Danis Salman

Club career

Early years Born in Famagusta, Cyprus, Salman was brought up in England from the age of two. He spent the early part of his career with Tottenham Hotspur, Queens Park Rangers and came under the wing of John Docherty at the latter club.

Brentford Despite being offered an apprenticeship, a fee and a guaranteed professional contract by Arsenal, new Brentford manager John Docherty convinced Salman to join the Fourth Division club on schoolboy forms in September 1975. Beginning life at Griffin Park in the club's youth team, Salman was handed an unexpected senior debut in a match versus Watford on 15 November 1975, Salman later revealed that he only found out he was playing the day before the match, when a reporter from The Sun arrived at his house and told him the news. Salman signed his first professional contract during the 1977 off-season, The match brought down the curtain on an 11-year career at Griffin Park, during which Salman made 371 appearances and scored eight goals.

Millwall Salman moved up to the Second Division to sign for Millwall in August 1986 for a £20,000 fee, which was settled by a tribunal. Salman departed Home Park having made 84 appearances and scored five goals for the Pilgrims.

Post-football career While still a player, Salman had a spell managing the Torquay United youth team during the 1992–93 season, combining his role with that of the club's Youth Development Officer. He became the Gulls' Commercial Manager in 1993. As of July 2010, Salman was coaching youth players in the South West at his own soccer school and Plymouth College. Salman works for the Press Association and focuses on covering Plymouth Argyle's matches. He writes a column in the Plymouth Herald.

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6 0 1976–77 0 58 3 1985–86 0 24 2 1989–90 Brentford Players' Player of the Year: 1984–85 Brentford Hall of Fame Millwall Player of the Year: 1987–88