David Worrall

For the Irish footballer, see David Worrell. For the Australian composer, see David Worrall (composer). For the Australian journalist, see David Thomas Worrall.

David Worrall
Personal information
Full name David Richard Worrall[1]
Date of birth (1990-06-12) 12 June 1990 (age 34)[2]
Place of birth Manchester, England[3]
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[4]
Position(s) Midfielder; winger; wing-back
Team information
Current team
 Curzon Ashton
(on loan from Barrow)
Number 20
Youth career
2005–2007 Bury
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Bury 1 (0)
2007–2010 West Bromwich Albion 0 (0)
2008 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 4 (0)
2009 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 9 (0)
2009–2010 → Bury (loan) 19 (3)
2010–2013 Bury 143 (8)
2013–2014 Rotherham United 3 (1)
2014 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 18 (1)
2014–2016 Southend United 73 (9)
2016–2017 Millwall 33 (1)
2017–2023 Port Vale 216 (19)
2023– Barrow 30 (0)
2024– → Curzon Ashton (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:40, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

David Richard Worrall (born 12 June 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League North club Curzon Ashton, on loan from EFL League Two club Barrow. He is a versatile, aggressive player who can play wide right or in central midfield.

Worrall began his career at Bury, making his first-team debut at 16 in November 2006. He was sold to West Bromwich Albion for a £50,000 fee in March 2007. However, he would only play one League Cup match for the club. He spent time on loan at Accrington Stanley and Shrewsbury Town during the 2008–09 season before he re-signed with Bury in January 2010 following a loan spell. He was named Bury's Young Player of the Year in 2009–10, helped the club to win promotion out of League Two in 2010–11, and was voted the club's Player of the Year in 2011–12. However, Bury were relegated at the end of the 2012–13 season, and he moved on to Rotherham United in June 2013.

Worrall spent the second half of the 2013–14 campaign on loan at Oldham Athletic and signed with Southend United in July 2014. He was named as League Two Player of the Month for November 2014 and helped Southend to secure promotion out of League Two via the play-offs in 2015. He joined Millwall in June 2016 and helped the club to secure promotion out of League One in 2017. He signed with Port Vale in August 2017 and was named the club's Player of the Year for 2019–20 and on the 2020–21 EFL League Two Team of the Season. He helped the club to win promotion out of League Two via the play-offs in 2022. He agreed a deal with Barrow in May 2023. He joined Curzon Ashton on loan in November 2024.

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Port Vale" (PDF). English Football League. p. 54. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  3. ^ "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2020/2021". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  4. ^ "David Worrall". Port Vale F.C. Retrieved 6 October 2022.