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Christian Mate Pulisic (/ˈmɑːteɪ pǝˈlɪsɪk,

ˈpʊlɪʃɪtʃ/;[7] Croatian: Pulišić,[8]
pronounced [krǐstijan mǎːte pǔliʃitɕ];[9][10][11]
born September 18, 1998) is an American
professional soccer player who plays as an
attacking midfielder or winger for Premier
League club Chelsea and the United States
national team.[12][13][14] Because of his high
level of play and his nationality, he has been
given the nickname "Captain America" by fans
and other players.[15]

Christian Pulisic

Pulisic with the United States in 2019

Personal information

Full name Christian Mate

Pulisic[1]

Date of birth September 18, 1998

(age 24)[2]

Place of birth Hershey,

Pennsylvania, United
States

Height 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m)[3]

Position(s) Attacking midfielder,

winger

Club information

Current team Chelsea

Number 10

Youth career

2005–2006 Brackley Town[4]

2006–2007 Michigan Rush[5]

2008–2015 PA Classics[6]

2015–2016 Borussia Dortmund

Senior career*

Years Team Apps (Gls)

2016–2019 Borussia Dortmund 81 (10)

2019– Chelsea 87 (20)

2019 → Borussia Dortmund (loan) 9 (3)

National team‡

2012–2013 United States U15 10 (2)

2013–2015 United States U17 34 (20)

2016– United States 53 (21)

Honours

Representing  United States

Men's soccer

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Runner-up 2019

CONCACAF Nations League

Winner 2021

*Club domestic league appearances and goals,

correct as of November 12, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of
November 21, 2022

Pulisic began his professional career at

German club Borussia Dortmund, where he
progressed quickly through the team's youth
academy, featuring in only 15 youth games. He
was then promoted to the senior team in 2016,
at age 17.[16] He featured sparingly in his first
season at the club, but his involvement
increased dramatically in the following
campaign, where he was a mainstay in the
Dortmund team that won the 2016–17 DFB-
Pokal.[17] In 2018, he finished second in the
inaugural Kopa Trophy, given to the best player
under age 21.

In January 2019, Pulisic moved to Chelsea in a

transfer worth $73 million (£57.6 million),
making him the most expensive North
American player of all time, and began playing
for the club in the 2019–20 season.[18] At 21
years old he became the youngest Chelsea
player to score a hat-trick.[19] During the
2020–21 UEFA Champions League, Pulisic
became the youngest Chelsea player and first
American to score in the semi-finals.[20] He
then became the first American to play in a
UEFA Champions League Final, winning the
2021 match.[21]

Pulisic played for the United States at under-15

and under-17 levels, before making his senior
national team debut in March 2016 at age 17.
He is the youngest player ever to captain the
United States national team in the modern era.
[22] He helped the U.S. to the final of the 2019
CONCACAF Gold Cup and won the inaugural
2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League.
Individually, he has won a U.S. Soccer Young
Male Athlete of the Year award and three U.S.
Soccer Male Athlete of the Year awards.

Early life

Soccer career

International career

Style of play

Personal life

Career statistics

Honors

Bibliography

References

External links

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