This is an accepted version of this page Daniel Anthony William Graham (born 12 August 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.

[4] Graham started his professional career at Middlesbrough in 2003, making his debut for the club in a Premier League match against Manchester United the following year.

At the end of his contract, he joined Championship side Watford, who were subsequently ordered to pay compensation.

He moved to Blackburn Rovers permanently where he would win promotion as well as being named in the PFA Team of the Year for the 2017–18 season.

[8][9] Graham made his debut, where he came off the bench for Neil Teggart in the 79th minutes, in a 1–1 draw against Doncaster Rovers on 20 March 2004.

[17] The following season, Graham was loaned to Derby County[18] and Leeds United,[19] but did not score a league goal for either club.

[25] Graham started the 2007–08 season in good form, and was the division's top goalscorer from August until October, including one against his former loanee club Leeds United.

He made his 100th career appearance playing for Carlisle United against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on 3 March 2008, scoring the winning goal in a 1–0 victory, in a match broadcast live on Sky Sports.

[33] On 5 April 2010, Graham scored from 25 yards out to give Watford the lead in their 1–1 draw with West Bromwich Albion.

[38] Graham sustained his good goal-scoring form, finishing as Championship top-scorer for the 2010–11 season, with 24 goals in the league.

[42] On 7 June 2011, Graham completed his £3.5 million move to newly promoted Premier League side Swansea City.

[43] He scored his first unofficial goal on 6 August 2011, in a pre-season friendly against La Liga side Real Betis at the Liberty Stadium.

[51] Graham also scored the winner for Swansea in a 2–1 away win at West Bromwich Albion in snowy conditions on 5 February 2012.

In late December, an injury to Michu gave Graham a chance to impress, and he scored his first goal in 4 months in a 2–1 victory at Fulham.

[57] Even with these good performances, his playing minutes continued to decrease as Michu flourished as Swansea's single striker, leading to transfer speculation from other Premier League clubs.

[63] He made his debut on 2 February, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute to replace Stéphane Sessègnon in a 2–1 defeat away to Reading.

[64] In his last match for Swansea prior to joining Sunderland, Graham was booed and jeered by the club's supporters, as he came on as a substitute, though he described it as "it never once put [me] off in terms of wanting to move here.

[66] Upon returning to Sunderland, manager Gus Poyet said placing Graham in the first team ahead of the 2014–15 season would be very difficult.

[67] Graham made a return to Premier League football as a late substitute in Sunderland's 1–0 home loss against Liverpool on 10 January 2015.

[83] On 23 June 2016, Graham signed a two-year permanent deal with Blackburn reserving the option to extend for a third year.

[90] On 1 February 2021, Graham left Sunderland via mutual consent and subsequently retired from professional football.

In November 2022, he crashed his Land Rover into a Co-op while being almost 3 times over the legal alcohol limit, forcing the shop to close for five days and causing damage estimated at £32,000.