The official "Some site says this guy is a Yank" detective work thread

I don't know whether it's that some clubs are relatively modest operations, or that people are just really bored and delighted to hear from anyone these days (if you're a journalist looking to interview someone right now, you gotta figure they'll pick up the phone) but here's to the clubs that, when you email them inquiring about a player, actually cc him on their response.

 

Today I learned that Kelsey Grammer has two sons with his current wife, Kayte Walsh, which makes the boys (and their sister) the grandchildren of accomplished English player and coach Alan Walsh. It also means that Grammer's brother-in-law is a guy named Phil Walsh who had a fairly long career in the English lower divisions. You're welcome.

 

And it will not surprise you to learn that Torquay United's Irish '95 Ruairi Keating has an American grandmother. His parents apparently lived in the U.S. for a short time as well. He seems to be related in some not-crazy-distant way to Ronan Keating from something called Boyzone.

 

Still learning what this site is all about, but https://www.lapreferente.com/ seems to have some interesting, Google-able stuff on players who have played in Spain. I'm not sure what it has about guys who have only trained in Spain, or who have mainly traveled there by plane.

 

A guy with this name apparently played the fall 2019 season, or at least one game of it, with a JuCo called Harry S. Truman.

https://www.njcaa.org/sports/msoc/2019-20/div1/players/andreisuciuz1w3

He doesn't actually show up on that roster, if this is the same school, which it may be.

https://citycollegesofchicagoathletics.com/sports/2019/8/23/TCMSOCROSTER2019.aspx?id=170&

His T'Markt trail ends with a Greek team and seems to imply a season that ended midyear 2018.

https://www.transfermarkt.us/andrei-suciu/profil/spieler/322048

 

Thanks for this. I spent some time trying to track this down a while ago but couldn't be certain, despite some strong clues. I'd say you've earned the right to start a thread!

 

Another great find that pins down something I couldn't. That article seems to be a write-through of this story, which I can't access but some important stuff is viewable.

https://www.pressreader.com/italy/la-gazzetta-dello-sport/20190111/282175062264525

It mentions some kind of tryout at Lazio in January 2019.

His Novara bio says his dream is to play for Milan.

http://www.novaracalcio.com/player/davide-bove/

Well worth a thread for this one too!

 

Wikipedia says Jamaican '96 Maalique Foster is a naturalized American citizen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maalique_Foster

I can't find a citation. T'Markt also lists him as a dual citizen.

https://www.transfermarkt.de/maalique-foster/profil/spieler/563478

His agency doesn't mention U.S. citizenship. Of course, it's still possible. (Without knowing the timing of his naturalization, if any, I also couldn't say whether he's still theoretically eligible to play for the U.S.)

http://www.panamcalcio.com/players/maalique-foster/

 

A young player named Jadon Gildersleeve who was listed on Ingolstadt's U17s this season is American, according to FuPa, which also says he's at Bayern Hof, so who knows.

https://www.fupa.net/spieler/jadon-gildersleeve-1428228.html

https://www.fcingolstadt.de/nachwuchs/jugendteams-20192020/u-17-bayernliga/

http://www.fussballn.de/sites/person/start.aspx?SK=4&Pers=257203

 

I'm sure there's a better way to search La Preferente, but...

"estados unidos" site:https://www.lapreferente.com/
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... is a decent starting point. It does catch the occasional basketball player, however. And it's a lot of Marbella dudes. But it's also an interesting window into what seems to be a decent amount of back-and-forth movement between the U.S. and lower Spanish divisions that has gone pretty much unnoticed here.

 

I wouldn't dream of it! What we're obviously not doing is posting threads about every single one of those guys. More's the pity.