Erik Palmer-Brown
![]() Palmer-Brown in September 2019 | |||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Full name | Erik Ross Palmer-Brown[1] | ||||||||||
Date of birth | April 24, 1997 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Napoleon, Ohio, United States | ||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||
Current team |
Austria Wien (on loan from Manchester City) | ||||||||||
Number | 23 | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
2009–2013 | Sporting Kansas City | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2013–2017 | Sporting Kansas City | 20 | (0) | ||||||||
2016 | → Porto B (loan) | 17 | (0) | ||||||||
2017 | → Swope Park Rangers (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
2018– | Manchester City | 0 | (0) | ||||||||
2018 | → KV Kortrijk (loan) | 9 | (0) | ||||||||
2018–2019 | → NAC Breda (loan) | 18 | (1) | ||||||||
2019– | → Austria Wien (loan) | 18 | (2) | ||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||
2013 | United States U17 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
2014–2015 | United States U18 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||
2014–2017 | United States U20 | 17 | (1) | ||||||||
2018– | United States | 2 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 13, 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 9, 2018 |
Erik Ross Palmer-Brown (born April 24, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays for Austria Wien on loan from Manchester City.
Career
Sporting Kansas City
Palmer-Brown played in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. On August 2, 2013, at the age of 16, he signed his first professional contract,[2] making him Sporting Kansas City's youngest ever player.[3]
In January 2014, Serie A team Juventus reportedly made a $1 million bid for Erik Palmer-Brown, which was rejected by Sporting Kansas City.[4] In the same year, Palmer-Brown was voted number 39 on UK website TeamTalk's top 50 Wonderkids in 2014.[5]
He made his debut for Sporting Kansas City on May 18, 2014, in a regular season match against Chicago Fire. But it ended prematurely when he was sent off in the 64th minute for a second yellow card after giving away a penalty in the 15th minute in a 2–1 loss.[6]
Porto
On February 1, 2016, Palmer-Brown was loaned to Portuguese club Porto until December 31, 2016.[7] He started regularly in central defense for Porto B, helping them to the LigaPro title.[8]
Manchester City
Palmer-Brown signed a contract with Premier League side Manchester City. He was immediately loaned to Belgian First Division A club KV Kortrijk until the end of the 2017–18 season.[9]
Loans
After spending the second half of the 2017–18 season with Kortrijk, Palmer-Brown was loaned to NAC Breda in the Eredivisie for the 2018–19 season.[10] He then joined Austria Wien for the 2019–20 season.[11]
International career
Palmer-Brown has represented the United States at the U-15, U-17, U-18, and U-20 levels. He has made 6 appearances for the U-18 team up to this point, scoring his first goal for the team in a 1–0 win over the Czech Republic.[12] In 2015, he was called to the roster that played in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[13]
As captain, Palmer-Brown won the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship with the United States.[14] He was awarded the Golden Ball Award by CONCACAF as the best player of the tournament, playing the defensive midfield position.[15] Palmer-Brown then played in central defense for the United States at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and was named to the Best XI of the Tournament by both Squawka[16] and Scouted Football.[17]
On May 28, 2018, Palmer-Brown made his senior national team debut in a 3–0 win against Bolivia.
Personal life
Palmer-Brown was a student of Archbishop O'Hara High School in Kansas City, Missouri. He is a resident of Lee's Summit, Missouri.
Honours
Sporting Kansas City
References
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. May 30, 2015. p. 23. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ^ "Sporting Kansas City signs 16-year-old Homegrown Player Erik Palmer-Brown". Sporting Kansas City.
- ^ Sporting KC Youth Academy Changing US Development System | The University Daily Kansan
- ^ "Sporting Kansas City spurns Juventus' bid for defender Erik Palmer-Brown". SI.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ "TEAMtalk's top 50 wonderkids: The full list". November 11, 2014. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014.
- ^ "Sporting KC's Erik Palmer-Brown learns harsh lessons in MLS debut, vows to be "ready" upon return". MLSsoccer.com.
- ^ "Sporting KC loans defender Erik Palmer-Brown to FC Porto". Sporting Kansas City.
- ^ "Shaped by time at Porto, U.S. captain Palmer-Brown primed for second U-20 World Cup". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ http://kvk.be/nl/amerikaans-international-van-manchester-city-versterkt-de-kerels
- ^ "NAC leases Palmer-Brown from City" (in Dutch). NAC Breda. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ^ "Austria Wien loans Palmer-Brown from Manchester City" (in German). Austria Wien. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ^ "U.S. U18 MNT impressive in France". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ "Tab Ramos Finalizes 21-Player Roster for 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ "USA win their first CONCACAF U-20 Championship". SB Nation. March 5, 2017.
- ^ "Five Things To Know About U-20 MNT Captain Erik Palmer-Brown". US Soccer. May 15, 2017.
- ^ "From Woodman to Penaranda: The U20 World Cup Team of the Tournament". www.Squawka.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ "Scouted's U20 World Cup Team of the Tournament 2017". www.Twitter.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
External links
- Erik Palmer-Brown at Major League Soccer
- Erik Palmer-Brown at Soccerway
- 1997 births
- Living people
- American soccer players
- American expatriate soccer players
- Sporting Kansas City players
- FC Porto B players
- Sporting Kansas City II players
- Manchester City F.C. players
- K.V. Kortrijk players
- NAC Breda players
- FK Austria Wien players
- Association football defenders
- Soccer players from Missouri
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Major League Soccer players
- LigaPro players
- USL Championship players
- United States men's youth international soccer players
- United States men's under-20 international soccer players
- People from Napoleon, Ohio
- United States men's international soccer players
- Soccer players from Ohio
- People from Lee's Summit, Missouri
- Belgian First Division A players
- Eredivisie players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players