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Danny Namaso
Personal information
Full name Daniel Namaso Edi-Mesumbe Loader[1]
Date of birth (2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 (age 25)[2]
Place of birth Reading, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Auxerre
(on loan from Porto)
Number 19
Youth career
Wycombe Wanderers
2012–2017 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Reading 28 (1)
2020–2022 Porto B 63 (22)
2021– Porto 68 (8)
2025– → Auxerre (loan) 14 (2)
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)
2025– Cameroon 5 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing File:Flag of England.svg England
FIFA U17 World Cup
Winner 2017 India
UEFA European U17 Championship
Runner-up 2017 Croatia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 October 2025

Daniel Namaso Edi-Mesumbe Loader (born 28 August 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Auxerre, on loan from Primeira Liga club Porto. Born in England, he plays for the Cameroon national team.

Club career

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Reading

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Namaso 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.[citation needed] 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] Namaso 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

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On 20 August 2020, FC Porto announced the signing of Namaso 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. Namaso 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]

Namaso 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]

On 23 January 2024, Namaso extended his contract with Porto until June 2028.[15]

Auxerre loan

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On 17 August 2025, Ligue 1 club AJ Auxerre announced the season-long loan signing of Namaso, with an option to make the move permanent.[16] The move saw Namaso link back up with fellow Reading Academy graduate Gabriel Osho.

International career

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England

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Namaso was born in England to an English father and Cameroonian mother.[17] 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 came 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, Namaso was called up to England U17 team for the 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup.[18] Loader scored twice in a group stage game against Iraq[19] and came off the bench in the quarter-final against the United States.[20] He did not feature in the final as England defeated Spain to lift the trophy.[21]

In September 2018, Namaso scored twice for the England U19 team against the Netherlands.[22]

On 28 May 2019, Namaso was called up to the England U20 for the 2019 Toulon Tournament.[23] 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.[24]

Cameroon

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In January 2025, he received clearance from FIFA that his change of international allegiance from England to Cameroon had gone through, leaving him eligible to represent the Cameroon national team.[25] On 5 March 2025, Namaso was called up to the Cameroon national team for the first time, for their World Cup qualifiers against Eswatini and Libya.[26] He made his debut on 19 March 2025 in a 0–0 draw against Eswatini, as a half-time substitute for Frank Magri.[27]

Personal life

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His brother, Ben Loader, is a professional rugby player with Gloucester Rugby.[28]

Ahead of the 2022–23 season, he stated to the Portuguese press that his preference was to be professionally addressed as Danny Namaso rather than Danny Loader.[29]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 14 December 2025[30]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Reading U23 2016–17[31] — — — — 2[c] 0 2 0
Reading 2017–18[5] Championship 0 0 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
2018–19[32] Championship 21 1 1 0 0 0 — — 22 1
2019–20[33] 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 16 1 5 1 1 0 3[d] 0 1[e] 0 26 2
2024–25 Primeira Liga 29 3 2 0 1 0 8[f] 1 2[g] 0 42 4
2025–26 Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[f] 0 — 0 0
Total 68 8 13 2 8 3 14 1 4 0 106 14
AJ Auxerre (loan) 2025–26 Ligue 1 14 2 0 0 — — — 14 2
Career total 173 33 16 3 11 3 14 1 6 0 220 40
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup, Taça de Portugal
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup, Taça da Liga
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  4. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ a b Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  6. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ One appearance in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and one appearance in the FIFA Club World Cup

International

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As of match played 8 October 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Cameroon 2025 5 0
Total 5 0

Honours

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Porto[30]

England U17

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