Daniel 'Dan' Gosling (born 2 February 1990) is an
English
footballer who plays
for
Everton as a
centre midfielder right
midfielder or
right
fullback. He is a versatile player, having operated as a
box-to-box midfielder for Everton on several occasions and
occasionally deputised at right back to accommodate
substitutions.
Career
Plymouth Argyle
Gosling was spotted by Plymouth Argyle scouts when he was playing
in the under-12 side of hometown club Brixham United. On 9 December
2006, at age 16 years and 310 days, he made his professional debut
against
Hull City, coming on as a
first-half substitute for injured Captain
Paul Wotton and became the fourth youngest
debutant.
His full debut came on New Year's Day 2007
against Southampton at Home Park
. He proved his versatility in a solid
performance, by moving from right-midfield to right-back after an
early injury to defender
Mathias
Kouo-Doumbe.
Gosling established himself as a regular in the reserve team, and
his impressive performances were noticed by manager
Ian Holloway. At the beginning of March 2007 he
trained for a week with
Premiership
club
Chelsea along with team-mates
Luke Summerfield and
Scott Sinclair. That same year he was named
The Herald's Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2007.
Everton
On 3 January 2008 it was announced that Gosling was to sign for
Premier League team
Everton from Plymouth, days after Everton's
Lukas Jutkiewicz was loaned to the
Pilgrims. Gosling's signing for Everton was finalised on January
14, 2008, and he was assigned the squad number 32.
His first-team debut
came in a 1–0 away victory against against , and his first goal for
the club came two days later in a 3–0 victory over at Goodison Park
. After match, he was given a standing
ovation by his own teammates in the dressing room.
On 4
February 2009, Gosling came on as a substitute and scored the only
goal in the FA Cup fourth round replay at
Goodison
Park against arch-rivals Liverpool in the 118th minute. An
error by live broadcasters
ITV during the match
meant the goal was missed by millions of TV viewers, including
Gosling's mother Hilary. The goal scored against Liverpool was then
voted Evertons 'Goal of the Season' - voted by the fans of Everton
FC. He went on to play in the
2009 FA
Cup Final, coming on as a second half substitute.
For the 2009-10 season, Gosling was given the number 19 when
Portuguese left back
Nuno Valente was
released. On the 23 September
Carling Cup match against
Hull City, he started the match and
played all 90 minutes as Everton thrashed the Tigers 4-0, scoring a
goal. This season has seen him turn out for the reserve team on
several occasions. He scored against the Burnley reserves on 26
August. He was handed his second league start of the season on 8
November away at
West Ham
United and scored the winning goal in a 2-1 win.
International career
Gosling
earned himself a call-up to the England Under-17s squad for the
UEFA European U17 Championship Qualifying Round in Bosnia at the
end of March 2007 after displaying good form for the Pilgrims, and
was also included in the England U17 squad for the 2007 European
Championships in Belgium
.
England finished twenty-third in that tournament, qualifying for
the
2007 FIFA U-17 World
Cup, with Gosling also making the tournament squad. He was
promoted to the under-19 squad for the
2008 European
Championships.
In the summer of 2009, Gosling was called up for the final squad to
participate in the
U19 European
Championship and started in every game. He scored a goal
against Ukraine in the group stage match to give England the lead
but Ukraine equalised to draw 2-2. England ended the tournament as
runners-up to Ukraine.
Gosling was called up to the
England U21 squad
for the first time as a replacement for injured clubmate
Jack Rodwell. He was named as a substitute in
Stuart Pearce's 18-man squad for the double
qualifier
against Portugal on 14 November and Lithuania three days later. He
made his debut in the match when he came on as an extra time
substitute for
Fabian Delph against
Portugal.
References
- Dan Gosling earns standing ovation from team-mates
after Everton debut
- Hull City vs Everton
- Everton Reserves 3 Burnley Reserves 0
- TheFA.com - Peacock names squad
- Gosling nets for England
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