Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kenshiro Michael Lontok Daniels | ||
Date of birth | 13 January 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Newport Beach, United States | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | RANS Nusantara | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
Irvine Lasers | |||
Santa Anita SC | |||
La Sierra High School | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2012 | Laos | ||
2013–2018 | Kaya–Iloilo | 23 | (2) |
2019–2022 | Kaya–Iloilo | 10 | (4) |
2022–2023 | United City | 8 | (6) |
2023 | Sukhothai | 14 | (3) |
2023– | RANS Nusantara | 23 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Philippines U22 | 4 | (2) |
2014– | Philippines [2] | 39 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 October 2023 |
Kenshiro Michael Lontok Daniels (born January 13, 1995) [3] is a Filipino professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 1 club RANS Nusantara and the Philippines national team. He was born in Newport Beach to Hollywood actor and retired kickboxer Gary Daniels and a Filipino mother.
Daniels began his professional career with the Kaya–Iloilo of the United Football League in 2013.
In June 2018, after his 5-year spell, Daniels parted ways with Kaya–Iloilo and moved to the Malaysia Super League, alongside Robert Lopez Mendy, Antonio Ugarte, and Miguel Tanton. [4] [5]
Daniels was born in Irvine, California to an English father and a Filipino mother, which made him eligible to play for England, the Philippines and the United States.
Daniels made his international debut for the Philippines as a substitute in a 0–0 draw over Malaysia in Selayang, Malaysia on March 1, 2014.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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2018 | ||||||
1. | 6 October 2018 | Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1–0 |
1–0 |
2018 Bangabandhu Cup |
2022 | ||||||
2. | 20 December 2022 | Morodok Techo National Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Cambodia | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2022 AFF Championship |
3. | 2–2 | |||||
4. | 23 December 2022 | Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines | Brunei | 1–0 | 5–1 |
Daniels is not of Japanese descent. His given name was derived from Kenshiro, the protagonist of the Fist of the North Star. His father Gary Daniels named him after the character. His father, an actor by profession, portrayed the character in the American film adaptation which premiered in 1995, the year the younger Daniels was born. [6]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Kaya–Iloilo | 2017 | PFL | 21 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
2018 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
2019 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | |||
2020 | 5 | 2 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
2021 | – | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |||
United City | 2022–23 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | |
Career total | 41 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 20 |