John Anthony Brooks

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John Anthony Brooks
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Brooks (2013)
Personnel
birthday January 28, 1993
place of birth Berlin ,  Germany
size 193 cm
position Defense
Juniors
Years station
1998-2000 SV Blau Weiss Berlin
2000-2003 Lichtenrader BC
2003-2007 Hertha Zehlendorf
2007–2012 Hertha BSC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2010-2014 Hertha BSC II 37 (2)
2011-2017 Hertha BSC 119 (7)
2017– VfL Wolfsburg 53 (3)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2010-2011 USA U-20 4 (0)
2012 Germany U-20 1 (0)
2013– United States 37 (3)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 1, 2020

2 As of March 22, 2019

John Anthony Brooks (born January 28, 1993 in Berlin ) is a German - American football player . The defender plays for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg .

Club career

After holding positions in Blau Weiss Berlin , Lichtenrader BC and Hertha Zehlendorf , Brooks moved to Hertha BSC's youth department in 2007 . He played there until the coach of Hertha's U-23 Karsten Heine brought him into his team during the winter break of the 2010/11 regional league season . There he became a regular player and after his debut in the game at TSV Havelse played 15 more times. In May 2011 Brooks signed a professional contract with Hertha BSC. He was only used in the second team in the 2011/12 season. He caught the attention of the scouts of FC Bayern Munich , but turned down their offer and stayed in Berlin. He made his debut for the first team on August 3, 2012 on the first match day of the 2012/13 season in the home game against SC Paderborn 07 in the 2nd Bundesliga . On the last match day of the first half of the 2014/15 season on December 21, 2014 in the game against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim , he scored an own goal within three minutes and caused a penalty kick; Hertha BSC lost the game with 0: 5.

His contract with Hertha BSC ran until 2019.

For the 2017/18 season Brooks switched to league rivals VfL Wolfsburg . On May 31, 2017, he signed a contract that runs until 2022.

National team career

Brooks played for the United States U-20s and played a game for the German U-20 national team . Coach Jurgen Klinsmann he was in August 2013 for a friendly against Bosnia-Herzegovina for the first time in the squad of American senior team appointed. In his fifth international match for the United States, he scored the winning goal at the 2014 World Cup to make it 2-1 in the first group game against Ghana .

Web links

Commons : John Anthony Brooks  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hertha makes Brooks a professional. In: kicker.de. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
  2. ↑ Hertha-Bubi lets Bavaria flash. In: tz-online.de. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  3. ↑ Hertha starts the new season with a draw. In: herthabsc.de. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Berlin is my city, Hertha is my club". In: herthabsc.de. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
  5. ↑ Brooks' pre-Christmas nightmare. In: kicker.de. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  6. ↑ Hertha extended with Brooks. (No longer available online.) In: 4-4-2.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016 ; accessed on January 31, 2016 .
  7. ↑ John Anthony Brooks signs until 2019! In: herthabsc.de. Retrieved January 31, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Brooks is coming . In: vfl-wolfsburg.de. Retrieved May 31, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Brooks, John Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin , Germany