Omar Gonzalez
.jpg)
Gonzalez with the United States in 2013
|
||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Omar Alejandro Gonzalez | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | October 11, 1988 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dallas, Texas, United States | |||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | |||||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||||
|
Current team
|
Pachuca | |||||||||||
| Number | 4 | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2006 | Dallas Texans | |||||||||||
| 2005 | IMG Soccer Academy | |||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Maryland Terrapins | 69 | (7) | |||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2009–2015 | LA Galaxy | 180 | (12) | |||||||||
| 2012 | → 1. FC Nuremberg (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2016– | Pachuca | 44 | (1) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | United States U17 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2007 | United States U18 | 3 | (2) | |||||||||
| 2010– | United States | 37 | (1) | |||||||||
|
Honours
|
||||||||||||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017 |
||||||||||||
Omar Alejandro Gonzalez (born October 11, 1988) is an American soccer player who plays for Pachuca in Liga MX and the US Men's National Team.
A college soccer player for the Maryland Terrapins, he joined the LA Galaxy in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, and went on to play 180 regular season games for them, winning the MLS Cup in 2011, 2013 and 2014. He was named the MLS Rookie of the Year in 2009 and the MLS Defender of the Year in 2011.
A full international since 2010, he represented the United States at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and two CONCACAF Gold Cups, winning the 2013 edition.
Gonzalez played youth soccer for the Dallas Texans Soccer Club, and played college soccer at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he won the 2008 College Cup championship, was named to the NSCAA/adidas All-American First Team and First Team All-ACC, and was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2007.
Gonzalez was drafted in the first round (3rd overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by Los Angeles Galaxy. Gonzalez began a regular feature in the Galaxy lineup from the start, and scored his first professional goal in April 4, 2009 against Colorado Rapids. He was named MLS Rookie of the Year for helping lead the Galaxy from a last-place finish in 2008.
In the 2010 season, Gonzalez scored a total of three goals including in the second leg of the Conference Semifinals.
...
Wikipedia