Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joshua Emilio Gross Santana [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 15 May 1993||
Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Dakota | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
Dakota | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2017 | SHO | 28 | (6) |
2017–2018 | Spartaan '20 [2] | 8 | (0) |
2018–2019 | ASWH | 5 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Dakota | 14 | (9) |
2020–2021 | Asarums IF | 16 | (5) |
2021– | Dakota | 46 | (15) |
International career‡ | |||
2018– | Aruba | 13 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:31, 4 January 2023 (UTC) |
Joshua Emilio Gross Santana (born 13 May 1993), known as Joshua, or simply Josh, is an Aruban footballer who plays as a midfielder for Aruban Division di Honor club Dakota and the Aruba national football team. [3]
Josh started his career with SHO. He joined Dakota in 2019 where he helped the club to win Aruban Division di Honor in 2021–22. He played with Dakota in the 2023, CONCACAF Caribbean Shield.
Gross debuted on 9 September 2018 in a match against Bermuda in a 3–1 victory in the qualifying rounds of the CONCACAF Nations League. [4]
On 22 March 2019, Gross scored his first goal, but suffered a 3–2 defeat against St. Lucia. [5]
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