Danny Granville

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Personal information
Danny Granville
Full name	Daniel Granville
Date of birth	January 19, 1975 (age 32)
Place of birth	Islington, England
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Crystal Palace
Number	3
Youth clubs
1993-1996	Cambridge United
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999 1999-2001 2001 2001-	Cambridge United Chelsea Leeds United → Manchester City (loan) Manchester City → Norwich City (loan) Crystal Palace	104 (7) 26 (1) 14 (0) 11 (1) 67 (2) 6 (0) 138 (10)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11/02/2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Danny Granville (born January 19, 1975 in Islington) is an English footballer who plays for Crystal Palace in The Championship. He wears the number 3 shirt and is a left back.

Danny Granville began his career with Cambridge United, later moving to Chelsea in 1997, where he soon lost his place when Graeme Le Saux returned from Blackburn Rovers. He was signed by Leeds United in 1998 for £1,600,000. In 1999 he moved again, this time to Manchester City. While at Manchester City he was pushed onto the bench once again and spent a month on loan to Norwich City.

In December 2001 Danny signed for Palace where he has since played in the first team regularly. He remains a solid defender who enjoys going forward and delivering crosses, and is also dangerous with free-kicks from around the opposition's penalty area.

He has represented England in the under-21s team. However, with the senior team rather spoilt when it comes to left backs, Granville has never represented his country at the highest level.

Since signing for Palace Granville has seen another left back try to take his place, namely youngster Gary Borrowdale. Granville's torrid run of injuries has allowed Borrowdale a long spell in the first team.