Danny Sonner

Burnley

Starting his professional career with Third Division Wigan Athletic in 1990, Sonner never made a first-team appearance for Bryan Hamilton's side, and so signed with Frank Casper's Fourth Division Burnley in March 1991. After Casper was replaced by Jimmy Mullen, Sonner barely featured at Turf Moor during their table-topping 1991–92 season and so was loaned out to Mike Walsh's Bury, back in the fourth tier, in November 1992, staying for the rest of the season.

Germany

Making little impact in the English Football League, he packed his bags and moved to Germany for the start of the 1993–94 season, signing with NOFV-Oberliga Süd side FC Erzgebirge Aue. After Aue's promotion he played in the third-tier Regionalliga Nordost for the 1994–95 season. He spent the 1995–96 season with Preußen Köln in the Oberliga Nordrhein.

Ipswich Town to Sheffield Wednesday

It was whilst at Cologne that he was plucked from obscurity by Ipswich Town manager George Burley. Sonner would spend the 1996–97 season in the English First Division. In two seasons with the club, he played 56 league games, half of which were substitute appearances. However, he and Burley soon fell out, and Sonner was on the move to Danny Wilson's Sheffield Wednesday in October 1998 for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £75,000. Once again, Sonner had fallen on his feet, spending the 1998–99 season in the Premier League. He played the club's 8–0 thumping at the hands of Newcastle United…

Sonner has represented Northern Ireland 13 times. Between 1995 and 1999 he also earned four Northern Ireland B caps, scoring one goal. He earned his first cap on 10 September 1997 in a 1–0 defeat to Albania in Zürich. His second cap came in a 3–0 home loss to Germany on 27 March 1999 in a Euro 2000 qualifier. His remaining caps were all friendlies. His first start for Northern Ireland came in Belfast on 26 April 2000, his sixth cap – the Northern Irish beat the Hungarians 1–0. After three years away from the international scene, he was recalled in February 2004. He played six games in 2004 after being recalled, his last one coming in a goalless draw with Switzerland on 18 August.

Sonner was a midfielder with long hair, a languid playing style, excellent vision and passing skills.

Sonner joined Savannah United (based in Savannah, Georgia) as a staff coach in August 2015.