# Danny Rose (footballer, born 1990)
**Danny Rose** (Daniel Lee Rose, born 1990 in [Doncaster](https://www.edgepedia.org/doncaster)) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back, most prominently for Tottenham Hotspur between 2007 and 2021 and for the England national team, for whom he won 29 caps without scoring.[1](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63593/Danny_Rose.html) He stood 1.73 m tall and could also play at left midfield and center back.[1](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63593/Danny_Rose.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1990, Doncaster, England; full name Daniel Lee Rose[1](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63593/Danny_Rose.html) |
| Position | Left-back; also left midfield and center back[1](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63593/Danny_Rose.html) |
| Tottenham career | July 2007 to 30 June 2021; 214 appearances, 10 goals[2](https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/995264/newcastle-loan-for-rose) • [3](https://www.statbunker.com/players/getPlayerHistory?player_id=19401) |
| England career | 29 caps, 0 goals (2016 to 2019); Euro 2016 and World Cup 2018[1](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63593/Danny_Rose.html) |
| Honors | PFA Premier League Team of the Year 2016-17, after a first selection the previous season[4](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenhams-danny-rose-is-the-best-leftback-in-the-league-says-crystal-palace-winger-andros-townsend-a3335541.html) |
| 2019 Champions League final | Started for Tottenham against Liverpool[5](https://as.com/futbol/primera/los-otros-isco-del-mercado-n/) |
| Later clubs | Newcastle United (loan, 2020), Watford (2021/22, 8 Premier League appearances)[2](https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/995264/newcastle-loan-for-rose) • [6](https://www.premierleague.com/players/3507/player/overview) |
## Early career and move to Tottenham
Rose began at Leeds United as a scholar from July 2006, and Tottenham Hotspur signed him for a reported 1 million pounds, with his professional registration from July 2007.[7](https://www.watfordfcarchive.uk/downloads/players/%2BRigg-Saunders.pdf) He made his senior debut in August 2009, in a League Cup tie against his home-town team Doncaster Rovers.[2](https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/995264/newcastle-loan-for-rose)
His first goal was a memorable one: a strike on his Premier League debut against Arsenal in April 2010.[2](https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/995264/newcastle-loan-for-rose)
## Loan spells
Tottenham sent Rose out repeatedly while he developed. He spent time at Watford from March 2009, Peterborough United from September 2009, Bristol City from September 2010, and [Sunderland](https://www.edgepedia.org/sunderland) from 31 August 2012.[8](https://www.skysports.com/danny-rose) The 2012-13 season at Sunderland was the most substantial: 27 Premier League appearances with 1 goal.[1](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63593/Danny_Rose.html) A Watford club historian judged that in his loan spell at Vicarage Road Rose showed clear evidence of his exceptional pace, but little of the other qualities that led [Tottenham](https://www.edgepedia.org/tottenham) to pay a million pounds for him.[7](https://www.watfordfcarchive.uk/downloads/players/%2BRigg-Saunders.pdf)
## Establishing himself at Tottenham
From 2013-14 onward Rose was a regular, with 22 league appearances in 2013-14, 28 in 2014-15, and 24 in 2015-16, the last of which brought his first PFA Premier League Team of the Year selection.[1](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63593/Danny_Rose.html) • [4](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenhams-danny-rose-is-the-best-leftback-in-the-league-says-crystal-palace-winger-andros-townsend-a3335541.html) His former Tottenham teammate [Andros Townsend](https://www.edgepedia.org/andros-townsend), the Crystal Palace winger, called him in September 2016 probably the best left-back in the country.[4](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenhams-danny-rose-is-the-best-leftback-in-the-league-says-crystal-palace-winger-andros-townsend-a3335541.html) That month his second-half goal against Liverpool earned Tottenham a 1-1 draw at [White Hart Lane](https://www.edgepedia.org/white-hart-lane).[9](https://www.lfchistory.net/images/newspapers/riley/20160827vSpurs.pdf)
**Peak and injury.** In 2016-17 Rose was named in the PFA Team of the Year again, alongside Tottenham teammates [Kyle Walker](https://www.edgepedia.org/kyle-walker), Toby Alderweireld, Dele Alli, and [Harry Kane](https://www.edgepedia.org/harry-kane).[10](https://themastermindsite.com/2017/04/20/analyzing-the-2016-17-pfa-team-of-the-year/) A knee injury cost him about four months of that season, and he featured in only half the games played, yet he still made 18 league appearances with 2 goals as Tottenham finished second in the Premier League.[10](https://themastermindsite.com/2017/04/20/analyzing-the-2016-17-pfa-team-of-the-year/) • [1](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63593/Danny_Rose.html) Under Mauricio Pochettino he played as an attacking left-back or left wing-back; tactical analysis of the December 2019 period noted that Rose could stay back to form a back three with the center-backs while the right-back pushed high.[11](https://totalfootballanalysis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Total-Football-Analysis-Magazine-16_-December-2019-single-page.pdf.pdf)
Rose started the 2019 Champions League final against Liverpool, and by the time of that final had made 214 appearances for Tottenham with 10 goals.[5](https://as.com/futbol/primera/los-otros-isco-del-mercado-n/) • [2](https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/995264/newcastle-loan-for-rose) In January 2020, with the 29-year-old having started only one Premier League game that season, he joined Newcastle United on loan until the end of the campaign, making 11 league appearances there.[2](https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/995264/newcastle-loan-for-rose) • [1](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63593/Danny_Rose.html) He made no league appearances for Tottenham in 2020-21 and left the club at the end of his contract in May 2021, ending a 14-year association.[1](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63593/Danny_Rose.html) • [8](https://www.skysports.com/danny-rose)
## England career
Rose made his senior England debut in 2016 and was the country's first-choice left-back throughout Euro 2016, playing in the group games against Russia and Wales and the round-of-16 defeat by Iceland.[4](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenhams-danny-rose-is-the-best-leftback-in-the-league-says-crystal-palace-winger-andros-townsend-a3335541.html) • [1](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63593/Danny_Rose.html) He won 11 caps in 2016, 5 in 2017, and 6 in 2018, and was part of the England squad at the 2018 World Cup, appearing in the semi-final defeat by Croatia and the third-place match against Belgium.[1](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63593/Danny_Rose.html) His last caps came in 2019 in Euro 2020 qualifying, against [Montenegro](https://www.edgepedia.org/montenegro), Bulgaria, and Czechia.[1](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63593/Danny_Rose.html) The Football Association described him as a regular in the squad, an experienced head with younger players coming through, and something of a spokesperson on topics around mental health and racism in football.[12](https://www.thefa.com/england/mens-seniors/squad/danny-rose)
## Watford and after
Rose signed for Watford on a free transfer in June 2021.[8](https://www.skysports.com/danny-rose) In the [2021-22 Premier League](https://www.edgepedia.org/2021-22-premier-league) season he made 8 appearances, 7 of them starts, without scoring, and Watford finished 19th.[6](https://www.premierleague.com/players/3507/player/overview) • [1](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63593/Danny_Rose.html) A Spanish retrospective in December 2022 described the arc of his career as falling from full England international and Champions League finalist to without a club in under three years, attributing the decline partly to disagreements with his coaches.[5](https://as.com/futbol/primera/los-otros-isco-del-mercado-n/)
## Family
Rose is the elder brother of Mitch Rose, who played for Rotherham United.[13](https://www.11v11.com/players/danny-rose-225254/)
## References
1. [Danny Rose (Player), National Football Teams](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/63593/Danny_Rose.html)
2. [Newcastle loan for Rose, Tottenham Hotspur (30 January 2020)](https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/995264/newcastle-loan-for-rose)
3. [Danny Rose History, Statbunker](https://www.statbunker.com/players/getPlayerHistory?player_id=19401)
4. [Tottenham's Danny Rose is the best left-back in the league, says Andros Townsend, London Evening Standard (2 September 2016)](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenhams-danny-rose-is-the-best-leftback-in-the-league-says-crystal-palace-winger-andros-townsend-a3335541.html)
5. [Los 'otros' Isco del mercado, AS (24 December 2022)](https://as.com/futbol/primera/los-otros-isco-del-mercado-n/)
6. [Danny Rose Watford Defender, Profile & Stats, Premier League](https://www.premierleague.com/players/3507/player/overview)
7. [Watford FC players archive: Danny Rose entry](https://www.watfordfcarchive.uk/downloads/players/%2BRigg-Saunders.pdf)
8. [Danny Rose Player Profile, Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/danny-rose)
9. [Liverpool v Tottenham match report, 27 August 2016, lfchistory.net](https://www.lfchistory.net/images/newspapers/riley/20160827vSpurs.pdf)
10. [Analyzing The 2016-17 PFA Team of the Year, TheMastermindSite (20 April 2017)](https://themastermindsite.com/2017/04/20/analyzing-the-2016-17-pfa-team-of-the-year/)
11. [Total Football Analysis Magazine 16, December 2019](https://totalfootballanalysis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Total-Football-Analysis-Magazine-16_-December-2019-single-page.pdf.pdf)
12. [England squad profile: Danny Rose, The FA](https://www.thefa.com/england/mens-seniors/squad/danny-rose)
13. [Danny Rose Football Player Statistics, 11v11.com](https://www.11v11.com/players/danny-rose-225254/)
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