Danny Loader
Daniel Namaso Edi-Mesumbe Loader (born 28 August 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Portuguese side Porto.
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| Full name | Daniel Namaso Edi-Mesumbe Loader[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 August 2000[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Reading, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Porto | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| –2012 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2017 | Reading | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Reading | 28 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Porto B | 63 | (22) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Porto | 26 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:17, 4 November 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
His Older brother, Ben Loader, is a professional Rugby player.
Club career edit
Reading edit
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]
Porto edit
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 went on to score 15 goals. He was named in the 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]
Loader started the 2022–23 season by winning the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira after being handed a surprising first start for Porto in a game that they ran out 3–0 winners over Tondela.[14]
International career edit
Loader is eligible to represent England and Cameroon. He has represented England at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19 level and under-20.[4] He was a member of the England U-17 team that finished runners-up to Spain in the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship held in May in Croatia, making a total of five appearances in the tournament.[3]
In September 2017, Loader was called up to England U17 team for the 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup.[15] Loader scored twice in a group stage game against Iraq[16] and came off the bench in the quarter-final against the United States.[17] He did not feature in the final as England defeated Spain to lift the trophy.[18]
In September 2018, Loader scored twice for the England U19 team against the Netherlands.[19]
On 28 May 2019, Loader was called up to the England U20 for the 2019 Toulon Tournament.[20] He scored his first goal for the U20 age group on his ninth appearance; a 3–0 win over Iceland U21s at Wycombe on 19 November 2019.[21]
Personal life edit
His brother, Ben Loader, is a professional rugby player with the Stormers.[22]
Career statistics edit
- As of match played 28 November 2023[23]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reading U23 | 2016–17[24] | — | — | — | — | 2[c] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Reading | 2017–18[5] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19[25] | Championship | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20[26] | Championship | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| Total | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 2 | ||||
| Porto B | 2020–21 | Liga Portugal 2 | 32 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 8 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Liga Portugal 2 | 31 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 31 | 14 | |||||
| Total | 63 | 22 | — | — | — | — | 63 | 22 | ||||||
| Porto | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 36 | 7 | |
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Total | 26 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 117 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 147 | 33 | ||
- ^ Includes FA Cup, Taça de Portugal
- ^ Includes EFL Cup, Taça da Liga
- ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- ^ a b Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
Honours edit
Porto
- Primeira Liga: 2021–22
- Taça de Portugal: 2022–23
- Taça da Liga: 2022–23
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2022
England U17
References edit
- ^ "EFL Released and Retained List 2016–17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Danny Namaso". 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"".
- ^ "Middlesbrough win maintains play-off bid". BBC Sport.
- ^ Edwards, Joe. "Wolves sign Meritan Shabani but Danny Loader deal falls through". www.expressandstar.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Danny, um Loader a fazer loading para ser a surpresa do FC Porto na nova temporada". observador.pt (in Portuguese). Observador. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "World Cup squad named". The Football Association. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ . FIFA. 14 October 2017. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ . 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.
- ^ Bennetts, Julian (14 February 2018). "Meet Ben and Danny Loader - Britain's most talented sporting brothers". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ 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 | FC Porto | Season 2019/2020 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
- ^ 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 edit
- Profile at the FC Porto website
- Danny Loader at Soccerbase
- England profile at The Football Association