# Dan Spence

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{{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](/source/Defender_(association_football))
|youthyears1    = 2009–2010
|youthclubs1    = [Glenn Hoddle Academy](/source/Glenn_Hoddle_Academy)
|years1         = {{0|0000}}–2009
|clubs1         = [Reading](/source/Reading_F.C.)
|years2         = 2009
|clubs2         = → [Woking](/source/Woking_F.C.) (loan)
|goals2         = 1
|years3         = 2009
|clubs3         = [Salisbury City](/source/Salisbury_City_F.C.)
|caps3          = 9
|goals3         = 0
|years4         = 2010
|clubs4         = [Jerez Industrial CF](/source/Jerez_Industrial_CF)
|caps4          = 13
|goals4         = 0
|years5         = 2011
|clubs5         = [Mansfield Town](/source/Mansfield_Town_F.C.)
|caps5          = 6
|goals5         = 0
|years6         = 2011–2013
|clubs6         = [Hayes & Yeading United](/source/Hayes_%26_Yeading_United_F.C.)
|caps6          = 40
|goals6         = 0
|years7         = 2013–2015
|clubs7         = [Eastleigh](/source/Eastleigh_F.C.)
|caps7          = 77
|goals7         = 0
|years8         = 2015–2018
|clubs8         = [Sutton United](/source/Sutton_United_F.C.)
|caps8          = 64
|goals8         = 1
|years9         = 2018
|clubs9         = [Hemel Hempstead Town](/source/Hemel_Hempstead_Town_F.C.)
|caps9          = 8
|goals9         = 0
|years10        = 2018–2019
|clubs10        = [Woking](/source/Woking_F.C.)
|caps10         = 9
|goals10        = 0
|years11        = 2019
|clubs11        = [Kingstonian](/source/Kingstonian_F.C.)
}}
'''Daniel Spence''' (born 22 October 1989) is an English former [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played as a [defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)).

==Early life==
As a youth player, Spence joined the youth academy of English side [Reading FC](/source/Reading_F.C.).<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](/source/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](/source/Eastleigh_F.C.). 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>

==References==
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Category:1989 births
Category:Living people
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:English men's footballers
Category:English expatriate men's footballers
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Category:Reading F.C. players
Category:Woking F.C. players
Category:Salisbury City F.C. players
Category:Mansfield Town F.C. players
Category:Hayes & Yeading United F.C. players
Category:Eastleigh F.C. players
Category:Sutton United F.C. players
Category:Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. players
Category:Kingstonian F.C. players
Category:21st-century English sportsmen

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