Nick Taitague
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | February 17, 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Midlothian, Virginia, United States | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Schalke 04 II | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2016 | FC Richmond | ||
2017–2018 | Schalke 04 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016 | Carolina RailHawks | 4 | (0) |
2018– | Schalke 04 II | 6 | (0) |
International career | |||
2013–2015 | United States U15 | 4 | (1) |
2015 | United States U16 | 2 | (1) |
2014 | United States U17 | 2 | (1) |
2015–2016 | United States U18 | 11 | (8) |
2016 | United States U20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 18, 2016 |
Nicholas Taitague (born February 17, 1999) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for FC Schalke 04 of the German Bundesliga.
Career
Taitague signed a short-term amateur contract with Carolina RailHawks on April 8, 2016.[1] In February 2017, following his 18th birthday, Taitague officially signed with FC Schalke 04. On March 23, 2017, Taitague made his first team debut with Schalke's U19 team.[2]
International career
Taitague has represented the United States at different youth levels. He also qualifies to play for Guam through his paternal grandfather.[3]
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Nick Taitague and Weston McKennie both made their Schalke debuts".
- ^ Sciaretta, Brian (October 2, 2017). "Schalke's Nick Taitague: "I Am Up for the Challenge"". American Soccer Now. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
Categories:
- 1999 births
- Living people
- North Carolina FC players
- American expatriate soccer players
- American expatriates in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Association football midfielders
- Soccer players from Virginia
- North American Soccer League players
- American soccer players
- United States men's youth international soccer players
- People from Midlothian, Virginia
- American soccer midfielder stubs