{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2010}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Danny Chapman | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1974|11|21}} | birth_place = Deptford, England | height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}} | position = Midfielder | years1 = 1993–1995 | clubs1 = Millwall | caps1 = 12 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1995–1997 | clubs2 = Leyton Orient | caps2 = 78 | goals2 = 4 | years3 = 1997–2000 | clubs3 = Welling United | caps3 = 33 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2000–2003 | clubs4 = Dover Athletic | caps4 = ? | goals4 = ? | years5 = 2003 | clubs5 = Folkestone Invicta | caps5 = ? | goals5 = ? | years6 = 2003–2004 | clubs6 = Dover Athletic | caps6 = ? | goals6 = ? | years7 = 2004–2005 | clubs7 = Eastbourne Borough | caps7 = 26 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2005–2007 | clubs8 = Dover Athletic | caps8 = ? | goals8 = ? | years9 = 2007–2009 | clubs9 = Cray Wanderers | caps9 = 81 | goals9 = 3 }} '''Danny Chapman''' (born 21 November 1974) is a retired professional footballer who played in the football league with Millwall and Leyton Orient. Chapman played as a defensive central midfielder.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chapman joins Boro |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=18222 |work=NonLeagueDaily.com |date=14 June 2004 |accessdate=15 April 2010 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929030633/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=18222 |archivedate=29 September 2012 }}</ref>
==Playing career== Chapman started at Millwall but failed to earn first-team football on a regular basis, which led to his move to Leyton Orient. At Orient Chapman did get first-team football for two years, making 78 league appearances for the club,<ref>{{cite web|title=Leyton Orient : 1946/47 – 2011/12|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/leyton/leyton.html|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database|accessdate=23 June 2013}}</ref> but was released in the summer of 1997. He moved into non-league football with Conference club Welling United. Chapman spent three years at Welling, but he left to join fellow Conference side Dover Athletic after Welling were relegated from the Conference in 2000. Chapman left Dover in March 2003 to join rival Folkestone Invicta, however he returned to Dover in the summer of 2003. After one season he left to join Eastbourne Borough. He returned to Dover after one season, where he was a losing finalist in two consecutive Isthmian League Division One play-offs. Chapman left Dover to join fellow Isthmian League Division One South side Cray Wanderers. In his first season with the club, Chapman again lost in the play-offs. The following season it was fourth time lucky as Cray Wanderers were promoted after winning the Isthmian League Division One South play-off final. This was Chapman's final match as he retired after it.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Danny}} Category:Living people Category:1974 births Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Lewisham Category:People from Deptford Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Millwall F.C. players Category:Leyton Orient F.C. players Category:Welling United F.C. players Category:Eastbourne Borough F.C. players Category:Dover Athletic F.C. players Category:Folkestone Invicta F.C. players Category:Cray Wanderers F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:National League (English football) players Category:Isthmian League players