Here's a supposed American-born '02 named Jonathan Grot who has played in the Netherlands and is currently in the second division in Cyprus. Unfortunately when I've looked him up all I've found is T'Markt stuff and attempts to convince me that what I really was looking for is stuff about "Hamilton." https://www.transfermarkt.de/jonathon-joshua-grot/profil/spieler/933458
Transfermarkt says '05 Churney Dylan James playing in Serbia is American. I didn't immediately find anything when I looked him up. https://www.transfermarkt.com/churney-dylan-james/profil/spieler/945180
A number of sites suggest he's moved to the second team of ADO Den Haag, the first team of which plays in the second division. Always fun to type a sentence like that.
There is a lot more of this activity going on than perhaps people -- well, maybe not people who post in this thread -- realize. It's come up before, but there is no doubt that online sleuths are scouring sources for eligible players who might represent teams around the world. I've had the pleasure of connecting with several of those sleuths and I figure some of them will read this post! (If you're such a person and we don't know each other, reach out and say hello. I'd love to exchange notes.)
@ChuckMe92 re-tweeted this one so it's worth keeping an eye on. There isn't much info on him on the club's site or elsewhere. 👤 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗿𝗮 (𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟮):Lucas es un defensor central nacido en USA 🇺🇸 de padre uruguayo 🇺🇾 y madre argentina 🇦🇷. Hace vida en las inferiores del @LiverpoolFC1915.Vivió sus primeros 3 años en Estados Unidos antes de emigrar a Uruguay. Elegible para 🇺🇸🇺🇾🇦🇷. pic.twitter.com/JcnyWXJJB1— ScoutSearch (@scout_search) October 24, 2021 Lucas is a USA-born central defender Uruguayan father and Argentine mother. Makes life in the lower @LiverpoolFC1915 He lived his first 3 years in the United States before emigrating to Uruguay. Eligible for US, Argentina & Uruguay. This Liverpool is in Uruguay's top tier.
Looks like this may be the same guy - appearing as Faris Abdelhaq. He's listed with CD Marino of the Spanish fifth division by Transfermarkt, although it also says his contract expired on 6/30. He made 4 appearances with them last season when they were in the fourth division after joining from Cadiz's reserves. Also found this write-up which gives more on his background.
👤 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮 (𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟱):Brandon es un mediocampista de corte ofensivo de padre puertorriqueño 🇵🇷 y madre italiana 🇮🇹. Actualmente milita en la U17 del @HellasVeronaFC de Italia 🇮🇹.Es llamado una de las perlas de su categoría. Elegible para 🇵🇷 y 🇮🇹. pic.twitter.com/PnDpOtEstI— ScoutSearch (@scout_search) September 21, 2021 Puerto Rican father would make him a citizen; don't know about USMNT eligible though. There doesn't seem to be much info out there on him.
Nope. All Puerto Ricans are US citizens (it's the only one they have). They can't vote in POTUS elections unless they are living in the US proper.
There's a video on YouTube that seems to be imply he's been with the club for half a decade. When I see American guys playing in Europe with pretty much no digital footprint it's frequently the case that they're American by parentage only, with all or most of their lives spent elsewhere. Could be the case here.
Made his debut on 10/24 for Rukh Lviv with a start at center forward against FK Minaj in league play and was subbed off after 47 minutes when his team was down 1-0. He was also on the bench for their cup match on 10/28 but not their last league match on 10/31. And the info most pertinent to this thread is the caption for the above picture from an article on the official team site: Дебютує у складі «Руху» Осазе Де Розаріо, який стає 109-м рухівцем, в тому числі, першим американським легіонером. Which Google translates to: He made his Rukh debut with Osaze De Rosario, who became the 109th Rukh, including the first American legionnaire. Also checked the team roster on the site, but he isn't listed yet. So while there's no confirmation on that front, American legionnaire from the team's own media department sounds encouraging,
Apologies for the double post (couldn't edit the previous one?), but just saw that the Ukrainian Premier League site also lists him as American. So yeah it's looking like he's probably good to go judging from that and the team site.
Osaze has a brother Adisa who is a GK with Toronto FC Academy. Seems to have been born in 2004 when Dwayne was playing for San Jose: https://www.league1ontario.com/roster_players/47999157
A Swiss lower-division team called Ticino apparently employs an American-born '03 named Johann Angstmann. He'd previously been with Lugano. https://www.transfermarkt.de/johann-angstmann/profil/spieler/583045 https://www.teamticino.ch/squadre/team-ticino-u21
Boris Davina, with the U18s at FC Twente, lists himself as Dutch-American on Instagram. That could be the reason T'Markt also has him as such. https://www.instagram.com/borisdavina_/?hl=en https://www.transfermarkt.us/boris-davina/profil/spieler/949880 https://fctwenteheraclesacademie.nl/team/fct-her-o18/boris-davina/
It's possible that this young fellow Peter Egbert is German-American (he is apparently currently in Germany with a lower-division club) as T'Markt says but it seems at least equally likely (based on a quick web search) that he was an exchange student with no other American connection and someone ticking boxes got confused. https://www.transfermarkt.de/peter-egbert/profil/spieler/963501
Team Ticino is the Lugano U-21 side. Chicago Fire owner Joe Mansueto recently bought Lugano, and Team Ticino.
An '00 named Vinicius Lansade currently in the setup at Estudiantes DLP in Argentina is said in some places to be American. This isn't certain, as despite having spent some of his life here (including at U-Md. and in the DA with NYCFC) he was born in Brazil to French and Argentinean parents. There's also a Julio Lansade who seems to be a younger brother. If you know for sure, please let us know! https://www.estudiantesdelaplata.com/lansade-firmo-contrato/
I came across some articles that reference, among other things, a Spanish-language interview, the upshot of which for the purposes of this forum seems to be that he did live in the U.S. (Houston) for much of his life, but it's unclear that he's American. His mother is evidently Mexican and his father Italian, though it's certainly possible that one or both of them are also American -- I just haven't seen confirmation.
👤 𝗥𝗼𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗼 𝗡𝗲𝗿𝗶 (𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟱):Rodrigo es un centroatacante venezolano 🇻🇪 nacido en USA 🇺🇸 y que vive desde los 9 años en España 🇪🇸. Actualmente juega en el Juvenil "B" del @atleti.Actualmente es el goleador de su equipo. Mide 1,86. Elegible para 🇻🇪🇺🇸🇪🇸. pic.twitter.com/QiGDrnw2y2— ScoutSearch (@scout_search) December 26, 2021 Listed as being born in Miami on Athletico Madrid's website https://en.atleticodemadrid.com/equipos/atletico-de-madrid-juvenil-b-2021-2022
T'Markt says a Honduran '03 named Geovanni (sometimes written as "Geovanny") listed with Motagua... https://motagua.com/player/geovanni-bueso/ ... is also American. https://www.transfermarkt.de/geovanny-bueso/profil/spieler/939118 Bueso turns up on some old DA rosters for Kendall, a Florida youth club, where there's a coach named Orlando Bueso. He's a guy who played collegiately and professionally in the U.S. and could be a relation. This (Spanish) story says, I believe, that Bueso was spotted during some kind of club visit to the U.S. https://www.diez.hn/liganacionaldeh...es-pedido-diego-vazquez-alex-bahr-ODDZ1483368