Danny Loader

Danny Loader
Personal information
Full name Daniel Namaso Edi-Mesumbe Loader[1]
Date of birth (2000-08-28) 28 August 2000[2]
Place of birth Reading, England
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Reading
Number 43
Youth career
0000–2012 Wycombe Wanderers
2012–2017 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Reading 0 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 England U16 11 (2)
2016–2017 England U17 14 (6)
2017– England U18 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:17, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:32, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Daniel Namaso Loader (born 28 August 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Reading.

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.[4] He studied at The Forest School. In 2016 he won the Maurice Edelston Memorial Trophy for the best academy schoolboy at the club.[5] 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.[4] 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.[6] In the process he became only the third Reading player to make his debut under the age of seventeen.[4] At the end of the month he signed his first professional contract when he turned seventeen.[7]

International career

Loader has represented England at under-16, under-17 and under-18 level.[5] 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.[4] 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.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 August 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading 2017–18[6] Championship 000010——10
Reading U23 2016–17[9] Division 1 6030——2[lower-alpha 1]0110
2017–18[6] Division 2 6300—100073
Total 12330—1020193
Career total 12330101020193
  1. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

International

England U17

References

  1. ↑ "EFL Released and Retained List 2016–17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Danny Loader". 11v11. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "2017 Under-17 World Cup squad lists" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Danny Loader profile". Reading F.C. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 Low, Jonathan (22 August 2017). "Who is Danny Loader? A quick guide to Reading FC's new starlet". Get Reading. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 "Games played by Danny Loader in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Loader agrees professional terms as a Royal". Reading F.C. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "WORLD CUP SQUAD NAMED". The Football Association. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Danny Loader in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
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