Daniel Ballard profile: Northern Ireland Centre-Back for Sunderland, linked to StakExpress team, fixture, and squad context for internal player-level RAG joins.
Role: Daniel Ballard is classified as a defender (Centre-Back), shirt #5, height 187 cm. No licensed player event-stream or injury feed is attached yet, so this is profile and context data only.
Team context: Sunderland: Sunderland profile: 13-13-13 W-D-L across 39 completed matches, 1.33 points per game, 1.03 scored and 1.26 conceded per match.
Fixture: Next team fixture: Sunderland vs Leeds United on 2026-10-24 14:00:00 UTC (home). Decision Card status: market ready.
Squad: Sunderland squad context: 27 players in the current squad sample, including 8 same-role peers in the defender group.
profile ready Player profile context is ready for public reading and internal RAG/model joins. Do not treat it as a prop or injury signal. Refreshed 2026-10-24 23:45:03 UTC.
| Position | Centre-Back |
| Shirt number | #5 |
| Age | 27 yrs (born 1999-09-22) |
| Height | 187 cm |
| Nationality | Northern Ireland |
| Club |  Sunderland |
| League | English Premier League |