Dan Happe

Daniel Keith Happe (born 28 September 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League One club Leyton Orient.

Dan Happe

Happe in 2025.
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Keith Happe[1]
Date of birth	(1998-09-28) 28 September 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Tower Hamlets, England
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[2]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Leyton Orient
Number	5
Youth career
0000–2017	Leyton Orient
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–	Leyton Orient	212	(7)
2017	→ Histon (loan)	2	(0)
International career‡
2019	England C	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 05:00, 4 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:29, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Career

On 13 January 2017, Happe joined Southern League Division One Central club Histon on loan and appeared as a last minute substitute in the 3–2 win at Uxbridge the following day.^[3] He also appeared as a substitute in the 2–1 win at Kidlington on 28 January.^[4]

Happe was drafted into the Leyton Orient first team squad in February 2017, and made his debut and his first senior start in the 3–0 league defeat at Cambridge United on 8 April 2017.^[5]

He signed his first professional contract in October 2017, tying him to Leyton Orient until the end of the 2019–20 season.^[6] He signed a new contract in July 2019, until 2021.^[7] Happe was a member of the Leyton Orient side that won the 2022–23 EFL League Two title.^[8][9] In June 2024, he signed a new two-year contract with Orient.^[10]

Career statistics

As of end of 2023–24 season^[8][11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Leyton Orient	2016–17[12]	League Two	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2017–18[8]	National League	26	0	2	0	—		4[a]	0	32	0
	2018–19[8]	National League	20	1	1	0	—		7[a]	1	28	2
	2019–20[13]	League Two	32	1	1	0	1	0	3[b]	1	37	2
	2020–21[14]	League Two	40	3	0	0	1	0	2[b]	0	43	3
	2021–22[15]	League Two	12	0	1	0	1	0	4[b]	1	18	1
	2022–23[16]	League Two	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0
	2023–24[17]	League One	30	0	2	0	1	0	2[b]	0	35	0
Total			187	5	7	0	4	0	22	3	220	8
Histon (loan)	2016–17	Southern League Division One Central	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			189	5	7	0	4	0	22	3	222	8

1. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
2. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Leyton Orient

• EFL League Two: 2022–23^[8]
• National League: 2018–19^[18]
• FA Trophy runner-up: 2018–19^[19]