Erixon Michiel Arnolf Danso (born 22 July 1989) is an Aruban

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who plays as a winger. He holds a

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Club career

Danso was born in Amsterdam, and has his roots in

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. He played for AFC Ajax's youth squad, and was signed professionally by

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. Danso made his debut for Utrecht against SC Heerenveen on 19 April 2009, and scored his first league goal for the club on 18 April 2010 in a 3–0 win against

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. After spending time in the Spanish second division, Danso returned to Holland when he signed up for

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in summer 2013. He was released for indiscipline after a season, but was rehired after an injury to

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. He returned to Holland to play for

FC Emmen FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie title. Founded in 1925, the club entered the professional Eerste Divisie in 1985. I ...

in the 2015/16 season, after a spell in Lebanon with

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. In summer 2016, Danso left Emmen to join former coach Joop Gall at Ukrainian side Stal Kamianske In February 2017 he moved to Norway to play for second division FK Jerv after failing to score in 8 games for Stal. Danso left Sandnes Ulf at the end of the 2018 season. On 27 January 2019, he signed with Egersunds IK in the Norwegian

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.Erixon Danso klar for EIK
eikfotball.no, 27 January 2019

International career

International goals

:''Scores and results list Aruba's goal tally first.''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Danso, Erixon 1989 births Living people Footballers from Amsterdam Dutch people of Aruban descent Association football wingers Dutch footballers Aruban footballers Aruba international footballers FC Utrecht players Orihuela CF players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers FC Dordrecht players Safa SC players FC Emmen players FC Stal Kamianske players FK Jerv players Sandnes Ulf players Egersunds IK players Norwegian Second Division players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Ukrainian Premier League players Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Lebanon Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Norway Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Norway Lebanese Premier League players