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

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who plays as a midfielder.

Club career

Huisman played youth football for

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and Vitesse, where coach Edward Sturing 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

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

in the Eredivisie, replacing Loïs Openda 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 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage. Huisman joined VVV-Venlo 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

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to th ...

in the Eerste Divisie. He returned to Vitesse at the end of the season, 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.

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 Spain, replacing Dirk Proper in the 75h minute.

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at Voetbal International {{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 Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Eliteserien players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Norway