Eric Lichaj

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Eric Lichaj
Eric Lichaj.jpg
Eric Lichaj in the Nottingham Forest jersey
Personnel
Surname Eric Joseph Lichaj
birthday 17th November 1988
place of birth Downers Grove , Illinois ,  USA
size 180 cm
position Full-back
Juniors
Years station
Edison Academy
Chicago Magic
2004-2006 IMG Soccer Academy
2006-2007 North Carolina Tar Heels
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2006 Chicago Fire Premier (Co-op) 4 (0)
2007-2013 Aston Villa 32 (1)
2009 →  Lincoln City FC  (loan) 6 (0)
2010 →  Leyton Orient  (loan) 9 (1)
2011 →  Leeds United  (loan) 16 (0)
2013-2018 Nottingham Forest 173 (4)
2018– Hull City 7 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2008-2009 USA U-20
2010– United States 16 (1)
1 Only league games are given.
As of September 20, 2018

2 As of September 20, 2018

Eric Joseph Lichaj (born November 17, 1988 in Downers Grove , Illinois ) is an American football player. Lichaj is currently under contract with the English second division club Hull City .

Due to the origin of his parents, he is also a citizen of Poland .

Career

society

His parents Stan and Ann Lichaj are of Polish descent. Lichaj played in the IMG Soccer Academy and a year with the North Carolina Tar Heels , the team from the University of North Carolina . He also played four games for Chicago Fire Premier in the USL Premier Development League .

In 2007 he signed a contract with the English club Aston Villa . Lichaj did not need a work permit, as he also had a Polish passport and therefore did not occupy a non-EU foreigner place. However, he only played in the reserve team for the first two years. At the Peace Cup 2009 was able to attract attention for the first time; Aston Villa won the competition. Since he could otherwise gain no gaming experience, he was loaned to Lincoln City FC in October 2009 until the end of the year in the Football League Two . After the loan period ended, it was loaned a second time during the season, this time to Leyton Orient in March 2010 . With this club he scored his first goal on April 17, 2010 against Stockport County .

After the season ended, he returned to Aston Villa. On July 19, he scored his first goal for Villa in the friendly against Peterborough United . After a successful preparation, Lichaj signed a new three-year contract on August 11th. On August 19, he played his first competitive game against SK Rapid Wien as part of the UEFA Europa League qualification . However, he had to wait until November 10th before he was allowed to play his first Premier League game against Blackpool FC .

On February 9, 2011, he was loaned to Leeds United for a month . He made his debut a little later in a league game against Bristol City . On March 14, Aston Villa extended its loan period to the remainder of the season. In a game against rival Sheffield United , he scored an own goal. After a total of 16 league appearances, Lichaj played his last game for Leeds on May 9 against the Queens Park Rangers . It was later announced on the Leeds United website that he would be returning to Aston Villa at the end of the loan period. In July, Leeds coach Simon Grayson campaigned to sign Lichaj again on loan. But this loan deal did not materialize and so Lichaj came to several appearances in the Premier League and also scored a goal in the League Cup against Hereford United and in the Premier League in the 2-4 defeat against Chelsea on March 31, 2012.

On June 19, 2013, Lichaj signed a two-year contract with Nottingham Forest . He made his debut on August 3 in a 1-0 win over Huddersfield Town . In the 2013/14 season he played 24 league and two FA Cup games without scoring.

National team

Lichaj played for various youth national teams and should be nominated for the junior soccer world championship 2005 in Peru , but he canceled at short notice due to an injury.

In June 2009, he took part as a guest player at the one-week training camp of the United States soccer team in Miami , with which he was preparing for the World Cup qualifiers against Costa Rica and Honduras . On October 12, 2010, he made his debut in the US national soccer team against Colombia. In spring 2011 he was nominated for the squad of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011 , in which he played four games.

titles and achievements

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Player Database - Eric Lichaj , yanks-abroad.com. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2010. 
  2. ↑ a b Ubha, Ravi: Lichaj making his mark in the reserves , ESPN . November 30, 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2010. 
  3. ↑ Chicago Fire Premier: 2006 roster . In: uslsoccer.com . Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2011. 
  4. ↑ Lincoln extend Villa duo's loans , BBC Sport . November 23, 2009. Retrieved January 23, 2010. 
  5. ↑ Villa Defender Becomes Deadline Day Arrival No. 2 . March 25, 2010. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. 
  6. Jump up ↑ Leyton Orient 2-0 Stockport County . weltfussball.de. April 17, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  7. ^ Martin O'Neill's men win at London Road . astonvilla-mad.co.uk. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  8. ↑ Lichaj pens new three-year contract ( Memento from August 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), avfc.co.uk
  9. ↑ Jonathan Stevenson: Rapid Vienna 1 - 1 Aston Villa . In: BBC Sport , August 19, 2010. 
  10. ↑ http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/5789271/us-midfielder-maurice-edu-leaves-rangers-match-stretcher
  11. ^ Deal Done For Premier League Defender . February 9, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
  12. ↑ http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20110212/bristol-city-live_2247585_2290570
  13. ^ American Lichaj extends Leeds loan from Villa . In: AP , March 14, 2011. 
  14. ↑ UNITED UPSET THE CHAMPIONS , leedsunited.com
  15. ↑ LOAN MEN SAY FAREWELL , leedsunited.com
  16. ^ Leeds United: Grayson in Lichaj talks , yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
  17. ↑ Aston Villa 2-0 Hereford , BBC. August 23, 2011. Accessed August 24, 2011. 
  18. ↑ Aston Villa 2: 4 Chelsea FC , weltfussball.de
  19. ↑ Eric's A Red , nottinghamforest.co.uk
  20. ↑ Nott'm Forest 1-0 Huddersfield , bbc.co.uk
  21. ↑ Kirk's return offset by loss of Lichaj , soccernet.espn.go.com
  22. ↑ Steve Goff: USA Roster Announced . In: The Washington Post , May 24, 2009. Retrieved January 4, 2010. 
  23. ↑ US Men's National Team Finishes October Camp with a Scoreless Draw Against Colombia at PPL Park , United States Soccer Federation . October 13, 2010. Archived from the original on October 15, 2010. Retrieved on October 14, 2010. 
personal data
SURNAME Lichaj, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lichaj, Eric Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th November 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Downers Grove , Illinois , USA