Danny Shittu

What earns my respect for Danny Shittu is longevity, not glamour. A towering Lagos-born centre back carving out a sixteen-year career across the English game, with 346 league appearances and nearly 200 of them for QPR, is the kind of quiet durability that rarely trends. He never chased the marquee clubs; instead he stacked up honest seasons at Norwich, Charlton, Blackpool, Watford, Millwall and Bolton. Defenders like him live in the gaps the highlight reels ignore, and I find their persistence more compelling than any flashy goalscorer. Surviving that long in such a physical league is its own trophy, and I tip my hat to it.

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Name (English)

Danny Shittu

Name (Japanese)

ダニー・シットゥ

Reading

だにー・しっとぅ

Born

September 2, 1980 (age 46)

Origin

Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria

Height

191 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Monkey

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%20Shittu
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314731

Tags

• Lagos State
• association football player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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