Danny Hoesen

Danny Hoesen

Playing for San Jose, 2017
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Hoesen
Date of birth	(1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	SV Eikenderveld
	Groene Ster
	Fortuna Sittard
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Fortuna Sittard	1	(0)
2009–2012	Fulham	0	(0)
2010	→ HJK (loan)	12	(2)
2011–2012	→ Fortuna Sittard (loan)	33	(13)
2012–2014	Ajax	32	(7)
2013	→ Jong Ajax	4	(1)
2014	→ PAOK (loan)	10	(1)
2014–2017	FC Groningen	57	(11)
2017	→ San Jose Earthquakes (loan)	32	(5)
2018–2020	San Jose Earthquakes	72	(18)
2021–2022	Austin FC	19	(3)
2023	Emmen	4	(0)
International career
2007–2008	Netherlands U17	10	(1)
2013	Netherlands U21	3	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

Fortuna Sittard

After short stints at local amateur clubs Hoesen enrolled in the Fortuna Sittard youth academy. He was promoted to the first team in the summer of 2008^{[citation needed]} and made his debut for Fortuna on 15 August 2008, appearing as a substitute in an away match against Go Ahead Eagles.

Fulham

In August 2008 at the age of 17, Hoesen signed for Fulham and went straight into the Development squad.^[1]

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.^[2]

On 23 May 2011, Fulham confirmed that Hoesen had signed a contract extension and will remain at Fulham until June 2012. The club also had the option to extend terms until the summer of 2013.^[3]

HJK (loan)

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.^[4] 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.

Fortuna Sittard (loan)

In August 2011, Hoesen joined Dutch side Fortuna Sittard on a season-long loan.^[5] The striker returned to Fulham on 31 May 2012.

AFC Ajax

On 29 August 2012, Hoesen signed a three-year contract with Ajax.^[6] His old club Fulham retained a 30% interest in the player.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9] 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.^[10] Hoesen scored a crucial goal on 26 November 2013 in a Champions League game against FC Barcelona, that Ajax won 2–1.

PAOK (loan)

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.^[11]

Groningen

On 28 May 2014, it was announced that Hoesen had signed with Eredivisie side FC Groningen.^[12]

San Jose Earthquakes (loan)

Hoesen warming up at Avaya Stadium in August 2017

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.^[13] His first MLS assist came in stoppage time in a 2–1 loss at Sporting Kansas City on 18 March.^[14] 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.^[15] 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.^[16] 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.^[17] In an interview with Dutch website FC Update on 7 July, Hoesen stated that he hoped to stay at San Jose permanently.^[18] 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.^[19]

San Jose Earthquakes

On 29 December 2017, the San Jose Earthquakes announced the permanent transfer and signing of Hoesen.^[20] He scored two goals in his first game as a permanent member of the team on 3 March 2018.^[21]

Austin FC

On 15 December 2020, Hoesen was selected with the first pick in the MLS Expansion Draft by Austin FC.^[22] 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.^[23] Hoesen was released by Austin following their 2022 season.^[24]

Emmen

On 13 February 2023, Hoesen signed with Emmen until the end of the season.^[25] On 21 April 2023, FC Emmen announced that Hoesen has been forced to retire due to injuries.^[26]

International career

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.

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. Hoesen was also selected for the squad in qualifying ahead of the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in Israel but did not make the final squad for the tournament. It was later announced that he would in fact join the team to Israel to replace the injured Jürgen Locadia.^[27] He scored the fourth goal in the 5–1 win over Russia U-21 on 9 June in the final group stage match of the tournament, also playing the full 90'-minutes against eventual champions Spain U-21 in the team's final match of the tournament.^[28]

Hoesen has not played for the Netherlands senior men's national team.

Personal life

Hoesen was born to a Moroccan father and a Dutch mother.^[29] He and his girlfriend had their first child, Damian, in June 2017.^[30]

In March 2019, Hoesen earned a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.^[31]

Career statistics

As of 30 October 2022^[32][33]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Fortuna Sittard	2008–09	Eerste Divisie	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	Club Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Fulham	2009–10	Premier League	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2010–11		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Club Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HJK (loan)	2010	Veikkausliiga	12	2	2	0	1[a]	0	—		15	2
	Club Total		12	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	15	2
Fortuna Sittard (loan)	2011–12	Eerste Divisie	33	13	1	1	—		—		34	14
	Club Total		33	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	34	14
Ajax	2012–13	Eredivisie	18	5	4	1	3[a]	1	—		25	7
	2013–14		14	2	3	3	2[a]	1	0	0	19	6
	Club Total		32	7	7	4	5	2	0	0	44	12
Jong Ajax	2013–14	Jupiler League	4	1	—		—		—		4	1
	Club Total		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
PAOK (loan)	2013–14	Superleague	10	1	1	0	—		—		11	1
	Club Total		10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	1
FC Groningen	2014–15	Eredivisie	21	2	5	2[b]	2	0	—		28	4
	2015–16		26	5	1	0	6[b]	1	0	0	33	5
	2016–17		10	4	2	1	—		—		12	5
	Club Total		57	11	8	3	8	1	0	0	73	14
San Jose Earthquakes (loan)	2017	MLS	32	5	4	3	—		1[c]	0	37	8
San Jose Earthquakes	2018	MLS	34	12	1	0	—		—		35	12
	2019		30	5	—		—		—		30	5
	2020		8	1	—		—		—		8	1
	Club Total		104	23	5	3	0	0	1	0	110	26
Austin FC	2021	MLS	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
	2022		14	3	0	0	—		1[d]	0	15	3
	Club Total		19	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	3
Career total			272	60	25	11	14	3	2	0	312	75

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs
4. Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs

Honours

Club

HJK

• Veikkausliiga: 2010

Ajax

• Eredivisie: 2012–13
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2013

Groningen

• KNVB Cup: 2014–15

Individual

San Jose Earthquakes

• Audi Player Index Performance of the Week (5 March 2018)^[34]
• Alcatel MLS Player of the Week (6 March 2018)^[35]

References

1. "Through the Ranks". Fulham FC. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
2. "Sunderland 0 – 3". Fulham FC. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
3. "Hoesen Contract Extension". Fulham FC. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
4. "Hoesen Joins HJK Helsinki". Fulham FC. 8 April 2010. Archived from the original on 11 April 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
5. "Hoesen Joins Sittard". Fulham FC. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
6. "Ajax contracteert Danny Hoesen". AFC Ajax. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
7. "Hoesen Joins Ajax". Fulham FC. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
8. "AJAX VS. REAL MADRID 1 – 4". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
9. "AJAX VS. VVV 2 – 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
10. "AJAX VS. BORUSSIA DORTMUND 1 – 4". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
11. "Hoesen (Ajax) naar PAOK". De Telegraaf. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
12. "Groningen haalt bij Ajax opvolger voor naar Ajax vertrekkende Zivkovic". Voetbalprimeur. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
13. "NEWS: Earthquakes Acquire Danny Hoesen and Florian Jungwirth". San Jose Earthquakes. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
14. "RECAP: Sporting KC 2, Quakes 1 | San Jose drop first points of 2017 in tough away loss". San Jose Earthquakes. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
15. "RECAP: Quakes suffer loss to Galaxy in California Clasico". San Jose Earthquakes. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
16. "RECAP: Quakes defeat Real Salt Lake 2-1 at Avaya Stadium behind goals from Hoesen & Ureña". San Jose Earthquakes. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
17. "RECAP: Earthquakes Advance to U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinals with 2-1 Win". San Jose Earthquakes. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
18. "Hoesen wil in VS blijven: "Groningen niet de beste keuze"" (in Dutch). FC Update. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
19. "San Jose Earthquakes 3, LA Galaxy 2: 2017 US Open Cup Match Recap". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
20. "NEWS: Earthquakes Acquire Forward Danny Hoesen on Permanent Transfer". San Jose Earthquakes. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
21. "RECAP: Quakes win on Opening Night 3-2!". San Jose Earthquakes. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
22. "Austin FC select Danny Hoesen in Expansion Draft". Center Line Soccer. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
23. "Austin FC striker Danny Hoesen out for 2021 as club eye new signings | MLSSoccer.com".
24. "Austin FC Announces Roster Decisions Ahead of 2023 Season | Austin FC". austinfc.
25. "WELKOM, DANNY HOESEN!" [WELCOME, DANNY HOESEN!] (in Dutch). FC Emmen. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
26. "FC Emmen". instagram.
27. Hoesen vervangt geblesseerde Locadia bij Jong Oranje, VI.nl, 27 mei 2013
28. "Danny Hoesen Profile". UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
29. Hoesen: Nooit nagedacht om ooit voor Marokko uit te komen Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, atlas-lions.nl, Retrieved 13 September 2013
30. "Hoesen wil in VS blijven: "Groningen niet de beste keuze"" (in Dutch). FC Update. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
31. "NEWS: Earthquakes Forward Danny Hoesen Obtains U.S. Green Card". Earthquakes Communications. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
32. Danny Hoesen at Soccerway. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
33. Danny Hoesen at Major League Soccer
34. "TEAM OF THE WEEK: Danny Hoesen makes XI, awarded Audi Player Index Performance of the Week". San Jose Earthquakes. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
35. "NEWS: Earthquakes Forward Danny Hoesen Voted MLS Player of the Week". San Jose Earthquakes. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.

External links

• Danny Hoesen at Voetbal International (in Dutch) – Archived 16 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Danny Hoesen at Soccerbase
• Danny Hoesen at Soccerway
• Netherlands stats at OnsOranje (in Dutch)
• Danny Hoesen at Major League Soccer