Daniel Ballard

Sunderland
Northern Ireland
Centre Back
No. 5
27 yrs

Appearances: 7
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Rating: 6.6

Daniel Ballard profile

Daniel Ballard (Northern Ireland, 27) is a football player, currently playing for Sunderland in England.

Name: Daniel Ballard
Nationality: Northern Ireland
Position: Centre Back (Defender)
Shirt number: 5
Height: 187 cm
22/09/1999: 27 years
Preferred Foot: Right
Current club: Sunderland
Contract until: June 2029
With Northern Ireland: 34 caps · 5 goals

Daniel Ballard this season by competition

5/10 Appearances
0 Goals
0 Assists
6.7 Rating

General

1

Minutes Played: 450

Attack

16

Total Shots: 3
Shots On Target: 0
Shots Off Target: 3
Big Chances Missed: 1
Big Chances Scored: 0
Big Chances Created: 0
Goals In Box: 0
Goals Out Box: 0
Left Foot Goals: 0
Right Foot Goals: 0
Headed Goals: 0
Free Kick Goals: 0
Expected Goals: 0.31
Expected Goals On Target: 0.00
Expected Assists: 0.17
Touches: 288

Defence

1

Expected Goals Conceded: 8.65

Discipline

2

Yellow Cards: 2
Red Cards: 0

1/4 Appearances
0 Goals
0 Assists
7.0 Rating

Attack

2

Total Shots: 0
Expected Assists: 0.00

Defence

1

Expected Goals Conceded: 0.96

Discipline

2

Yellow Cards: 0
Red Cards: 0

1 Appearances
0 Goals
0 Assists
5.9 Rating

General

1

Minutes Played: 89

Attack

16

Total Shots: 0
Shots On Target: 0
Shots Off Target: 0
Big Chances Missed: 0
Big Chances Scored: 0
Big Chances Created: 0
Goals In Box: 0
Goals Out Box: 0
Left Foot Goals: 0
Right Foot Goals: 0
Headed Goals: 0
Free Kick Goals: 0
Expected Goals: 0.00
Expected Goals On Target: 0.00
Expected Assists: 0.01
Touches: 53

Defence

1

Expected Goals Conceded: 1.66

Discipline

2

Yellow Cards: 1
Red Cards: 0

Daniel Ballard last matches

W Premier League 8 Nov 2026

Sunderland 10 Chelsea

Did not play
L UEFA Europa League 6 Nov 2026

Sunderland 02 Dinamo Zagreb

Did not play
L Premier League 31 Oct 2026

Coventry 31 Sunderland

Did not play
W EFL Cup - 4th Round 29 Oct 2026

Sunderland 32 Brentford

Did not play
D Premier League 25 Oct 2026

Sunderland 00 Leeds United

Did not play
D UEFA Europa League 22 Oct 2026

Lech Poznan 11 Sunderland

Did not play
L Premier League 18 Oct 2026

Bournemouth 20 Sunderland

Did not play
W UEFA Europa League 15 Oct 2026

Torreense 12 Sunderland

Did not play
L Premier League 10 Oct 2026

Sunderland 02 Brighton

Did not play
D UEFA Nations League - League B - Group 2 6 Oct 2026

Northern Ireland 00 Georgia

Did not play
W UEFA Nations League - League B - Group 2 3 Oct 2026

Ukraine 03 Northern Ireland

Did not play
W UEFA Nations League - League B - Group 2 25 Sept 2026

Georgia 01 Northern Ireland

90' 5.9
L Premier League 20 Sept 2026

Manchester City 53 Sunderland

90' 6.3
W UEFA Europa League 17 Sept 2026

Sunderland 10 AZ Alkmaar

39' 7.0
L Premier League 13 Sept 2026

Sunderland 02 Arsenal

90' 6.8

2026/2027 with club and country

Club (Sunderland)

Competition	Appearances	Lineups	Goals	Assists	Yellow Cards	Red Cards
Premier League	5	5	0	0	2	0
UEFA Europa League	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	5	0	0	2	0

National team (Northern Ireland)

Competition	Appearances	Lineups	Goals	Assists	Yellow Cards	Red Cards
UEFA Nations League	1	1	0	0	1	0
Total	1	1	0	0	1	0

Daniel Ballard transfer history

Sunderland Transfer · 1 July 2022 · until June 2029
$2.4M Current
Arsenal Back from loan · 30 June 2022
Millwall Loan · 1 July 2021
Arsenal Back from loan · 1 June 2021
Blackpool Loan · 16 October 2020
Arsenal Transfer · 16 July 2020
Swindon Loan · 3 July 2019
Arsenal U21 Transfer · 1 August 2018
Arsenal U23 Transfer · 1 August 2018
Arsenal U23 Transfer · 19 February 2018

Daniel Ballard trophies (2 titles)

1 FA Cup (England)
- 2019/2020 · Arsenal
1 Premier League 2 (England)