He has now been called up to the squad competing in the European Under 21 Championship Qualifiers. Dan will not miss any Brighton games as the weekend of 3-5 September had been left free for the International matches.
The under 21s will face Austria on Friday 3rd September at 5pm in the Sepp Doll stadium at Krems. The second game will be at the Municipal Stadium, Rybnik, against Poland on Tuesday 7th September with a 5.30pm kick-off.
Dan Hardings player stats for Brighton & England are here
The full squad is listed below, courtesy of thefa.com
Player | Club | DOB | Caps | Goals |
Dean Ashton | Crewe Alexandra | 24 Nov 83 | 3 | 2 |
Leighton Baines | Wigan Athletic | 11 Dec 84 | 0 | 0 |
Darren Bent | Ipswich Town | 06 Feb 84 | 6 | 3 |
David Bentley | Norwich City* | 27 Aug 84 | 2 | 1 |
Lee Camp | Derby County | 22 Aug 84 | 0 | 0 |
Scott Carson | Leeds United | 03 Sep 85 | 3 | 0 |
Carlton Cole | Aston Villa** | 12 Nov 83 | 7 | 2 |
Calum Davenport | Coventry City | 01 Jan 83 | 0 | 0 |
Stewart Downing | Middlesbrough | 22 Jul 84 | 3 | 0 |
Anton Ferdinand | West Ham Utd | 18 Feb 85 | 1 | 0 |
Daniel Harding | Brighton & HA | 23 Dec 83 | 1 | 0 |
Justin Hoyte | Arsena | 20 Nov 84 | 3 | 0 |
Nicky Hunt | Bolton Wanderers | 03 Sep 83 | 2 | 0 |
| Glen Johnson | Chelsea | 23 Aug 84 | 7 | 0 |
Matt Kilgallon | Leeds United | 08 Jan 84 | 2 | 0 |
| Andrew Lonergan | Preston NE | 19 Oct 83 | 0 | 0 |
James Milner | Newcastle United | 04 Jan 86 | 2 | 0 |
Gary O'Neil | Portsmouth | 18 May 83 | 1 | 0 |
Jermaine Pennant | Arsenal | 15 Oct 83 | 20 | 0 |
Nigel Reo-Coker | West Ham Utd | 14 May 84 | 4 | 0 |
Jonathan Stead | Blackburn Rovers | 07 Apr 83 | 3 | 0 |
Steven Taylor | Newcastle United | 23 Jan 86 | 2 | 0 |
John Welsh | Liverpool | 10 Jan 84 | 1 | 0 |
Ian Westlake | Ipswich Town | 10 Jul 83 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Whittingham | Aston Villa | 08 Sep 84 | 2 | 0 |
* on loan from Arsenal
** on loan from Chelsea