Ante Razov
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| Date of birth | March 2, 1974 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Whittier, California, United States | |||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 1992–1995 | UCLA Bruins | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1996–1997 | LA Galaxy | 6 | (1) | |||||||||
| → Sacramento (loan) | ||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Chicago Fire | 84 | (42) | |||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Racing Ferrol | 19 | (7) | |||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Chicago Fire | 72 | (34) | |||||||||
| 2005 | Columbus Crew | 7 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2005 | MetroStars | 18 | (6) | |||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Chivas USA | 76 | (30) | |||||||||
| Total | 262 | (114) | ||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 1995–2007 | United States | 25 | (6) | |||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Seattle Sounders FC (assistant) | |||||||||||
| 2017– | LA Galaxy (assistant) | |||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:13, 27 October 2009 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 02:13, 27 October 2009 (UTC) |
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Ante Razov (born March 2, 1974) is a retired American soccer player and one of the leading goal scorers in the history of Major League Soccer (MLS). Razov is the all-time leading goal scorer for two current or former MLS clubs: the Chicago Fire with 76 goals and Chivas USA with 30 goals. In April 2007, Razov became the third player in MLS history to score 100 goals. Razov also played for the United States men's national soccer team.
Razov is currently an assistant coach for LA Galaxy.
Razov, who was born in a family of Croatian immigrants, spent his childhood in Fontana, California, attended Fontana High School, and went on to play college soccer at UCLA, before being drafted by the Los Angeles Galaxy in the third round of the 1996 MLS College Draft. He played two seasons in LA, but did not get much playing time, scoring just one goal, and signed with the expansion Chicago Fire prior to the 1998 season. During his time with the Galaxy, he went on loan with the Sacramento Scorpions of USISL.
Razov spent the next seven years with Chicago, save a brief period in 2001 that he spent with Spanish second division club Racing de Ferrol. In his seven years with the Fire he led the club in goals and points five times (including club record 18 goals and 42 points in 2000). He is the club's all-time leader with 76 goals and 190 points. Razov was named to the MLS Best XI in 2003. With Chicago, he won the MLS Cup in 1998 and the US Open Cup in 1998, 2000, and 2003. Following a disappointing 2004 season and clashes with head coach Dave Sarachan, Razov was traded to the Columbus Crew in exchange for Tony Sanneh. However, one blemish in Razov's career was being stopped from the penalty spot in the 2003 MLS Cup. The Fire went on to lose the game, 4–2.
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