs11 = Kingstonian }} '''Daniel Spence''' (born 22 October 1989) is an English former footballer who played as a defender.
==Early life== As a youth player, Spence joined the youth academy of English side Reading FC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/10843190.dans-debt-to-hoddle/|title=Dan's debt to Hoddle|date=29 November 2013 |publisher=dailyecho.co.uk}}</ref> He attended Little Heath School in England.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-reading-fc-trainee-could-12629425|title=Former Reading FC trainee could make FA Cup history for Sutton United against Arsenal|date=20 February 2017 |publisher=getreading.co.uk}}</ref>
==Career== In 2013, Spence signed for English side Eastleigh FC. He helped the club win the league.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/sport/15099531.dan-spence-the-man-whose-last-gasp-tackle-kept-sutton-uniteds-fa-cup-run-alive/|title=Dan Spence, the man whose last-gasp tackle kept Sutton United's FA Cup run alive|date=17 February 2017 |publisher=yourlocalguardian.co.uk}}</ref>
==Style of play== Spence mainly operated as a defender. He was known for his versatility.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/864278258|title=Spence so grateful for second chance|publisher=Nottingham Post|id={{ProQuest|864278258}} }}</ref>
==Personal life== Spence was born in 1989 in England. He has worked as a teaching assistant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/15113652.dan-spence-was-part-of-the-sutton-united-team-which-made-it-to-the-fifth-round-of-the-fa-cup-against-arsenal-fc/|title=Dan Spence was part of the Sutton United team which made it to the fifth round of the FA Cup against Arsenal FC|date=23 February 2017 |publisher=readingchronicle.co.uk}}</ref>
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