Landon Donovan
Donovan playing for the LA Galaxy in 2010
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| Full name | Landon Timothy Donovan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | March 4, 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ontario, California, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Winger, Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1999 | IMG Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Bayer Leverkusen II | 28 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2005 | Bayer Leverkusen | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | → San Jose Earthquakes (loan) | 87 | (32) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2014 | LA Galaxy | 247 | (112) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | → Bayern Munich (loan) | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | → Everton (loan) | 10 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | → Everton (loan) | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | LA Galaxy | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1998–1999 | United States U17 | 41 | (35) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | United States U20 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | United States U23 | 15 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2014 | United States | 157 | (57) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 26, 2016. |
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Landon Timothy Donovan (born March 4, 1982) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward and attacking midfielder. He holds numerous individual records in Major League Soccer and for the United States national team and is widely regarded as the greatest American men's soccer player of all time.
A native of Southern California, Donovan was a member of the inaugural class of the U.S. Soccer youth residency program in Bradenton, Florida. He was awarded player of the tournament for his role in the United States U17 squad that finished fourth in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship before signing with German club Bayer Leverkusen later that year. In 2005, after six years with Bayer, the majority of which were spent on loan with the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer, Donovan moved back to United States permanently to sign with the Los Angeles Galaxy. He later returned to Germany for a loan with Bayern Munich, and twice went on short loans to English Premier League team Everton in 2010 and 2012. He retired as a player in 2014, but made a brief comeback with LA Galaxy late in the 2016 season.
In Major League Soccer, Donovan won a record six MLS Cups and is both the league's all-time top scorer with 145 goals and the league's all-time assists leader with 136. The Major League Soccer MVP Award has been renamed the Landon Donovan MVP Award in his honor.
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