Danny Loader
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daniel Namaso Edi-Mesumbe Loader[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 28 August 2000||
Place of birth | Reading, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Porto | ||
Number | 42 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2012 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||
2012–2017 | Reading | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2020 | Reading | 28 | (1) |
2020– | Porto B | 55 | (16) |
2021– | Porto | 1 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2015–2016 | England U16 | 11 | (2) |
2016–2017 | England U17 | 14 | (6) |
2017–2018 | England U18 | 7 | (0) |
2018–2019 | England U19 | 10 | (4) |
2019– | England U20 | 9 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 February 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:53, 20 November 2019 (UTC) |
Daniel Namaso Loader (born 28 August 2000) is an English footballer, who currently plays for Porto B.
Club career[]
Loader was born in Reading, Berkshire, and started his career in the youth team of Wycombe Wanderers before joining the under-13 side at his hometown club Reading in 2012.[3] He studied at Leighton Park School and then The Forest School. In 2016 he won the Maurice Edelston Memorial Trophy for the best academy schoolboy at the club.[4] In the summer of 2016 he started a two-year scholarship, but was quickly promoted to the under-23 side after a number of games and went on to represent the side in the EFL Trophy campaign.[3] He made his professional debut for the first team at the age of sixteen in August 2017, coming on as a substitute for Leandro Bacuna in extra time in the 3–1 victory over Millwall in the EFL Cup.[5] In the process he became only the third Reading player to make his debut under the age of seventeen.[3] At the end of the month he signed his first professional contract when he turned seventeen.[6] Prolific for the youth team, he was given a chance in the first team under José Gomes and became the youngest Reading player to reach 20 appearances.[7] On 27 April, he scored his first senior goal against Middlesbrough.[8] Loader was close to a move to Wolverhampton Wanderers before Wolves pulled out of the move due to Reading upping the price at the last moment.[9] A few days later he scored the winning penalty in round 2 of the EFL Cup against Wycombe Wanderers.[10]
On 20 August 2020, FC Porto announced the signing of Loader for Porto B, on a two-year contract.[11] He made 32 appearances for the reserve team in his first season, finishing with 8 goals, the highest tally on the team. Loader began the following season with Porto B, and he was named to a senior squad for the first time for a league match against Boavista on 30 October.[12] He came off the bench late in the match to replace centre-forward Evanilson, and he scored in added time, sealing a 4–1 win.[13]
International career[]
Loader is eligible to represent England, Cameroon and Nigeria. He has represented England at under-16, under-17, under-18 and under-19 level.[4] He was part of the squad that finished runners-up to Spain in the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship held in May in Croatia.[3] He made a total of five appearances in the tournament.
In September 2017, Loader was called up to England U17 team for the 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup.[14] Loader scored twice in a group stage game against Iraq[15] and came off the bench in the quarter-final against the United States.[16] He did not feature in the final as England defeated Spain to lift the trophy.[17]
In September 2018, Loader scored twice for the England U19 team against the Netherlands.[18]
On 28 May 2019, Loader was called up to the England U20 for the 2019 Toulon Tournament.[19] He scored his first goal for the U20 age group on his ninth appearance; a 3–0 win over Iceland U21s at Wycombe Wanderers on 19 November 2019.[20]
Career statistics[]
- As of match played 20 February 2022[21]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Reading U23 | 2016–17[22] | — | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Reading | 2017–18[5] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2018–19[23] | Championship | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | ||
2019–20[24] | Championship | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | ||
Total | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 35 | 2 | |||
Porto B | 2020–21 | LigaPro | 32 | 8 | — | — | — | 32 | 8 | |||
2021–22 | 23 | 8 | — | — | — | 23 | 8 | |||||
Total | 55 | 16 | — | — | — | 55 | 16 | |||||
Porto | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Career total | 84 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 19 |
- ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
Honours[]
England U17
References[]
- ^ "EFL Released and Retained List 2016–17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Danny Loader". 11v11. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Danny Loader profile". Reading F.C. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ a b Low, Jonathan (22 August 2017). "Who is Danny Loader? A quick guide to Reading FC's new starlet". Get Reading. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Games played by Danny Loader in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Loader agrees professional terms as a Royal". Reading F.C. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Danny | "It's a huge step, we're all happy"".
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47994363
- ^ https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2019/08/08/wolves-sign-meritan-shabani-but-danny-loader-deal-falls-through/>
- ^ "Reading edge past Wycombe on penalties". BBC Sport.
- ^ "DANNY LOADER É REFORÇO DO FC PORTO B". fcporto.pt (in Portuguese). FC Porto. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "FC Porto: Danny Loader was the novelty on the eve of Boavista". Mais Futebol. 29 October 2021.
- ^ Low, Jonathan (1 November 2021). "Danny Loader joins Omar Richards in becoming latest Reading FC academy star to shine in Europe". Berkshire Live.
- ^ "World Cup squad named". The Football Association. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ "England stay perfect in Kolkata". FIFA. 14 October 2017. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Match Report". FIFA. 21 October 2017. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ a b "England come from behind to outclass Spain and win FIFA U17 World Cup". The Football Association. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "England U19s and U18s both enjoyed victories against the Netherlands on Wednesday". The Football Association. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Loader gets Three Lions call for Toulon Tournament". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "THE YOUNG LIONS PUT ON EXPLOSIVE SECOND-HALF SHOW TO BEAT ICELAND IN WYCOMBE". TheFA.com/. The Football Association. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ Danny Loader at Soccerway
- ^ "Games played by Danny Loader in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Games played by Danny Loader in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Danny Loader | Football Stats | Reading U23 | Season 2019/2020 | Soccer Base".
- ^ Shamoon Hafez (17 January 2019). "England's U17 World Cup winners - where are they now?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ "Spain-England | Under-17".
External links[]
- Danny Loader at Soccerbase
- England profile at The Football Association
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Association football forwards
- Black British sportspeople
- English footballers
- English people of Cameroonian descent
- English people of Nigerian descent
- England youth international footballers
- Reading F.C. players
- Sportspeople from Reading, Berkshire
- Footballers from Berkshire
- English expatriate footballers
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- FC Porto B players
- English expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal