Daniel Dos Santos Correia (born 29 December 2002) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss club FC Lugano.
[1] Born in Covilhã in the Castelo Branco District of Portugal, Dos Santos was raised in Switzerland from the age of six months, as his father was already working in the Alpine country.
[5] In June 2024, Dos Santos signed a four-year contract at Super League club FC Lugano,[6] for an estimated fee of 1 million Swiss francs.
[1] He has represented his adopted nation at under-20 and under-21 level, and in 2022 Swiss online newspaper Watson listed him as a candidate for the senior team's first player from the Portuguese community.
[8] On 21 November 2023, he scored his first goal for the under-21 team, the late equaliser in a 2–2 draw with Romania in 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification in Neuchâtel.