Danny Hoesen

Daniel "Danny" Hoesen (born 15 January 1991) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a forward.

After short stints at local amateur clubs Hoesen enrolled in the Fortuna Sittard youth academy.

Hoesen received his first International call up for the Netherlands under-17 team, where he played a major part in the teams qualifying campaign for the 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Belgium, managing to qualify the Netherlands would finish third in their group, thus failing to advance past the group stage of the main tournament.

His international debut was a 3–0 win over Albania U-17 on 23 October 2007 in the qualifying rounds ahead of the European Championship.

He was promoted to the first team in the summer of 2008 and made his debut for Fortuna on 15 August 2008, appearing as a substitute in an away match against Go Ahead Eagles.

In August 2008 at the age of 17, Hoesen signed for Fulham and went straight into the Development squad.

In April 2010, Fulham announced that the Dutch striker was set to join Finnish club HJK Helsinki on loan from 9 April until 30 August.

He made his HJK debut on 16 April in a 5–0 league win over KuPS.

He scored his first goal for HJK on 29 May 2010 in a 1–2 away victory over IFK Mariehamn.

Hoesen was released from his loan deal on 25 July due to a serious hip injury, more than one month before his contract with HJK was due to expire.

On 30 April 2011, after his first loan spell with HJK, towards the end of the 2010–11 Premier League season, Hoesen was named on the bench in the league game against Sunderland, but he didn't make an appearance.

On 23 May 2011, Fulham confirmed that Hoesen had signed a contract extension and will remain at Fulham until June 2012.

In August 2011, Hoesen joined Dutch side Fortuna Sittard on a season-long loan.

The striker returned to Fulham on 31 May 2012.

On 29 August 2012, Hoesen signed a three-year contract with Ajax.

His old club Fulham retained a 30% interest in the player.

He made his debut for the Ajax senior side on 3 October 2012 in the UEFA Champions League group stage match against Real Madrid, coming on as a 66th-minute substitute for Tobias Sana, in the 1–4 home loss for the Amsterdam side.

Danny made his Eredivisie debut for Ajax on 17 November 2012 in a match against VVV-Venlo, coming on as a 72' minute substitute for Christian Eriksen, and scoring the second goal in the 84' minute of the 2–0 home win.

Four days later on 21 November 2012, he made his second UEFA Champions League appearance, in the group stage match at home against Borussia Dortmund, coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute for Eyong Enoh.

The match ended in a 1–4 loss for the Amsterdam side, with Danny Hoesen scoring the only goal, off of an assist from his teammate Christian Eriksen.

The club also had the option to extend terms until the summer of 2013.

Hoesen scored a crucial goal on 26 November 2013 in a Champions League game against FC Barcelona, that Ajax won 2–1.

On 22 March 2013, he was called up by head coach Cor Pot for the Netherlands U-21 side ahead of a friendly match against Norway U-21 on 25 March 2013, to replace the injured Jean-Paul Boëtius.

Hoesen came on for the second half of the game and scored on his debut for the under-21 side in the 4–1 victory at home.

On 30 January 2014, it was announced that Danny Hoesen would serve out the remainder of the 2013/14 season on a 6-month loan deal playing for Thessaloniki club PAOK FC in the Superleague, where he worked with Dutch coach Huub Stevens.

On 28 May 2014, it was announced that Hoesen had signed with Eredivisie side FC Groningen.

On 2 February 2017, it was announced that Hoesen was acquired on a season-long loan by Major League Soccer side San Jose Earthquakes with an option to buy.

His first MLS assist came in stoppage time in a 2–1 loss at Sporting Kansas City on 18 March.

He scored his first MLS goal in a 4–2 home loss to the LA Galaxy on 27 May, in addition to recording his second assist.

He earned MLS Team of the Week honours after again tallying a goal and an assist in the same game, this time in a 2–1 victory over Real Salt Lake on 24 June.

Hoesen scored the game-winner off the bench in the knockout round of the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup against Seattle Sounders FC on 28 June, recording his first cup goal for the club and giving San Jose its first-ever USOC victory over an MLS side, in addition to advancing San Jose to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2012.

In an interview with Dutch website FC Update on 7 July, Hoesen stated that he hoped to stay at San Jose permanently.

He scored the winning goal again in the USOC quarterfinals on 10 July 2017, to help the team to a 3–2 victory over LA, sending San Jose to the semifinals for the first time since 2004 and for only the second time in club history.

On 29 December 2017, the San Jose Earthquakes announced the permanent transfer and signing of Hoesen.

He scored two goals in his first game as a permanent member of the team on 3 March 2018.

On 15 December 2020, Hoesen was selected with the first pick in the MLS Expansion Draft by Austin FC.

After just five appearances with the club, Austin FC head coach Josh Wolff announced that Hoesen would miss the rest of the 2021 season due to a hip injury which required surgery.

Hoesen was released by Austin following their 2022 season.

On 13 February 2023, Hoesen signed with Emmen until the end of the season.

On 21 April 2023, FC Emmen announced that Hoesen has been forced to retire due to injuries.