Freddy Adu
Adu playing for the United States at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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| Full name | Fredua Koranteng Adu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | June 2, 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tema, Ghana | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position |
Attacking midfielder Forward |
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| 2002–2003 | IMG Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | D.C. United | 87 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Real Salt Lake | 11 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Benfica | 11 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | → AS Monaco (loan) | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | → Belenenses (loan) | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | → Aris (loan) | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | → Çaykur Rizespor (loan) | 11 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Philadelphia Union | 35 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Bahia | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Jagodina | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | KuPS | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → KuFu-98 (loan) | 3 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002–2003 | United States U17 | 15 | (16) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2009 | United States U20 | 33 | (16) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2012 | United States U23 | 11 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2011 | United States | 17 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 22, 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 27, 2012 |
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Fredua Koranteng "Freddy" Adu (born June 2, 1989) is an American soccer player currently out of contract. Adu plays primarily as an attacking midfielder, but he is also used as a winger or forward.
At the age of 14, he became the youngest athlete ever to sign a professional contract in the United States, after he was selected by D.C. United in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft on January 16, 2004. Three months later, on April 3, 2004, he became the youngest player to appear in a Major League Soccer (MLS) game when he came on as a substitute in a game against the San Jose Earthquakes. Two weeks later, on April 17, he became the youngest scorer in MLS history, scoring a goal in a 3–2 loss to the MetroStars.
From even before the time of his signing with D.C. United, Adu was spoken of and treated as the future of United States soccer; even being referred to as "the next Pelé". However, he failed to live up to the expectations and after leaving D.C. United in 2006, has turned into a journeyman, playing for thirteen teams in eight different countries: the United States, Portugal, France, Greece, Turkey, Brazil, Serbia and Finland.
Adu, a Ghanaian American, grew up in the port city of Tema, Ghana, where he played soccer against men three times his age. When he was eight, his mother won the Green Card Lottery, and his family moved to Rockville, Maryland, in the United States, where he attended Sequoyah Elementary School. In 2003, he became a U.S. citizen. Soon after arriving in the United States, he was discovered by a local soccer coach and began playing with boys several years older. Adu attended The Heights School, a private school in Potomac, Maryland, for several years.
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