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

A follower on Twitter is speculating that Jonathan Vimos, an academy player at Girona, is American. He appears to be on Instagram but there's no direct evidence yet.

https://marcetfootball.com/en/jonathan-vimos/

 

Malakai Ogunsemore at SV Darmstadt 98:

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At the J.League data site mentioned by @naopon, I think it returns a list of players born in the US when entering "アメリカ合衆国" into the bottom left box - not sure if that search might include the entirety of those players.

https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX03/

 

AFAIK the only player (current or historical) it misses is Dan Calichman (who is listed when searching for US nationality) - presumably back then they didn't record all the players' birthplaces.

Quite an eclectic list of US-born guys in the J.League - the only player of any remote relevance to the USSF would be Kennedy Mikuni, whom I would describe as a physically gifted, towering center back who is still working out the wrinkles in his game but has finally nailed down a consistent starting spot at Nagoya Grampus.

 

• Milan Johnson at Ajax - USA flag in his IG bio. His bio says he's a GK. On the U15 roster here
  
• Cosmo Veken at Ajax - USA/Netherlands flags in his IG bio. On the U14 roster here
  
  
• Eintracht Frankfurt academy player - USA/Germany flags in his IG bio. Seems likely this is his profile on the Eintracht Frankfurt U15 roster. A corresponding DFB profile
  
  
• Noah Sheriff Jr at ADO Den Haag - USA/Liberia flags in his IG bio. His bio says he's with the U15s
  
  
• '07 Mateo Fisher at Vålerenga - USA/Norway flags in his IG bio. Transfermarkt says he's a CB. A profile on the club's website
  
  
• '03 Rafael Martell at Club Atlético Brown - Transfermarkt lists Germany/USA/Argentina and that he was born in Germany. Says that he's a GK formerly in the Inter Miami academy
  
  
• Juan Meza at Dock Sud - USA flag in his IG bio

• '07 Lazar Jankovic at GFK Sloboda Užice - Transfermarkt lists USA/Serbia and has him with the U19s
  
  
• '04 Nicolás Cuevas at Sabadell - This post says USA/Venezuela/Argentina/Spain. A profile page here

 

Verification that Justin Homma (at Vissel Kobe, on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) is half American:
https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/yanks-in-the-j-league.2114640/#post-41942407

 

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No idea if he would be a US citizen or not. Utica has had a massive transformation over the past two decades and is a very diverse city with lots of 1st generation immigrants. Lot so really good food is available in the city.

 

Luis Gutierrez at Cruz Azul is shown on TM as a dual Mexican-American. They say he was born in Mexico. I can't find any detailed info on him in the interwebs.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/luis-gutierrez/profil/spieler/689837

This comes from an affiliated media outlet that doesn't add anything positive to the citizenship claim. It sounds like he was raised in Mexico as well.

To the surprise of the sky-blue fans, Luis Ángel Gutiérrez Grimm was trained in the América youth academy, from the Basic Forces in the Under 15. Thus, the forward born in Mexico City played for Coapa until 2022, passing through the Under 15, Under 17 and Under 20.

Later, for the Apertura 2022 he was registered with Atlético San Luis in the first team, however, he was unable to make his debut in the Primera División, as he only played for the youth categories: in the Under 20 and Under 23, he even established himself as captain.

https://vamoscruzazul.bolavip.com/n...-que-registro-cruz-azul-para-el-apertura-2024

Liga MX profile:

 

According to TM, Teo Hupfauf is a dual Austrian-American playing GK for Red Bull Salzburg.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/teo-hupfauf/profil/spieler/1294141

He's only 14, but has trained with the 1st team:

Hupfauf moved from Wacker Innsbruck's youth team to the Red Bull Academy in 2023. At the "Porsche Football Cup 2024" held in Stuttgart in September, he was voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament.

Not much on the Yank angle online. That unusual last name might help, though I couldn't find any breadcrumbs.

 

Marcus C. is reporting that Roman Avakian Gomez who moved to Mainz from Mexico at age 14 is US-born.

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This account says he was born in San Diego:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DCFtRFTghPe/

Es categoría 2010, tiene 14 años de edad y es nacido en San Diego, California , su madre es de Mexico (Ocotlán, Jalisco) y su padre de Armenia .

It also says he was with APFC in San Diego, which appears to be run by Albert Puig from Barcelona. Sounds more like training system than a youth club.

According to Marcus, he lived in the US until about age 12 so there should be a few clues out there.