Landon Donovan

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Landon Donovan
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in the jersey of Los Angeles Galaxy (2010)
Personnel
Surname Landon Timothy Donovan
birthday March 4th 1982
place of birth Ontario , California ,  USA
size 173 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
1988-1997 Cal Heat
1997-1999 US Youth Soccer's ODP
1999 IMG Soccer Academy
1999-2000 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1999-2005 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7 00(0)
1999-2000 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Amat. 28 00(9)
2001-2004 →  San José Earthquakes  (loan) 87 0(32)
2005-2014 Los Angeles Galaxy 247 (112)
2009 →  FC Bayern Munich  (loan) 6 00(0)
2010 →  Everton FC  (loan) 10 00(2)
2012 →  Everton FC  (loan) 7 00(0)
2016 Los Angeles Galaxy 6 00(1)
2018 Club León FC 6 00(0)
2019 San Diego Sockers 9 00(5)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1998-1999 USA U17 41 0(35)
2001-2002 USA U20 4 00(0)
2000-2003 USA U23 15 00(9)
2000-2014 United States 157 0(57)
1 Only league games are given.

Landon Timothy Donovan (born March 4, 1982 in Ontario , California ) is an American soccer player with Canadian - Irish roots who, after starting his career in the youth team at Bayer 04 Leverkusen, worked for the Californian franchise San José Earthquakes from 2001 to 2004 and from 2005 to 2014 for the also California franchise Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer , the top division in North American football, played in the position of striker . With the Earthquakes and Galaxy, he won six championships and one cup . He was also a multiple continental Gold Cup winner with the United States national team , for which he was active from 2000 to 2014, and took part in three world championships .

Donovan is the record scorer for the American national team with 57 goals in 157 international matches . He also played the most games in the Gold Cup of all the players in the CONCACAF , scoring the most goals, playing the most World Cup games of all US players and scoring the most World Cup goals for the USA. In January 2015 was MVP Award of the Major League Soccer to Donovan's honor in Landon Donovan MVP Award baptized.

After his resignation, he played again for LA Galaxy from September to November 2016. After the end of his career, he returned to active football. At the beginning of the clausura of the 2017/18 season , he was active for the Mexican first division club León FC .

Career

youth

Landon Donovan was born in Ontario , California . His parents were Donna Kenney-Cash, a special education teacher, and Tim Donovan, a semi-professional ice hockey player from Canada, so he is also a Canadian citizen.

At the age of six, Donovan began playing football in an organized league. He joined Cal Heat , a Rancho Cucamonga youth education association. At that time he was part of the successful Cal South Olympic Development Program (ODP) of the United States Soccer Federation , which among other things had produced the national player Eric Wynalda . In 1997 he moved to the US Youth Soccer's ODP. Until 1999 he attended Redlands East Valley High School and then went to the IMG Soccer Academy in Bradenton , Florida . This facility is part of the American Football Association to promote the development of young players.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen / San Jose Earthquakes

In February 1999, at the age of 16, Donovan signed a six-year contract with German first division club Bayer 04 Leverkusen after junior manager Michael Reschke had observed him at a youth tournament in Europe, and switched to their youth at the end of 1999. In 2000 he became German A-Junior Champion with the team.

Since Donovan could not play in the professional game of Leverkusen, but was only used for the amateurs in the third-class Regionalliga West / Südwest and with these in 2000 also relegated to the top division, he was dissatisfied and was transferred to San José in March 2001 Earthquakes on loan. He quickly established himself with the Californian team, became a regular player and won the MLS championship twice with the team. He scored 42 goals and prepared 35 goals in his four years in American football.

Los Angeles Galaxy

In January 2005, returned Donovan to Bayer Leverkusen back and made his Bundesliga debut - a total he came to seven games - but soon afterwards he moved back to the US, where he initially located in San José settled, but the FC Dallas under contract has been. Through a loan deal in exchange for striker Carlos Ruiz , he got back to California in March 2005 with the signing of a contract with Los Angeles Galaxy . With LA Galaxy he won the MLS Cup , the US championship, for the third time on November 13, 2005 .

FC Bayern Munich

From November 2008 Donovan kept fit due to the early departure of his club in Major League Soccer with the German record champions FC Bayern Munich . He was signed on loan from Bayern from January 1, 2009 to March 15. Donovan was a dream player from Jürgen Klinsmann , an expert on American football, but was internally controversial from the start. According to Uli Hoeneß , Hermann Gerland even judged him to be unsuitable for the second team . He made his first appearance for Munich on January 27 in the cup round of 16 against VfB Stuttgart . Three days later he made his Bundesliga debut in the 1-0 defeat in the away game against Hamburger SV when he came on for Bastian Schweinsteiger in the 77th minute of the game . On the following five match days he came through substitutions to a total of six short appearances. Donovan left Bayern, who refused to extend the loan, on March 8th.

Return to Galaxy and Everton FC

In mid-December 2009, the striker reached an agreement with the board of directors of the English first division club Everton on a three-month loan from January 2010. Two days earlier, on December 16, 2009, he had extended his contract with LA Galaxy for another four years. He made his Premier League debut on January 9, 2010 (19th matchday) in a 2-2 draw in the away game at Arsenal . His first of two goals in the Premier League he scored on January 27 (23rd matchday) with the 2-0 final score in the home game against Sunderland .

In 2009, Donovan was named "US Soccer Athlete of the Year" for the third time and "Honda Player of the Year" for the sixth time.

During the break in 2012 in Major League Soccer, Donovan kept fit again at Everton. He signed a two-month loan agreement and returned to Galaxy in late February.

End of career, Los Angeles Galaxy and another end of career

In August 2014, Donovan announced his retirement as a professional footballer at the end of the year. In October 2014, he also announced his departure from the US national team, which he took on the field as captain for the last time in the game against Ecuador's selection .

Donovan played his last game for Los Angeles Galaxy on December 7, 2014 in the final of the MLS Cup , the championship title of the MLS, which he won for the sixth time after a 2-1 win in extra time against New England Revolution .

In September 2016, Donovan announced his retirement to serve his old Los Angeles Galaxy franchise for a season. After six point games in which he scored one goal, he actually ended his career as a football player at the end of 2016.

Club León FC

On January 12, 2018, Donovan surprisingly signed a contract as a player with the Mexican first division club Club León FC and thus returned to active football. He made his debut for León on February 10, 2018 against Puebla FC . On June 17, 2018, the club terminated the contract with Donovan.

San Diego Sockers

In 2019, Landon Donovan played for one season with the San Diego Sockers in the Major Arena Soccer League . He made his debut in the indoor soccer league on February 15, 2019 against the Tacoma Stars.

National team

Landon Donovan at the 2010 World Cup against Algeria

Donovan took part in the 1999 U-17 World Cup and was named the best player of the tournament.

Donovan was in the squad of the Olympic selection of his country at the Olympic football tournament in Sydney 2000 and was substituted in in four games. In his first appearance on September 19 in Melbourne against the Kuwait selection , he also scored his first goal with the goal to make it 3-1 in the 88th minute. He reached the game for third place with his team, but lost it 2-0 to Chile. The fourth place is nevertheless the best placement of a US men's team at the Olympic football tournament.

He won his first international title on February 2, 2002 with the US national team, which won the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2002 in Pasadena 2-0 against the selection of Costa Rica . His first and for the time being only goal in the Gold Cup scored the later record scorer of the competition on January 19, 2002 in the first group game , the 2-1 against the selection of South Korea , with the goal of the interim 1-0 in the 35th minute.

He also played at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, scored a total of two goals, and reached the quarterfinals with his team , in which the team lost 1-0 to Germany , making it one of the best World Cup results in history of the USA.

Landon Donovan won the CONCACAF Gold Cup for the second time in 2005 with the USA national team. With his three goals, with which he topped the scorers list of the continental competition, he had a large part in it.

At the 2006 World Cup in Germany , Donovan, who, like his teammates, performed poorly, was eliminated in the preliminary round .

On March 25, 2007, Donovan scored the fastest goal in the history of the US national team (up to June 16, 2014): In the friendly against Ecuador , he scored after 35 seconds. With two more goals in the 66th and 67th minute, he also marked his second hat-trick for the US boys in the 3-1 win . In 2003 he scored four times against Cuba .

At the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup , Donovan made a significant contribution to the USA's successful title defense with 4 goals in 5 games , which for the first time resulted in a 2-1 defeat for Mexico after reaching the final. In 2009, he did not participate when the team in the final with 0: 5 against the choice of Mexico lost.

Donovan also took part in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa with the national team and even won the group with him in front of England thanks to his 1-0 winning goal in stoppage time in the group game against Algeria , without which the team would have been eliminated. With his 44th international goal, Donovan made it possible for the team to reach the round of 16 , which despite another goal from him, was lost 2-1 after extra time against the selection of Ghana . With the interim equalizer with a penalty kick, he scored his fifth World Cup goal in the twelfth World Cup game, with which he was able to unite the most World Cup games as well as the most World Cup goals for the USA.

At the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011, he and the national team were again defeated by Mexico in the final , this time with 2: 4 goals, after he had scored a 2-0 lead in the first half.

After an international break of almost 10 months, he was the first American player to score his 50th international goal on July 5, 2013 in San Diego , in the test international match against the Guatemalan team , which he scored with a penalty and then added another.

At the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013 he scored five goals in the first five games and in the continental championships, with 18 goals, drew level with Samuel Eto'o , who also scored 18 goals at the African Championships . No player has scored more goals in a continental tournament.

With 57 international goals, he is the record scorer for the US national team and with 157 international matches, he is second among the US national team.

To everyone's surprise, Donovan was not nominated by coach Jürgen Klinsmann for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Klinsmann put his hopes at the tournament in young talents like Julian Green from Bayern Munich .

Achievements / titles

As a national player

With his clubs

Personal awards

Others

On December 31, 2006, Donovan married the American actress Bianca Kajlich , from whom he separated in mid-2009.

Web links

Commons : Landon Donovan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography accessed on July 13, 2010
  2. ^ Cal South Olympic Development Program : The Cal South Olympic Development Program (ODP) is an elite player identification program sanctioned through the United States Soccer Federation. Cal South's ODP is the most successful ODP program in the United States and has helped to identify past and present US stars such as: Landon Donovan, Alex Morgan, Amy Rodriguez, Eric Wynalda. from January 13, 2012
  3. ↑ Residency Program ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 13, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ussoccer.com
  4. ↑ Kicker.de: Donovan stays until March - at least ( Memento from June 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EILqn2WBnU4
  6. ↑ fcbayern.de: Donovan said goodbye to the team
  7. ^ Donovan Deal Done , accessed December 18, 2009
  8. ↑ Donovan's Hiring at Everton , accessed December 31, 2009
  9. ↑ LA Galaxy sign Donovan to new contract (English) ( Memento from December 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Landon Donovan to join Everton FC on a two-month loan
  11. ↑ Donovan: The end of the year is over. In: fussball-wm-total.de. FOOTBALL WORLD CUP total, August 8, 2014, accessed on August 8, 2014 .
  12. ↑ ussoccer.com: "Landon Donovan Caps Off Memorable International Career as US MNT Draws Ecuador 1-1"
  13. ↑ Retirement from the end of his career: MLS club LA Galaxy takes Donovan. In: transfermarkt.de. Transfermarkt.de, September 9, 2016, accessed on September 9, 2016 .
  14. ↑ Perfect comeback: Donovan moves to Club León FC. In: transfermarkt.de. January 13, 2018, accessed January 13, 2018 .
  15. ^ Club Leon and Landon Donovan part ways ahead of 2018 Apertura. In: www.espn.com. June 17, 2018, accessed April 15, 2019 .
  16. ↑ US SOCCER ICON LANDON DONOVAN SIGNS WITH SOCKERS. In: www.sdsockers.com. Retrieved April 15, 2019 .
  17. ↑ ussoccer.com: USA Routs Guatemala in San Diego ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ussoccer.com
  18. ↑ Klinsmann waives Landon Donovan sueddeutsche.de, accessed on May 25, 2014
  19. ↑ "Donovan named Golden Ball winner" ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on concacaf.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.concacaf.com
  20. ↑ Soccer Star Landon Donovan, Actress Bianca Kajlich Wed (English), accessed on January 26, 2010
  21. ↑ Bianca Kajlich and Soccer Star Landon Donovan Split , accessed January 26, 2010
predecessor Office successor

Brad Friedel
Tim Howard 		US Footballer of the Year
2003, 2004,
2009, 2010
Kasey Keller
Clint Dempsey

Michael Owen
(subsequent internet election)		 Best Young Player of the 2002 World
Cup
(subsequent internet vote)
Lukas Podolski
(official)
personal data
SURNAME Donovan, Landon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Donovan, Landon Timothy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 4th 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Ontario , California , United States