Weston McKennie
American soccer player (born 1998) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Weston James Earl McKennie (born August 28, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Juventus and the United States national team. Considered as one of the best North American players in the world, he is known for positional versatility as a box-to-box midfielder, deep-lying midfielder, or a wingback.[4][5][6]
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Full name | Weston James Earl McKennie[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1998-08-28) August 28, 1998 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Fort Lewis, Washington, U.S.[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Juventus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2009 | FC Phönix Otterbach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2016 | FC Dallas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Schalke 04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2021 | Schalke 04 | 75 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Juventus (loan) | 21 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021– | Juventus | 83 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | → Leeds United (loan) | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | United States U17 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | United States U19 | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | United States U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017– | United States | 51 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 12, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 24, 2024 |
A youth prospect from FC Dallas, McKennie began his senior club career at Bundesliga side Schalke 04 after rising through the team's academy sector. In 2017–18, he established himself as a first team player, playing 25 games in all competitions. After three seasons, McKennie moved to Serie A champions Juventus on loan, with the deal becoming permanent in March 2021. With Juventus he won the 2020 Supercoppa Italiana and the Coppa Italia in 2020–21 and 2023–24.[7]
McKennie has represented the United States internationally at both the youth and senior levels. He made his senior debut in 2017 and has finished runner-up in the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup and won the CONCACAF Nations League in 2021, 2023, and 2024, winning the best player award of the 2021 tournament. Individually he won a U.S. Soccer Male Player of the Year award in 2020.