Tyler Adams
American soccer player (born 1999) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tyler Shaan Adams (born February 14, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays for Premier League club AFC Bournemouth and the United States national team. Primarily a midfielder, he is capable of playing as a full-back or winger on either side of the defense or midfield.
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Full name | Tyler Shaan Adams[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1999-02-14) February 14, 1999 (age 25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wappinger, New York, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | AFC Bournemouth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2015 | New York Red Bulls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | New York Red Bulls II | 33 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | New York Red Bulls | 59 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | RB Leipzig | 75 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Leeds United | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | AFC Bournemouth | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | United States U17 | 23 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | United States U20 | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017– | United States | 38 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 30, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 24, 2024 |
A homegrown player of the New York Red Bulls academy, Adams turned professional with the New York Red Bulls II as a sixteen-year-old before joining the New York Red Bulls first team a season later. Adams joined RB Leipzig in January 2019. Adams joined Leeds United three and a half years later in July 2022.
Adams represented the United States at multiple youth levels before making his senior team debut in 2017. He won the U.S. Soccer Player of the Year award in 2022.[3]