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Dan Gosling is a great young player who plays for Everton in the premier league.
He made his professional debut, (aged 16 years and 310 days) on December 9, 2006 against Hull City, coming on as a first-half substitute for injured Captain Paul Wotton. Gosling's full debut came on New Year's day 2007 against Southampton at Home Park. He proved his versatility in a solid performance, by moving from right-midfield to right-back after an early injury to defender Mathias Kouo-Doumbe.
Gosling established himself as a regular in the reserve team, and his impressive performances were noticed by manager Ian Holloway. At the beginning of March 2007 he trained for a week with Premiership club Chelsea along with team-mates Luke Summerfield and Scott Sinclair. The same form earned him a call-up to the England Under-17s squad for the UEFA European U17 Championship Qualifying Round in Bosnia at the end of March 2007. Gosling was also included in the England U17 squad for the 2007 European Championships in Belgium. England finished twenty-third in that tournament, qualifying for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, with Gosling also marking the squad for that treatment.
On 3 January 2008 it was announced that Gosling was to sign for Premier League team Everton from Plymouth, days after Everton's Lukas Jutkiewicz was loaned to the Pilgrims. Gosling's signing for Everton was finalised on January 14, 2008, and he was assigned the squad number 32. His first-team debut came in a 1–0 away victory against against Middlesbrough, and his first goal for the club came two days later in a 3–0 victory over Sunderland at Goodison Park.
On 4 February 2009, Gosling scored an extra-time winner in an FA Cup fourth round replay at Goodison Park against arch-rivals Liverpool in the 118th minute, which Everton won 1-0. An error by live broadcasters ITV during the match meant the goal was missed by millions of TV viewers, including Gosling's mother Hilary. The goal scored against Liverpool was then voted Evertons 'Goal of the Season' - voted by the fans of Everton FC.
He also came on as a late substitute against Manchester City, scoring a late consolation goal in a 1-2 defeat for Everton.
His international career is well up and running and is sure to make it into the England squad soon. His ablity is awesome and is now a hero for Everton Fans.
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