Daan Leonard Theodoor Huisman (born 26 July 2002) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

Huisman played youth football for RKHVV and Vitesse, where coach

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promoted him to the first team during training camp in Portugal during the

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winter break. In the summer of 2020, Huisman signed his first professional contract with Vitesse until 2022. Huisman made his professional debut on 19 September 2020 in a 2–0 home win over

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in the Eredivisie, replacing

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in injury time. On 22 December 2020, his contract with Vitesse was extended until 2023. On 25 November 2021, Huisman made his first start in a European game, also scoring his first professional goal in a 3–3 away draw at

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in the

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group stage. Huisman joined

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on a season-long loan on 31 August 2022. On 9 September 2022, Huisman scored his first ever league goal in a 5–3 away loss to

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in the

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. He returned to Vitesse at the end of the

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, after scoring five goals in 37 appearances for VVV. On 31 August 2023, Huisman signed a one-year contract with

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in Norway. On 11 December 2023, Vitesse announced that Haugesund did not exercise the purchase option and Huisman would return to Vitesse. On 10 August 2024, Huisman signed a two-season contract with

International career

Huisman is a youth international for the Netherlands. Having made his international debut at under-16 level, he was called up to the Netherlands under-17 squad for the first time in September 2018, but only made his debut for the team in a 1–1 friendly draw against

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, replacing

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in the 75h minute.

Career statistics

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Huisman, Daan 2002 births Living people Footballers from Arnhem Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders SBV Vitesse players VVV-Venlo players FK Haugesund players FC Eindhoven players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Eliteserien players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Norway 21st-century Dutch sportsmen