Danny Wilson, the 34-year-old laddie born on a blustery winter's day, 27th December 1991, in the heart of Scotland, finds himself donning the number 27 jersey as a central defender for Livingston. Standing proud at 6ft 2in (1.88m) and weighing just about 12st 3lb (78kg), he's not the lanky wee lad he might seem at first glance.
Currently, Danny's judged to be worth roughly £100k according to our friends over at Transfermarkt, give or take the odd tuppence.
Danny kicked off his career at Rangers back in July 2007, straight out of his traineeship. He managed to make something of a name for himself in his debut season in 2009, turning out 14 times and even getting his name on the scoresheet once. He continued to play for Rangers until 2010, scoring another handful of goals along the way.
Then at a sprightly 18, Wilson traded the Premiership for Premier League, in a £2m move to Liverpool in July 2010. He made two first team appearances in his debut season there but this didn't quite hammer home. Danny found himself transferred on loan to Blackpool, Bristol City, and then to Hearts back in Scotland.
Interestingly, Hearts seemed to provide a warm enough welcome that Danny decided to stick around. Making a solid contribution to the team from 2013-2015, he trotted out for Hearts 76 times and managed to score eight goals, which for a centre back, is like finding spare change in your pocket.
In July 2015, he did a U-turn and returned to Rangers once again. His performance continued to be, well... steady: 75 appearances and four goals from 2015 to 2018. Following that, he crossed the Atlantic for a fresh start, lacing up his boots for the Colorado Rapids in MLS. In a deal worth £250k he made 137 appearances and scored 5 goals over the course of five seasons.
Wilson returned home to Scotland in February 2024, joining Queen's Park only10 appearances later, he was on the move again. A short interim period left mysteriously blank in his record, and then come October, he found his new home at Livingston, where he plays now. With old-twenty-five on the horizon, Danny’s still holding strong in his central defensive role and hopefully scoring a handful more goals to make his bio a bit more spicy for the next hapless writer asked to summarise his career to date.
In his most recent heroics, Danny's been putting in the graft for Livingston in the League Cup 2025-2026, managing a goal in four starts. He also managed to knock in three goals in the Prem. Play-offs in 2024-2025. We can only hope his goal tally continues to rise. I mean, it's always good to have a few fallback options as a defender, right?
