Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 September 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Voitsberg, Austria | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lens | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
Reading | |||
–2014 | Milton Keynes Dons | ||
2014–2016 | FC Augsburg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | FC Augsburg II | 5 | (0) |
2017–2021 | FC Augsburg | 41 | (3) |
2019–2020 | → Southampton (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) | 32 | (2) |
2021– | Lens | 99 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2013 | Austria U15 | 2 | (2) |
2013 | Austria U16 | 4 | (0) |
2015 | Austria U17 | 7 | (2) |
2015–2016 | Austria U18 | 7 | (3) |
2016 | Austria U19 | 3 | (1) |
2018–2020 | Austria U21 | 20 | (3) |
2017– | Austria | 18 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Kevin Danso (born 19 September 1998) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Lens and the Austria national team.
Formerly a youth international at various levels from under-15 to under-21, Danso made his debut for the Austria senior team in 2017.
Danso was born in Austria to Ghanaian parents before moving to Milton Keynes in England at the age of six. [1]
Danso joined the academy of Milton Keynes Dons at under 9 level having previously been a striker in the Reading academy, [2] [1] [3] [4] staying at the club until 2014 before moving to FC Augsburg in Germany. [5] [6]
On 3 March 2017, Danso made his Bundesliga debut for FC Augsburg at the age of 18 years and 165 days old, becoming the youngest player to make a league appearance in the club's history. [7] [8] A week later, he signed a new four-year contract with the club. [9]
On 9 August 2019, the day after the Premier League transfer window closed, it was announced that Danso signed for Southampton on a one-year loan, with the option to buy at the end of the 2019–20 season. [10]
On 18 August 2020 he went to Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan. [11] [12] He left Fortuna upon the expiration of his contract on 24 May 2021. [13]
On 6 August 2021, Danso joined Ligue 1 side RC Lens. [14] On 19 March 2022, he scored his first goal with Lens against Clermont. [15]
Danso was eligible to represent Ghana, or Austria internationally. [16] [17] He represented Austria's U15, U16, U17, Austria U18, and U19 youth teams.
In May 2017, he received his first call-up to the senior national team. [8]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FC Augsburg II | 2015–16 [19] | Regionalliga Bayern | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
2017–18 [19] | Regionalliga Bayern | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
Total | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||||
FC Augsburg | 2016–17 [19] | Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
2017–18 [19] | Bundesliga | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 2 | ||||
2018–19 [19] | Bundesliga | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | ||||
Total | 41 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 44 | 3 | |||||
Southampton (loan) | 2019–20 [20] | Premier League | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) | 2020–21 [19] | 2. Bundesliga | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 2 | |||
Lens | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 36 | 2 | |||
2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 38 | 1 | ||||
2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | |||
Total | 99 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | — | 111 | 4 | ||||
Career total | 183 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 205 | 10 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Austria | 2017 | 5 | 0 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | |
2022 | 5 | 0 | |
2023 | 5 | 0 | |
2024 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 18 | 0 |
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