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Full nameDaniel Keith Happe
PositionCentre-back
NationalityEngland
Age27
Date of birth28 Sept 1998
BirthplaceLondon
Height197 cm
Shirt number#5
ClubLeyton Orient
Centre-back
40
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
2798
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Leyton Orient.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
League One400027986.66
FA Cup2001806.6

Scout report

Project playerCentral defender

D. Happe is a 27-year-old central defender at Leyton Orient, rated 36.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 269th of 481 on scout potential in the League One. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (67.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.57 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Happe.

Judged on this season alone, Happe graded 20 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 43rd of 88 of the 88 centre-backs in the League One, on 7 clean sheets and 2.573 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 21 → 20). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 37, 43rd of 88 of the 88 centre-backs in the League One. At 27 Happe is in his prime years, and a market index of 8.2 reflects that trajectory.

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Below his 2020/21 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2020/21Holding levelBreakout: 2022/23Stepped up 2023/24
Current potential43rd of 88 centre-backs · League OneCurrent season43rd of 88 centre-backs · League One43rd-best centre-back in the League One269th in the League One · potential43rd-highest potential centre-back in the League One
36.7
Ratingi
43rd of 88 centre-backs
20.1
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
67.6%
Minutes
a regular starter
2.57
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Leyton Orient finished 20th of 24 · a lower-table side

2.57
Def. / 90
33
Tackles
30
Interceptions
7
Clean sheets

2.57 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 40 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (20th of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 67.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 36.7, Happe carries the 43rd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League One of 88, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Leyton Orient finished 20th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.57 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

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