Danny Welbeck

Danny Welbeck

Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck is an English professional footballer. He plays as a forward for Brighton & Hove Albion and the England national team. Welbeck made his senior debut for Manchester United in 2008. He has gone on to represent England at UEFA Euro 2012, the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2018 World Cup, earning over 40 caps. He was transferred to Arsenal in September 2014 for a £16 million fee. In August 2019, Welbeck joined Watford following his release by Arsenal at the end of the previous season.

About Danny Welbeck in brief

Summary Danny WelbeckDaniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck is an English professional footballer. He plays as a forward for Brighton & Hove Albion and the England national team. Welbeck made his senior debut for Manchester United in 2008. He has gone on to represent England at UEFA Euro 2012, the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2018 World Cup, earning over 40 caps. He was transferred to Arsenal in September 2014 for a £16 million fee. In August 2019, Welbeck joined Watford following his release by Arsenal at the end of the previous season. He is the son of Ghanaian-born former Manchester United striker Daniel Mensah. He played for Preston North End and Sunderland on loan during his first two seasons in the Premier League. He made his England debut in March 2011 in a 1–1 friendly draw against Ghana. He scored his first senior international goal on 2 June 2012 in a friendly victory over Belgium. He also played in the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup final at Wembley Stadium. He suffered from Osgood–Schlatter disease as a child, but was not handicapped despite suffering from pneumonia. He signed his first trainee contract in July 2007, and started the 2007–08 season in the under-18 team. In January 2008, he was called up to the first team for the trip to Saudi Arabia to play Al-Hilal in Sami Al-Jaber’s testimonial match. The following month he signed a new contract, keeping him at Manchester United until 2013. He joined the first-team squad partway through the 2007-08 season, and made his competitive debut for the Manchester United first team on 23 September 2008, starting up front in a 3–1 home win against Middlesbrough in the League Cup Third Round.

He marked his Premier League debut on 15 November 2008, coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute for Park Ji-sung against Stoke City. He started in the 2009 League Cup Final at Wembley stadium on 1 March 2009, in which United beat Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 on penalties after a 0–0 extra-time draw. On 25 January 2010, he became Alex Ferguson’s son Darren Ferguson’s first signing as Preston North end manager since he took charge earlier in the year. He went on loan to Sunderland for the duration of the 2010–11 season, scoring his first goal as he completed an individual individual goal in 3–0 away victory over Chelsea. On 14 November 2010, Wel Beck became Steve Bruce’s eighth signing after Sunderland signed the striker. He returned to Manchester United for the remainder of the season, but his loan was cut short on 16 March after he needed knee surgery. He took part in Manchester United’s training session at the club’s training ground in March 2012, but he could not return to the club for that month. On 16 March 2013, he returned to the training ground so that he could return to United for a second operation on his knee. In the summer of that year, he made his Manchester United debut in a 2–2 home draw against Birmingham City.