Etor Daniel Essien (born 5 May 1993) is a

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who plays for Muscat Club in the

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Club career

Etor Daniel began his youth career with Karamone F.C., Karamone , the former youth club of Austin Amutu, Akande Abiodun Asimiyu, Oghogho Oduokpe, Razaq Adegbite, Akande Tope. Etor Daniel moved to Supreme Court FC, ABS FC , Niger Tornadoes on loan to Akwa United F.C. 2012. He got the eye of top professional football teams in Nigeria and abroad but finally got transferred into Enyimba International F.C., Enyimba Nigeria Premier League mid-season through his representative Ramone Remmie. He scored the winning goal for Enyimba International F.C., Enyimba and one of the fantastic goal in the Nigeria Premier League season 2014 against Sunshine Stars F.C. Etor scored the first goal in the 3-0 home win over Buffles du Borgou FC to give Enyimba International F.C., Enyimba their first leg win of the Caf Champions league Cup qualification stage. He had scored 3 goals and 4 goals assist quarter season in all 14 games, he had played as of now 02/06/2015 inclusive Caf Champions League qualification game, Nigeria Federation Cup and Nigeria Premier League season 2015. He won the 2015 Nigeria Premier league season with Enyimba.

Al-Nasr

He first moved out of Nigeria in 2017 to Oman where he signed a one-year contract with Salalah-based Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. He made his

debut on 13 September 2017 in a 2-0 win over Oman Club and assisted the first goal for his side and scored his first goal in the competition on 18 September 2017 in a 2-0 win over Al-Mudhaibi Club.

Muscat Club

In September 2019 it was confirmed, that Etor had joined Omani club Muscat Club.

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International career

In 2012, he was called up to the Nigeria Super Eagles home-based team. He made his first appearance for the senior national team. He was part of the Nigeria national under-20 football team, Nigeria U-20 2012 and 2013. He was selected by Nigeria for their 35-man provisional squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Etor Daniel played and won with Nigeria team the 2016 Caf All Africa Games tournament and Caf U23 championship 2016 where he wears the jersey no.9

Style of play

He has been described as a complete forward who possesses pace, accurate ball crosses, brilliant passes to assist goals, good positioning, natural finishing as well as the ability to provide assists to target-man (strikers).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daniel, Etor 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Kano Nigerian men's footballers Nigeria men's international footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Niger Tornadoes F.C. players Akwa United F.C. players Enyimba F.C. players Rangers International F.C. players Al-Nasr SC (Salalah) players ABS F.C. players Muscat Club players Nigeria Professional Football League players Oman Professional League players Expatriate men's footballers in Oman Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Oman