Dynamo Moscow & Russia U19 MF Valeri Saramutin confirmed by his club as being born in NJ. https://t.co/NgwpMrjxj9 pic.twitter.com/mY7bDSbVTR— Nats Abroad (@Nats_Abroad) August 16, 2016
Pretty sure that whoever tweeted that got their tip from ... the BigSoccer post I put up on him earlier today. http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/valeri-saramutin-in-russia.2034544/#post-34463222
Sorta like the Jamil Fearington Wikipedia page that references BS as a source. Also known as "my professor said I had to get two sources."
Well, look -- all I did was look at a club's web site. That's not exactly reporting. Still: You're welcome, guys.
Transfermarkt says a '94 named Darius Strode on Werder Bremen's U21s (what amounts to their third team) is German-American: http://www.transfermarkt.com/darius-strode/profil/spieler/265609 There's little mention of him on the club site for now, but there is this (from the summer): http://www.werder.de/aktuell/news/junioren/20162017/lz-aktuell/lzaktuell-18072016/ FuPa has him as an attacker who has bounced around clubs. T-Markt says he's a left back. Cap him ... now? http://www.fupa.net/spieler/darius-strode-199995.html
It's José Posada Lachowsky. He was born in Madrid to a Spanish father and an American Mother. I have no idea as to his dual nationality or lack thereof. Plays with Alcobendas C.F. in Madrid. Listed on the club site as part of the Juvenil "B" side. Alcobendas plays in the Spanish Third Division (Tercera División - fourth tier).
As noted on another thread, some sites (including Spox) list '98 Jan-Kristian Thurner, currently in Austria with Kapfenberg, as American-born. http://www.spox.com/de/daten/%3Fspo...d=444948&utm_referrer=https://www.google.com/ http://www.ksv1919.at/de/16416?person=10112
Has moved to Hannoverscher SC. http://www.hsc-hannover.de/Berichte...rliga-Herren-HSCndashVfL-Oldenburg-12-01.aspx
Dennis Chin is confirmed as Jamaica born, but has been in the US since he was 10 (he's now 29). He is with the Ottawa Fury of NASL and they list him as Jamaican and a domestic -- meaning likely a Green Card as a minimum. He's done college as well as USL & NASL. He's just signed in Israel with Ironi Nesher, a newly-promoted second-division club. Since he is doing the "A" now, figured it might be worthwhile to find out if the "Y" applies. http://www.fourfourtwo.com/us/featu...r-ottawa-cury-israel-nasl-europe-ironi-nesher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Chin Transfermarkt shows him as a Yank: http://www.transfermarkt.com/dennis-chin/profil/spieler/152483
An interesting case that I'm surprised has no coverage here: Alex Reneau at AD Alcorcón in Spain. OWTY has him on their list: http://owhentheyanks.com/2014/12/30/class-of-2017-winter-update/ This note was posted in an OWTY article last year: Also inform you that a US player currently playing in Spanish league Alexander Reneau was in England this past February. He was at Fulham for 2 weeks, one week at Reading, and 2 weeks at Tottenham. He played in their league games at center mid as a trial player and had a great experience. Furthermore, the end of March, Alex spent 5 days at Mainz academy in germany receiving very positive feedback. He continues in Spain’s maximum U16 league at least until end of June. [Note that the comment was left by "Daniel" which is Reneau's middle name]. His Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alex.reneau.5/about?section=year-overviews&pnref=about He also has a rare international page at TDS: http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-player-profile/alex-reneau/pid-101717 (which shows him as a Northwestern commit for 2017).
Interesting. Here are search results for other such pages, which might yield more leads. https://www.google.com/?ion=1&espv=...site:topdrawersoccer.com/club-player-profile/
For what it's worth, the IFA website lists him as an American. That typically means that he was registered with the IFA using an American passport. They're not great with putting the birth countries on their website, but the nationality is always correct unless the player is playing as an Israeli like Nico Olsak or Aaron Schoenfeld.
T'markt lists a '97 GK named Bogomil Tzinzarski in Bulgaria as American-born: http://www.transfermarkt.com/bogomil-tzinzarski/profil/spieler/299630
FuPa and T'Markt list an American '97 named Sami Guediri at FC BW Friesdorf, which I haven't been able to confirm. http://www.fupa.net/spieler/sami-guediri-1001270.html http://www.transfermarkt.com/sami-guediri/profil/spieler/456495
FuPa has a '94 named Nils Roethle at lower-division German club TSV Schott Mainz. http://www.fupa.net/spieler/nils-roethle-369458.html
They now say he was born in San Francisco and is at Stuttgarter Kickers. I've found him in some summer matches for them but not sure he's signed. http://www.transfermarkt.com/shadi-ahdy/profil/spieler/267545 Looks like it might be official per Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ5PulSAZdy/?taken-by=shadiahdy
Transfermarkt says '98 Nicolas Jones at Swiss lower-division club Stade-Payerne is American. http://www.transfermarkt.com/detailsuche/spielerdetail/suche/4461370 http://www.stade-payerne.ch/web/equipes/stade-payerne-1/ Perhaps @RobtheAggie knows about this.
Wikipedia lists four Tijuanamericans on the Tijuana Premier roster for this year. Three of them are confirmed by BigSoccer (well, DMN), but I can't seem to find anything on the fourth one, GK Mario Fernandez. He doesn't show up in my search of the Segunda Division database. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Tijuana_Premier
I found what clearly appears to be the publicly available Facebook page of Cameron Sutton, mentioned earlier in this thread. He still appears to be with Cardiff City. His hometown is listed as "New York, New York." Top Drawer Soccer listed him from Westchester County, New York, though his profile there doesn't seem to exist anymore.
'01 Zach Benedict, profiled back in 2013 by O When The Yanks as training in England, appears to be with Cambridge United. He also has a sister who captains Tottenham Hotspur Ladies U-13. http://owhentheyanks.com/2013/08/23/01-utah-prospect-finding-a-home-in-english-football/ Zach. @CambridgeUYD pic.twitter.com/tnMtfeLvLT— Jayne Benedict (@Jbenedict20) August 30, 2016
I never heard back, but he's now with TSV Immenhausen. http://www.fupa.net/spieler/maurice-braun-156292.html
He's listed on the most recent U13 roster page: Domenic Davis http://fck.de/de/1-fc-kaiserslautern/nachwuchs/aufbaubereich/u13/mannschaftsfoto.html