Freddy Adu

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Freddy Adu
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Freddy Adu, 2011
Personnel
Surname Fredua Koranteng Adu
birthday June 2, 1989
place of birth Tema ,  Ghana
size 174 cm
position midfield
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2004-2006 DC United 87 (11)
2007 Real Salt Lake 11 0(2)
2007-2011 Benfica Lisbon 11 0(2)
2008-2009 →  AS Monaco  (loan) 9 0(0)
2009 →  Belenenses Lisbon  (loan) 3 0(0)
2010-2011 →  Aris Thessaloniki  (loan) 9 0(1)
2011 →  Çaykur Rizespor  (loan) 8 0(2)
2011-2013 Philadelphia Union 35 0(7)
2013 →  EC Bahia  (loan) 2 0(0)
2014 FK Jagodina 0 0(0)
2015 Kuopion PS 5 0(0)
2015 →  SC Kuopio Futis-98  (loan) 3 0(2)
2015-2016 Tampa Bay rowdies 12 0(0)
2018 Las Vegas Lights 14 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2002-2003 USA U17 15 (16)
2003-2009 USA U20 33 (16)
2008-2011 USA U23 5 0(4)
2006-2011 United States 17 0(2)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 16, 2018

2 As of March 27, 2012

Fredua Koranteng "Freddy" Adu (born June 2, 1989 in Tema , Ghana ) is an American football player . He is one of the youngest athletes to ever sign a professional contract in the US. On April 3, 2004, he played his first game for DC United at the age of 14 and scored his first professional goal two weeks later. This makes him the youngest ever used player and goalscorer in Major League Soccer . His last stop as a player was in 2018 at the Las Vegas Lights in the second-rate USL Championship .

Career

In the club

Beginnings

Adu is from Ghana . He grew up in the port city of Tema and already played there against players who were three times his age. When he was eight years old, his mother won the green card lottery . The family moved to Rockville , Maryland , where Adu initially attended Sequoyah Elementary School. In 2003 he was granted US citizenship . After arriving in the United States, he was discovered by a coach and played soccer with older players. Adu attended Heights School, a private school in Potomac , Maryland. When he was twelve years old, he won the Maryland State Championship with the school team.

During an international U-14 youth tournament in which he was part of the US Olympic Development Program, he was named best player. This was Inter Milan , whose youth team also participated in the tournament, aware of him. An offer was presented to him, but his mother refused it.

From January 2002 Adu went to the IMG Soccer Academy, a pure soccer school, which is supervised by the United States Soccer Federation . At that time he was a very sought after player as he had a well developed body despite his young age. In addition, he was technically and playfully at a very high level.

When he was 14, he received offers from many well-known clubs in Europe, including Manchester United and PSV Eindhoven .

Record debut in MLS

At the age of 14, Adu was selected by DC United in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft . This makes him the youngest player in 100 years to win a major league pro contract in a US sport. Since Adu wanted to stay close to his home, Dallas Burn waived after the intervention of the MLS on the first pick at the MLS SuperDraft 2004. On April 3, 2004, at the age of 14, he played his first game for DC United and scored two weeks later his first goal as a professional. This makes him the youngest ever used player and goalscorer in Major League Soccer .

On December 11, 2006, Adu and goalkeeper Nick Rimando were sold to Real Salt Lake in a sensational deal . On April 7, he made his debut for Salt Lake in the game against FC Dallas. He scored his first goal on May 20, 2007. After participating in the U-20 World Cup in 2007 , Benfica Lisbon secured transfer rights from the MLS for two million US dollars.

Change to Europe

In July 2007 Adu moved to Europe for the Portuguese first division club Benfica Lisbon, with whom he signed a contract until 2012. Adu made his first game for Benfica on August 14, 2007 against FC Copenhagen in the UEFA Champions League .

In 2008 Adu was loaned to the French first division club AS Monaco . AS Monaco also secured a purchase option. This option was not used and Adu returned to Benfica in the summer of 2009.

On August 31, 2008, he was loaned for the 2009/10 season to the club Belenenses Lisbon , which was almost relegated in the previous season. On October 13, 2008 he made his first division debut for Belenenses, but was replaced due to injury. The loan deal ended on December 29th.

In January 2010 Adu signed a contract for an 18-month loan with the Greek club Aris Saloniki . On his debut on January 31, 2010, he provided an assist and scored his first goal in the Superleague Ellada on February 14 .

After he was removed from the squad at Aris, he completed trial training a. a. at FC Sion and FC Ingolstadt 04 .

Troy Lessane from Charleston Battery (l.) And Freddy Adu from DC United (r.) On June 14, 2006

Via Philadelphia to Brazil

In August 2011, the Philadelphia Union signed Adu. On August 13, he made his debut for Union and came to eleven season appearances. In his sophomore year, Adu made 24 games, scoring five goals.

In March 2013 it was awarded to the Brazilian club EC Bahia . After the loan ended, his contract with the Philadelphia Union also expired.

Second attempt in Europe

After half a year without a club, he then joined the Serbian first division club FK Jagodina . In the winter of 2014/15 his contract was terminated there and Adu was again without a club. After several months of being without a club, the Finnish first division team Kuopion PS signed the American. During his time in Finland he also played on loan for SC Kuopio Futis-98 , Kuopio's reserve team, in the Finnish fourth division.

Return to the USA again

In July 2015 he was signed by the Tampa Bay Rowdies , with whom he was under contract until the end of 2016.

Annual non-association

At the beginning of 2017, he completed a two-week trial training session with the Portland Timbers , which, however, did not oblige him. Since then he has been without a club.

A move to the Polish second division team Sandecja Nowy Sacz did not take place in February 2017.

In mid-June 2017, Adu completed a trial training session at Syrianska FC in Sweden .

After a change to Syrianska did not materialize, he was supposed to do another trial with Sandecja Nowy Sacz in Poland, who had meanwhile moved up from the 2nd to the 1st division. As in February of the same year, this commitment did not materialize because Sacz's trainer Radoslaw Mroczkowski only found out about it through the media. According to his own statement, the latter asked his board of directors why he was not informed that the player was Adu. This was answered by saying that this was a marketing strategy. Mroczkowski replied that you might as well have signed a freestyle footballer. Adu himself was disappointed and canceled the training on Twitter , stating that he had been too often "used by too many people for advertising over the years".

Comeback at the Las Vegas Lights

At the end of January 2018, Adu completed a trial training session at the newly founded USL franchise Las Vegas Lights . On March 15, 2018, he was added to the squad for the 2018 season .

Since 2019

After he could not fully convince at Las Vegas Lights, his contract, which expired on December 1, 2018, was not extended. In an interview with ESPN on the occasion of his 30th birthday in June 2019, the footballer stated that he has been looking for a club for half a year and has been supporting a youth team in Baltimore as an assistant coach for as long .

In the national team

Adu participated with the USA in the U-17 World Cup in August 2003 , the U-20 World Cup in November / December 2003 , the U-20 World Cup in June 2005 and the U-20 World Cup in 2007 . During the U20 World Cup in 2003 he formed a storm duo with Eddie Johnson , who became the tournament's top scorer. During the U-20 World Cup in Canada (2007) he scored three goals and was able to prepare two goals.

Adu was a 16-year-old international for the US national soccer team when he played a few minutes against Canada on January 22, 2006 . Adu was the youngest US international. He had previously made his U-20 debut at the age of 12. It has been speculated that the US coach only used Adu to prevent Adu from becoming a Ghana national player before the 2006 World Cup . Ghana had offered Adu to play as a regular at the 2006 World Cup.

He scored his first goal for the national team on November 19, 2008 against Guatemala .

After not being in the national team for two years, he was nominated for the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011 . He was used there in the semifinals and finals.

Trivia

  • Adu's mother grew up with former Bundesliga striker Anthony Yeboah ( Eintracht Frankfurt , Hamburger SV ).
  • From May 2005 to September 2006 he was in a relationship with the American singer JoJo . They ended the relationship in the fall of 2006.
  • Adu's younger brother, Fro Adu, played football for George Mason University , among other things .
  • Adu was considered the talent of the century in US football and his career was a symbol of the American Dream . After he had signed a million dollar deal with the sporting goods manufacturer Nike at the age of 13 and was described in the media as the “savior of soccer ”, he could not meet expectations and then moved from club to club. Adu is now seen as a symbol of failed talent.

literature

Web links

Commons : Freddy Adu  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ready for Freddy! Real Salt Lake acquires teen phenom Freddy Adu from DC United. In: Real Salt Lake . Major League Soccer , December 11, 2006, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Match Tracker: FC Dallas v. Real Salt Lake. In: MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer , April 7, 2007, archived from the original on April 9, 2007 ; accessed on June 20, 2013 .
  3. ↑ US young star Adu moves to Benfica Lisbon. In: Focus . Hubert Burda Media , July 31, 2007, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Adu Sent To Belenenses On Loan. In: Goal.com . Perform Group, August 31, 2009, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Report: Freddy Adu Axed From Belenenses. In: Goal.com . Perform Group, December 29, 2009, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  6. ^ Freddy Adu signs for Aris Thessaloniki on 18-month loan deal. In: Who Ate All the Pies. January 6, 2010, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  7. ↑ Steven Goff: Freddy Adu returning to MLS, will join Philadelphia Union. In: The Washington Post . The Washington Post Company, August 11, 2010, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  8. ↑ Freddy Adu é o novo reforço do Bahia. In: EC Bahia . April 5, 2013, archived from the original on June 26, 2013 ; Retrieved June 20, 2013 (Portuguese).
  9. ↑ Freddy Adu moves to Finland. In: transfermarkt.de . Transfermarkt GmbH & Co. KG, March 28, 2015, accessed on August 3, 2017 .
  10. ^ Rowdies Bolster Attack with Signing of Midfielder / Forward Freddy Adu. In: rowdiessoccer.com. Tampa Bay Rowdies, July 14, 2015; Archived from the original on July 15, 2015 ; accessed on August 3, 2017 .
  11. ^ Freddy Adu's trial with Portland ends without a contract. In: Sports Illustrated . Time Inc. , February 7, 2017, accessed March 1, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Freddy Adu: From the savior to the second division of Poland. In: WORLD . WeltN24 GmbH, March 2, 2017, accessed May 30, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Ex-child prodigy Freddy Adu completes trial training in Sweden's second division. In: Goal.com . June 16, 2017. Retrieved June 24, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Marius Soyke: Adu cancels trial training in Poland: " Too many used it for advertising". In: transfermarkt.de . Transfermarkt GmbH & Co. KG, August 2, 2017, accessed on August 3, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Las Vegas Lights FC brought to Freddy Adu on trial basis , January 28, 2018, accessed March 16, 2018.
  16. ↑ See the roster ( memento of March 16, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) of the Las Vegas Lights, accessed on March 16, 2018.
  17. ↑ Freddy Adu exclusive: 'I'm not ready to give it up'. June 17, 2019, accessed August 1, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Richard Jürgens: What does ... Anthony Yeboah actually do? In: Stern.de . Gruner + Jahr , January 28, 2006, archived from the original on July 3, 2013 ; Retrieved June 20, 2013 .
  19. ↑ Amy Argetsinger, Roxanne Roberts: Freddy Adu Celebrates a Sweet 17. In: The Washington Post . The Washington Post Company, June 2, 2006, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  20. ↑ Amy Argetsinger, Roxanne Roberts: Kramer's Tirade, Adding Insult to Inaccuracy. In: The Washington Post . The Washington Post Company, November 22, 2006, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  21. ↑ Maria Burns: Fro Adu steps out from under his brother's shadow. In: ESPN FC. ESPN Inc., February 14, 2007, accessed June 20, 2013 .
  22. ↑ Freddy Adu: From the savior to the second division of Poland - WELT. Retrieved May 30, 2017 .
  23. ↑ Guido Tognoni: The fairy tale of Youssoufa Moukoko. In: Tagesspiegel.ch. September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Adu, Freddy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adu, Fredua Koranteng (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Tema , Ghana