David Wagner (soccer)

David Wagner

Personal information
Full name	David Wagner
Date of birth	October 10, 1971 (1971-10-10)
Place of birth	Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Borussia Dortmund II(manager)
Youth career
	SV Geinsheim
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1990–1991	Eintracht Frankfurt	1	(0)
1991–1995	FSV Mainz	94	(19)
1995–1997	Schalke 04	29	(2)
1997–1999	FC Gütersloh	49	(7)
1999	SV Waldhof Mannheim	5	(0)
1999–2002	SV Darmstadt 98	76	(21)
2002–2004	TSG Weinheim
2004–2005	Germania Pfungstadt
National team‡
1996–1998	United States	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 November 2006. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 November 2006

David Wagner (born October 10, 1971) is a German American soccer player. Wagner grew up in Germany, playing soccer from a young age. He eventually found himself playing at Schalke 04 with Thomas Dooley, who, like Wagner, had an American father and German mother and grew up in Germany.

On the recommendation of Dooley, Steve Sampson brought Wagner into the US national team in 1996 despite never having seen him play. Wagner had a U.S. passport, but had played for Germany’s U-18 and U-21 teams. This gave him additional credibility with Sampson but posed a problem as he could be considered ineligible to play for the United States.

In April 1997, after Canada lost to the U.S. in a World Cup qualifying match in which Wagner played, the Canadian Soccer Federation complained to FIFA that Wagner should be ineligible to play for the U.S. based on his appearances for Germany's youth teams. On May 2, 1997, FIFA announced that Wagner was eligible to play for the U.S. because his games with the German teams were exhibitions, not official matches.

Honors

FC Schalke 04

• UEFA Cup: 1996-97

National team appearances

• August 30, 1996 United States 3-1 El Salvador
• March 16, 1997 United States 3-0 Canada 1998 FIFA World Cup Qualifier
• March 23, 1997 Costa Rica 3-2 United States 1998 FIFA World Cup Qualifier
• April 20, 1997 United States 2-2 Mexico 1998 FIFA World Cup Qualifier
• June 17, 1997 United States 2-1 Israel
• June 29, 1997 El Salvador 1-1 United States 1998 FIFA World Cup Qualifier
• March 14, 1998 United States 2-2 Paraguay
• April 22, 1998 Austria 0-3 United States