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Christian Pulisic
_(cropped).jpg) Pulisic with the United States in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Christian Mate Pulisic[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | September 18, 1998[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger, attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | AC Milan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Brackley Town[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Michigan Rush[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2015 | PA Classics[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Borussia Dortmund | 81 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Chelsea | 98 | (20) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | → Borussia Dortmund (loan) | 9 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | AC Milan | 53 | (18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | United States U15 | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | United States U17 | 34 | (20) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | United States | 76 | (32) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:31, 26 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 18, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Christian Mate Pulisic (pronounced [krǐstijan mǎːte pǔliʃitɕ];[7] born September 18, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Serie A club AC Milan and the United States national team.[8] Widely regarded as one of the best North American players of all time, he is nicknamed "Captain America" for his dribbling, technique, and finishing.[9][10][11][12]
An alumnus of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, Pulisic began his professional career at Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, where he progressed quickly through the team's youth academy, featuring in only 15 youth games. He was then promoted to the senior team in January 2016, at age 17.[13] He featured sparingly in his first season at the club, but his involvement began increasing dramatically in the following season, where he was a mainstay in the Dortmund team that won the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal.[14] His performances made him runner-up of the 2018 Kopa Trophy; presented to the world's best player under the age of 21.[15]
In January 2019, Pulisic moved to Premier League club Chelsea in a transfer worth $73 million (£57.6 million), making him the most expensive North American player of all time, and began playing for the club in the 2019–20 season.[16] During the following season, he was an integral part of the team that won the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, and became the first American to play in a Champions League final.[17][18] In the 2021–22 season, he won the 2021 UEFA Super Cup and 2021 FIFA Club World Cup.[19] He moved to Serie A club AC Milan in June 2023, beginning in the 2023–24 season and won the 2024 Supercoppa Italiana.[20]
Pulisic played for the United States at under-15 and under-17 levels, before making his senior national team debut in March 2016 at age 17. He is the youngest player ever to captain the United States national team in the modern era.[21] At the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, he was named the best young player of the tournament. He won the CONCACAF Nations League in 2021, 2023 and 2024, winning the best player award of the 2023 tournament. Individually, he is tied with Landon Donovan for the record of four U.S. Player of the Year awards and is his country's fifth-highest all-time leading goalscorer. He has been called the "face" of American soccer.[22]
- ^ "Squad List: FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021: Chelsea FC" (PDF). FIFA. February 9, 2022. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 24, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
- ^ "Christian Pulisic: Overview". Premier League. Archived from the original on June 11, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ "Christian Pulisic". www.chelseafc.com. Archived from the original on November 13, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
- ^ Ames, Nick (May 31, 2016). "Christian Pulisic: the making of a young man ready to step up". The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ "Rush Alumni Christian Pulisic Makes Bundesliga Debut with Borussia Dortmund". Rush Soccer Club. RushCanada.com. October 3, 2016. Archived from the original on August 7, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
- ^ "Christian Pulisic". ussda.demosphere.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
- ^ "Púla". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Archived from the original on December 1, 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ "Christian Pulisic – USMNT – US Mens Soccer Official Site". US Soccer. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ^ "Golazo 100 countdown: Ranking the best men's soccer players in the world for 2024". CBS Sports. June 6, 2024. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
- ^ "2024 FC 100: Haaland among best forwards in men's soccer". ESPN. June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
- ^ "Top 50 players at 2022 World Cup, No. 39: Christian Pulisic". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- ^ "Ochoa, Pulisic, Davies among Concacaf World Cup Best XI". CONCACAF. December 19, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ Uersfeld, Stephan (January 5, 2016). "U.S. youngster Christian Pulisic trains with Borussia Dortmund first team". ESPN. Archived from the original on October 29, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
- ^ Bird, Liviu (January 20, 2016). "USA's Pulisic a fast-rising talent at Dortmund". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on October 17, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:13was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Law, Matt (January 2, 2019). "Chelsea strike early in transfer window to sign Borussia Dortmund winger Christian Pulisic for £57.6m". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022.
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:8was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Masters of Modern Soccer: Christian Pulisic and the Craft of the Attacking Midfielder". SI. May 2018. Archived from the original on July 8, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
- ^ "Christian Pulisic, 20, becomes youngest in modern era to captain U.S. men's national team in 1–0 loss to Italy". Chicago Tribune. November 20, 2018. Archived from the original on December 1, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ "Christian Pulisic on being the face of American soccer: 'I can't believe that I've got to this point so soon'". CBS Sports. June 16, 2021. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
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