Dan Orsi

Daniel 'Dan' Orsi from Dumfries is a Scottish international youth association footballer. He is currently signed to home town club Queen of the South.

Orsi is from Dumfries and a pupil at Dumfries Academy. As well as playing in the youth set up for Queen of the South, he made is debut for the first team coming on as a sub in a friendly in season 2009/10 against Celtic. Orsi has been selected to date in six squads for the Scotland under 18 international teams, namely for the games against Australia, New Zealand and then the Centenary Shield games against Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and England.^[1] Queen of the South team mate Dean Thomson was also selected initially selected but withdrew due to tonsillitis.

Orsi has also competed in the Scottish schools cross country running championship.^[2]

On 25 July 2010 Orsi was announced on the QoS website as having officially signed as opposed to having previously been on a youth contract. The bulletin announced the similar signings of Steven Degnan, Ian McShane and Gavin Reilly.^[3]

In Orsi's sixth game for Queens he picked up the man of the match award.^[4] This was on 26th March 2011 in the 4-1 league win at Palmerston Park against Stirling Albion.^[5] In his next game, three days later, this time away at Stirling Albion, he scored his first senior goal. In the fourth minute he was first to a pass from Colin McMenamin and put the ball through the keeper's legs and into the net. However in the sixteenth minute he was stretchered off with a knee injury after making an awkward challenge. Queens won the game 2-0.^[6]

References

1. ^ http://www.scottishfitba.net/roll/ed21/under_18_squad_for_centenary_sheild_486934/index.shtml
2. ^ http://www.ssaa.co.uk/results/2006%20results/secxc2006.pdf
3. ^ "Four youngsters sign on", www.qosfc.com
4. ^ "Match reaction" www.qosfc.com 26 Mar 2011
5. ^ "Queen of the South 4 - 1 Stirling Albion" www.qosfc.com 26 March 2011
6. ^ "Stirling Albion 0 - 2 Queen of the South" www.qosfc.com 29th March 2011

External links

• Dan Orsi at Soccerbase

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