Daniel Ebenezer Kwasi Agyei (born 1 June 1997) is an English

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, that competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Railwaymen' because of ...

Career

Burnley

Agyei came through the ranks at

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, scoring 35 goals for the club's under-21 team in the 2014–15 season to draw the attention of a host of top clubs, reportedly including

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and

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. Agyei eventually signed for

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on a long-term contract, initially to play for the club's development squad. After impressing for Burnley's development squad in the 2015–16 season and making his senior Burnley debut in a pre-season friendly against

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. ...

, Agyei was made available for a loan move by manager

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beat off competition from several clubs in League One and the Championship to secure the loan signing of Agyei on a five-month loan deal. Agyei was handed the number 9 shirt by Coventry City manager

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upon arrival at the

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. Agyei made his professional league debut against Bradford City on 20 August 2016, handing Coventry City the lead with his first goal in professional league football in a 3–1 defeat at Valley Parade. He then scored his second goal of the season in a 2–0 home win against Rochdale. In October 2016, he scored Coventry's fastest-ever goal at the Ricoh Arena after just 19.5 seconds in a 3–1 victory over

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in the

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. In January 2017, he returned to Burnley following the expiration of his loan, having made a total of 19 appearances and scored five goals for the Sky Blues. He made his Burnley debut on 12 March 2017, coming on in the 88th minute to replace

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against

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. On 31 August 2017, Agyei joined

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club

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on loan until January 2018. He made a total of 21 appearances in all competitions, scoring five goals, before returning to Burnley. On 18 January 2018, Agyei joined League One club

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on loan until the end of the 2017–18 season.

Oxford United

On 10 August 2019, Agyei joined League One club

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on a three-year deal, with compensation to be paid to Burnley, after turning down a new contract at the Premier League club. He made his first-team debut in an

group-stage victory over Norwich City U21 on 3 September 2019, and his league debut as a 78th-minute substitute in a 0–0 draw away at

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pik ...

on 17 September.

Crewe Alexandra

On 28 January 2022, Agyei joined

on an 18-month contract for an undisclosed fee, and made his debut in Crewe's 1–0 league defeat at Gillingham on 1 February 2022. He scored his first Crewe goal, a late consolation goal in a 4–1 defeat at

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, on 12 February 2022. After Crewe were relegated to

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, Agyei scored in both of Crewe's first two games of the 2022–2023 season.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Agyei, Daniel Living people 1997 births English people of Ghanaian descent English footballers Footballers from Kingston upon Thames Association football forwards AFC Wimbledon players Burnley F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players Walsall F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players English Football League players Premier League players Black British sportsmen