Dániel Gyollai (born 7 April 1997) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Glentoran. He has represented Hungary at various youth levels.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dániel Gyollai[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 April 1997[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Békéscsaba, Hungary | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Glentoran | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2011 | Békéscsaba 1912 Előre | ||
| 2011–2013 | Budapest Honvéd | ||
| 2013–2016 | Stoke City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Stoke City | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Nantwich Town (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Nantwich Town (loan) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Wigan Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Peterborough United | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Maidenhead United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Maidenhead United | 39 | (0) |
| 2024– | Glentoran | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Hungary U17 | |||
| 2015 | Hungary U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Hungary U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Hungary U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:01, 29 April 2023 (UTC) | |||
Career
editGyollai was born in Békéscsaba and started his youth career at hometown club Békéscsaba 1912 Előre in 2005.[4] He left the club in 2011 to join the youth academy of Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Budapest Honvéd.[5]
In 2013, he graduated from the Hungarian Football Academy and signed for English Premier League club Stoke City.[5][6] Originally placed into the under-18 squad, Gyollai was moved to the under-21 squad in 2015 and was a regular name on the teamsheet in Premier League 2 and EFL Trophy matches.[6]
After various senior games as an unused substitute for Stoke, in 2016, Gyollai joined Nantwich Town on loan. He went on to make 8 league appearances for the club.[7] Impressing on his loan spell, in 2017, Gyollai re-joined The Dabbers once again on loan.[8]
At the end of the 2018–19 season, Gyollai was released by Stoke City and on 1 August 2019 joined Championship side Wigan Athletic, penning a one-year deal.[2]
On 30 July 2020, Gyollai signed for League One club Peterborough United on a two-year deal.[9] He made his debut for the club on 8 September 2020, starting in a 3–3 draw at home to Burton Albion in the EFL Trophy, which The Posh won 5–4 on penalties.[10]
On 11 May 2021, he was made available for transfer by Peterborough.[11] He moved on loan to Maidenhead United in December 2021.[12] After two league appearances,[3] the transfer was made permanent in January 2022.[13] He won the Supporters' Player of the Season award for the 2021–22 season.[14] In the 2022–23 season Gyollai sustained anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament injuries in February 2023, which kept him out for the rest of the campaign. He was released in June 2023.[15]
On 15 June 2024, Gyollai signed for Northern Irish side Glentoran.[16]
Career statistics
edit- As of 7 February 2023[3]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke City U21 | 2017–18 | – | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2018–19 | – | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nantwich Town (loan) | 2015–16 | NPL Premier Division | No data currently available | |||||||||
| Nantwich Town (loan) | 2016–17 | NPL Premier Division | No data currently available | |||||||||
| Peterborough United | 2020–21 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Maidenhead United (loan) | 2021–22 | National League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Maidenhead United | 2021–22 | National League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | National League | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
References
edit- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Peterborough United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 52. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Daniel Gyollai". Wiganathletic.com.
- ^ a b c Dániel Gyollai at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ Tamás, Such (29 January 2020). ""22 éves voltam és 197 centis, de még mindig én voltam Dani, az akadémiás" ("I was 22 and 197 inches, but I was still Dani, the academician")". Behir.hu (in Hungarian).
- ^ a b "GYOLLAI DÁNIEL". Adatbank.mlsz.hu (in Hungarian).
- ^ a b Endrődi, Dávid (4 July 2016). "ÚJABB FIATAL MAGYAR A STOKE CITYNÉL (Another Young Hungarian at Stoke City)". Fociclub.hu (in Hungarian).
- ^ "On loan Nantwich Town keeper Daniel Gyollai happy with start". Nantwich News. 29 March 2016.
- ^ "Stoke Keeper Involved In Seven Goal Thriller". Stokeloudandproud.com. 26 January 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Daniel Gyollai: Peterborough United sign former Wigan Athletic goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 30 July 2020.
- ^ "REPORT: PETERBOROUGH UNITED 3-3 BURTON ALBION". Burtonalbionfc.co.uk. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Posh Confirm Retained List For Next Season". Theposh.com.
- ^ "Gyollai Makes Loan Move To Maidenhead | Peterborough United - POSH". Theposh.com. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "He is here to stay! 🤝 Goalkeeper, Daniel Gyollai, has joined the Magpies on a permanent deal after his initial one-month loan spell". Twitter.com. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Your Supporters' Player of the Season, @danielgyollai_". Twitter.com. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Retained list details announced". maidenheadunitedfc.org. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Signing News: Welcome Daniel". glentoran.com. Retrieved 15 June 2024.