Danny Gabbidon

Danny Gabbidon earns my respect for the sheer durability of his career. A Welsh defender born in Cwmbran, he anchored back lines at West Bromwich Albion, Cardiff City, West Ham, QPR and Crystal Palace, and he turned out for Wales along the way. At 178 cm he wasn't winning on size alone; I picture a reader of the game who stopped attacks with timing and grit rather than brute force. Serving Cardiff as player-coach and caretaker manager in 2014, he embodies the kind of professional defender I genuinely love.

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Name (English)

Danny Gabbidon

Name (Japanese)

ダニー・ガビドン

Reading

だにー・がびどん

Born

August 8, 1979 (age 47)

Origin

Cwmbran, United Kingdom

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Goat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%20Gabbidon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%93%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312067

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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