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Daniel Namaso Edi-Mesumbe Loader (born 28 August 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club AJ Auxerre, on loan from Primeira Liga club FC Porto. Born in England, he plays for the Cameroon national team.
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. In the process he became only the third Reading player to make his debut under the age of seventeen. At the end of the month he signed his first professional contract when he turned seventeen. 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. On 27 April, he scored his first senior goal against Middlesbrough. 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. A few days later he scored the winning penalty in round 2 of the EFL Cup against Wycombe Wanderers.
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.
On 23 January 2024, Namaso extended his contract with Porto until June 2028.
In September 2017, Namaso was called up to England U17 team for the 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup. Loader scored twice in a group stage game against Iraq and came off the bench in the quarter-final against the United States. He did not feature in the final as England defeated Spain to lift the trophy.
In September 2018, Namaso scored twice for the England U19 team against the Netherlands.
On 28 May 2019, Namaso was called up to the England U20 for the 2019 Toulon Tournament. 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.
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.
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan=2 | Club !rowspan=2 | Season !colspan=3 | League !colspan=2 | National cup !colspan=2 | League cup !colspan=2 | Continental !colspan=2 | Other !colspan=2 | Total |
| Reading U23 | 2016–17 | 0 | ||||||
| Reading | 2017–18 | EFL Championship | 0 | |||||
| 2018–19 | Championship | 1 | ||||||
| 2019–20 | Championship | 1 | ||||||
| Porto B | 2020–21 | Liga Portugal 2 | 8 | |||||
| 2021–22 | Liga Portugal 2 | 14 | ||||||
| FC Porto | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 1 | |||||
| 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 7 | ||||||
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 2 | ||||||
| 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 4 | ||||||
| 2025–26 | Primeira Liga | 0 | ||||||
| AJ Auxerre (loan) | 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 1 | |||||
| + Appearances and goals by national team and year | |
| Cameroon | 0 |
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