David Cornell

Swansea City

After progressing through Swansea City's Academy, Cornell was included in Swansea's senior squad for their 2008 pre-season tour of Spain. However the 17-year old's progress was halted when he suffered a serious wrist injury on tour. Later that season, Cornell was called up to the first team bench for Swansea's fifth round FA Cup match against Fulham after loan signing Dimitrios Konstantopoulos was unable to extend his stay at the club. Ten days later, Cornell was included again on Swansea's bench for the# FA Cup fifth round replay against Fulham. After impressing manager Roberto Martínez, Cornell was installed as Dorus de Vries' understudy for the rest of the 2008–09 season but made no further appearances in Swansea's remaining matchday squads. Cornell made his professional debut for Swansea on 25 August 2009 when he was named in the starting line-up for the League Cup match against Scunthorpe United. In February 2010, Cornell signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with Swansea to keep him at the club until July 2013. In the 2009–10 season, Cornell was included on the bench for 45 of Swansea's 46 Football League Championship games. Following loan spells at Port Talbot Town and Hereford United, Cornell returned to Swansea for the 2012–13 season as third choice goalkeeper. In September 2012, Cornell signed a new three-year deal, keeping him at the club until July 2015. Due to injuries to Michel Vorm and Gerhard Tremmel, Cornell was included on the…

Cornell made his debut for the Wales under-17 side on 25 March 2007, in a 3–0 defeat to Belarus, and went on to win five caps at under-17 level, his last coming on 6 October 2007 in a 2–2 draw with Spain in the qualifying round of the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. In August 2009, he received his first call-up to the Wales under-21 side to face Italy, but remained on the bench. In November 2009, he made his debut for the Wales under-19 side, playing in consecutive defeats to Portugal and Spain in the qualifying round of the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. The day after, Cornell was handed a shock call-up to the Wales senior squad, for their friendly match against Scotland due to the playing commitments of Owain Fôn Williams, and Lewis Price, and an injury to Boaz Myhill. Cornell however was not included in the matchday squad. Cornell made his debut for the Wales under-21 side on 18 May 2010 in a 1–0 defeat to Austria under-21s. Cornell was called up to the Wales senior squad again in October 2010 for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match against Switzerland. He was an unused substitute in a match that Wales lost 4–1. Cornell returned to the Wales squad after a long absence in September 2026 at the age of 35, replacing the injured Karl Darlow in the squad travelling for the UEFA Nations League matches against Portugal, Denmark and Norway. Cornell was an unused substitute.

As of match played 21 January 2024

Cornell often goes by the name 'Dai', a Welsh abbreviation of his first name.