A few database sites say things to the effect that there's a Brazilian-born '02 named Henrique Bueno who is also Italian and American and was playing at youth level in Portugal as recently as 2019/20. Here's an example: https://www.zerozero.pt/player.php?id=654278 If you follow a few breadcrumbs there are some indications that he might indeed be at least part-American (on what appear to be family members' social accounts and other records, for example) and some highlight videos. Also an old photo on an Estoril Praia roster page: https://www.gdestorilpraia.pt/plantel-iniciados-a/ But it's not clear to me if he has a team this season, among other things.
USL listed him as an American, so I had set up a thread in YAA for him. Really good chance that that's erroneous, but I usually accept if the club or league says he is a citizen.
Based on that video, it would seem odd that the kid isn't with a team currently, he's got some serious chops. Kid plays with some swagger as well.
Several Africa reports (and maybe a few here) are claiming that former Wofford player Rockshell "Rocky" Antwi has 1) signed in Spain and 2) is American-born, but since the college is saying that #2 isn't true, I'm gonna pass on this one for now. https://woffordterriers.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/rocky-antwi/6168
Yeah, he has fairly deep connections here, including prep school. But Wofford says he was born in Accra: https://woffordterriers.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/rocky-antwi/6168
Here's a useful page on T'Markt -- basically, you have two pulldowns, one for "Players from..." and the other for "Playing in..." so you can choose "Players from the U.S. playing in Belgium" or whatever and then quickly jump to lists. https://www.transfermarkt.de/land-statistik/legionaere/statistik/stat/?land_id=184
Wilson seems to be Liberian (I believe he has played for them) and Swedish. Maybe somebody at a database site read a flag wrong or something. Could he also be American? Sure, but I haven't seen any support for that.
HERBIE JAMES is a 2006 attacker with MANCHESTER CITY's academy. He lived in the US from age 4 to 9, but has lived abroad since then. He is interested in representing the US, but I don't know if it is possible for him to get citizenship now since he isn't in the US anymore, and I know nothing about US immigration law. Does anybody here know if he could become eligible to play for USA in the future? I think he is a top prospect. https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/spo...ews/manchester-city-port-vale-striker-1932555
'02 provisionally tied to Denmark through a 5-minute appearance in 2018 U17 Euro qualifying. Transfermarkt lists American-Danish nationality, haven't seen another source beyond this for US nationality. https://www.transfermarkt.us/kristoffer-lund/profil/spieler/623773
Take a bow, @ChuckMe92. This is confirmed -- he has an American mother, according to his club. Thread-starting honors are all yours!
¡DEBUT EN ESPAÑA!🇪🇸🇲🇽 Giancarlo Merlo(18) debutó el día de hoy, en la victoria del Getafe sub-19 4-0 ante su similar del UD Santa Marta Puede jugar como lateral o extremo por izquierda 🎯 pic.twitter.com/uV518z31zZ— Jovenes Futbolistas MX (@Jovenesfutmx) February 7, 2021 Possible yank at getafe? Through some social media sleuthing i was able to find out that he lists Texas as his home, and he’s pictured in multiple places in the US although no confirmation he has citizenship, also eligible for Mexico, 2002 birth year
Seems (based on a few hype site posts) to be born in Mexico. Evidently he got there with the help of a company called Ekra that doesn't appear to have a heavy U.S. focus, though I may have missed it. But who knows, worth trying to find out more! Well spotted.
One likely, but still needing confirmation: Andrew Andrade (18, RW/RB) is a Brazilian-American at Portimonense S.C. in the Primeira Liga Andrew Andrade (18, RW/RB) is a Brazilian-American at Portimonense S.C. in the Primeira Liga, Portugal's top flight. He's currently with the U19's, and has featured for the U23's this season.Andrade was born in Atlanta and left with his family in 2007, when he was 4 years old. pic.twitter.com/OdqOVGZAlV— USMNT Only (@usmntonly) February 24, 2021 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewoficial03/?hl=en
Well spotted by the tweeter. This database site backs up the birthplace, but the family history is a nice extra detail. https://www.zerozero.pt/player.php?id=739195;
T'Markt says an '03 named Christian Suski with Polish third-division club Wigry Suwałki is Polish-American. I couldn't quickly find an American link. http://wigrysuwalki.eu/druzyna-2/ https://www.transfermarkt.de/christian-suski/profil/spieler/688276
T'Markt says an '00 named Josiah Daniel who is currently with Swiss lower-division club Naters is American-born. https://www.transfermarkt.de/josiah-daniel/profil/spieler/687046 https://www.fcnaters.ch/herren-1-liga He seems to have previously been with Freiburger FC in Germany, which is not the "big" Freiburg club.
He apparently moved to second-division Marineros and has been playing for them. That will hopefully at some point make it easier to track the guy down, since his presumed father also played for Herediano, among other clubs. https://lacamiseta10.com/player/mauricio-solis/
Is anyone else having the same issues I am with the LigaMX.net site? Here's what I'm seeing: When I search a player, like say Ventura Alvarado, like this: ventura alvarado site:ligamx.net His result comes up first, as you'd expect. But when I click it, even though a unique page ID comes up, I end up on what seems like a landing page that has nothing to do with Alvarado. https://ligamx.net/cancha/jugador/75431 Maybe that stuff is like an overlay that I can close, but I don't understand enough Spanish to figure out how to do it. I also see that you can access cached versions of player pages, such as: https://webcache.googleusercontent....ancha/jugador/75431+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us So that's sort of useful. But not so much if you're trying to use Google to quickly search for new American players using this site, which used to be a great tool for that purpose.
The usually reliable site 90minut says Stal Mielec's '03 Michael Wyparlo was born in New York. http://stalmielec.com/i-zespol/ So does T'Markt. https://www.transfermarkt.de/michael-wyparlo/profil/spieler/858521 I haven't seen it reported anywhere, and some database sites say he was born in Poland, so I'm not really sure. He appears to be the son of Stal's GK coach Bogusław Wyparło, who had a long pro career in Poland and a few cups of coffee (and caps) with their MNT. He was playing in Poland around the time, if not at the specific time, that Michael was born. https://nowiny24.pl/jaki-ojciec-tak...-ich-slady-zdjecia/ga/c2-15037826/zd/43927554 This full article (in Polish) is paywalled, but the snippet at the top, translated by Google, tells a brief tale about how, it appears, Michael once told his dad to buzz off with the soccer advice, because he was a GK, so what would he know? Kids today, man! https://www.przegladsportowy.pl/pil...straklasie-bodzio-w-i-klubie-z-mielca/ew88wvx