Josh Gross

{{short description|Dutch footballer (born 1993)}} {{distinguish|Joshua Gros|Josh E. Gross}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Joshua Gross | image = | fullname = Joshua Emilio Gross Santana<ref name="SW">{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/joshua-gross-santana/563228/|title=J. Santana: Summary |website=Soccerway}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|05|15}}<ref name="SW" /> | birth_place = Rotterdam, Netherlands | height = 1.77 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Dakota | clubnumber = 17 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Dakota | years1 = 2013–2017 | clubs1 = SHO | caps1 = 28 | goals1 = 6 | years2 = 2017–2018 | clubs2 = Spartaan '20<ref>{{cite news |last1=Besten |first1=Rick den |title=Josh Gros Santana (Spartaan'20) naar ASWH |url=https://regio-voetbal.nl/nieuws/josh-gros-santana-spartaan20-naar-aswh |access-date=8 January 2023 |work=Regio-Voetbal |date=6 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525212204/https://regio-voetbal.nl/nieuws/josh-gros-santana-spartaan20-naar-aswh |archive-date=25 May 2019 |language=nl}}</ref> | caps2 = 8 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2018–2019 | clubs3 = ASWH | caps3 = 5 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2019–2020 | clubs4 = Dakota | caps4 = 14 | goals4 = 9 | years5 = 2020–2021 | clubs5 = Asarums IF | caps5 = 16 | goals5 = 5 | years6 = 2021– | clubs6 = Dakota | caps6 = 46 | goals6 = 15 | nationalyears1 = 2018– | nationalteam1 = Aruba | nationalcaps1 = 13 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | ntupdate = 21:31, 4 January 2023 (UTC) }}

'''Joshua Emilio Gross Santana''' (born 13 May 1993), known as '''Joshua''', or simply '''Josh''', is an Aruban footballer who plays as a midfielder for Aruban Division di Honor club Dakota and the Aruba national football team.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Timmer |first1=Jan J. |title=Josh Gross Santana geniet van ASWH |url=https://hendrik-ido-ambacht.dekombinatie.nl/nieuws/algemeen/579852/josh-gross-santana-geniet-van-aswh- |website=Weekblad De Brug |access-date=8 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525211517/https://hendrik-ido-ambacht.dekombinatie.nl/nieuws/algemeen/579852/josh-gross-santana-geniet-van-aswh- |archive-date=25 May 2019 |language=nl |date=2 December 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career== ===Club career=== Josh started his career with SHO. He joined Dakota in 2019 where he helped the club to win Aruban Division di Honor in 2021–22. He played with Dakota in the 2023, CONCACAF Caribbean Shield.

==International career== Gross debuted on 9 September 2018 in a match against Bermuda in a 3–1 victory in the qualifying rounds of the CONCACAF Nations League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.concacafnationsleague.com/en/nations-league-qualifying/game-detail/440449#tab_match=match-details|title=Game Detail|website=CONCACAF Nations League}}</ref>

On 22 March 2019, Gross scored his first goal, but suffered a 3–2 defeat against St. Lucia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.concacafnationsleague.com/en/nations-league-qualifying/game-detail/440504#tab_match=match-details|title=Game Detail|website=CONCACAF Nations League}}</ref>

==Honours== '''Dakota''' * Aruban Division di Honor: 2021–22 * Torneo Copa Betico Croes: 2018–19

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gross, Josh}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Aruban men's footballers Category:Aruba men's international footballers Category:Eerste Klasse players Category:Vierde Divisie players Category:Derde Divisie players Category:ASWH players Category:SV Dakota players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen