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Daniel Joseph "Danny" Griffin (born 10 August 1977 in Belfast) is a retired Northern Irish footballer. He was primarily a defender, but could also play in midfield. He is a youth coach with his first professional club, St. Johnstone. ==Career== At age 15, he joined St. Johnstone. He made his professional debut two years later. It was while he was with the McDiarmid Park club that Griffin made his international debut against Germany in a 1–1 draw on 29 May 1996 in Belfast and scored his first international goal in a friendly against the Republic of Ireland three years, to the day, later. In the following months, English club Derby County offered St. Johnstone £1,000,000 for their 18-year-old centre-back. Griffin was beginning to develop a good relationship with St. Johnstone and he felt there was much more he could learn from Paul Sturrock,〔 so he turned down the move.〔("Football memories keep the Perth player in the game ), ''Perthshire Advertiser'', 13 June 2008.〕 In 1996, Griffin scored an own goal, the only goal of the game, in the Scottish Challenge Cup Final loss to Stranraer.〔(Danny's blasts from the past ), ''Perthshire Advertiser''.〕 After seven years in Perth, Griffin followed manager Paul Sturrock to Tayside rivals Dundee United, for whom he would eventually become captain. Following injury problems, Griffin lost his regular place and joined English side Stockport County in 2004 as a free agent. After being released by Stockport, in December 2005 he signed for Aberdeen. Just four months later, however, he was informed that the club would not renew his contract at the end of the season. In June 2006, Griffin became one of new Dundee manager Alex Rae's first signings, agreeing a two-year contract.〔(), ''The Courier''.〕 On 8 January 2007 he left the club by mutual consent and joined Ross County a week later.〔(), BBC Sport.〕 Griffin was released by Ross County after suffering more injuries.〔(Griffin and Winters move to Livi ), BBC Sport, 16 January 2009.〕 He then joined Livingston in January 2009.〔 After winning the third division championship with Livingston, Griffin joined Arbroath in June 2010 on a one-year deal〔(Griffin Joins Lichties Deal ), The Courier''.〕 where he won the third division title for a second successive season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Danny Griffin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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