Clint Dempsey
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Dempsey playing for the Seattle Sounders in 2016
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| Full name | Clinton Drew Dempsey | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | March 9, 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nacogdoches, Texas, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Seattle Sounders FC | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 1998–2001 | Dallas Texans | ||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Furman Paladins | 62 | (17) | ||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | New England Revolution | 71 | (25) | ||||||||||||
| 2007–2012 | Fulham | 184 | (50) | ||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 | (7) | ||||||||||||
| 2013– | Seattle Sounders FC | 72 | (34) | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | → Fulham (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | United States U20 | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2004– | United States | 130 | (52) | ||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 22, 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 25, 2016 |
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Clinton Drew "Clint" Dempsey /ˈdɛmpsi/ (born March 9, 1983) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer (MLS) and has served as the captain of the United States national team. He has also played for New England Revolution, Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur.
Growing up in Nacogdoches, Texas, Dempsey played for one of the top youth soccer clubs in the state, the Dallas Texans, before playing for Furman University's men's soccer team. In 2004, Dempsey was drafted by MLS club New England Revolution, where he quickly integrated himself into the starting lineup. Hindered initially by a jaw injury, he eventually scored 25 goals in 71 appearances with the Revolution. Between 2007 and 2012, Dempsey played for Premier League club Fulham and is the clubs highest Premier League goalscorer of all time. Dempsey became the first American player to score a hat-trick in the Premier League, in the 5–2 win over Newcastle United in January 2012, and was voted as Fulham's 'Player of the Season' by fans twice. On August 31, 2012, Tottenham signed him for a fee of $9.6m, the highest amount for an American in the history of the sport. At Tottenham, Dempsey scored 12 goals across all competitions, making a total of 72 goals scored across all competitions for Premier League clubs. This is the most goals by an American in the Premier League, or any top league.
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