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) | Center-back | |||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||
Current team |
Troyes (on loan from Manchester City) | |||||||||
Number | 2 | |||||||||
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 | → Kortrijk (loan) | 9 | (0) | |||||||
2018–2019 | → NAC Breda (loan) | 18 | (1) | |||||||
2019–2021 | → Austria Wien (loan) | 52 | (2) | |||||||
2021– | → Troyes (loan) | 5 | (0) | |||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||
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) | |||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 26, 2022 ‡ 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 French side Troyes, on loan from Manchester City.
Career[]
Sporting Kansas City[]
Palmer-Brown moved to Lee's Summit, Missouri when he was 18 months old. He later played one season of high school soccer as a freshman at in the fall of 2011.[2] After playing in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, at the age of 16, he signed his first professional contract,[3] making him Sporting Kansas City's youngest ever player.[4]
In January 2014, Serie A team Juventus reportedly made a $1 million bid for Erik Palmer-Brown, which was rejected by Sporting Kansas City.[5] In the same year, Palmer-Brown was voted number 39 on UK website TeamTalk's top 50 Wonderkids in 2014.[6]
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.[7]
Porto[]
On February 1, 2016, Palmer-Brown was loaned to Portuguese club Porto until December 31, 2016.[8] He started regularly in central defense for Porto B, helping them to the LigaPro title.[9]
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.[10]
Loan to NAC Breda[]
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.[11]
Loan to Austria Wien[]
He then joined Austria Wien for the 2019–20 season.[12] He extended his loan at Austria Wien for the 2020–21 season.[13]
Loan to Troyes[]
On August 31, 2021, Palmer-Brown moved to France to join Ligue 1 club Troyes on a season-long loan deal.[14]
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.[15] In 2015, he was called to the roster that played in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[16]
As captain, Palmer-Brown won the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship with the United States.[17] He was awarded the Golden Ball Award by CONCACAF as the best player of the tournament, playing the defensive midfield position.[18] 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[19] and Scouted Football.[20]
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.
Honors[]
Sporting Kansas City
- Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 2017
United States U20
Individual
- CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Best XI: 2017
- CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Golden Ball: 2017
References[]
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. May 30, 2015. p. 23. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ^ "Erik Palmer-Brown | MLSsoccer.com".
- ^ "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.
- ^ mlssoccer. "Sporting Kansas City product Erik Palmer-Brown extends loan at Austria Wien | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ "ERIK PALMER-BROWN À L'ESTAC". www.estac.fr (in French). August 31, 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "U-20 MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM CLAIMS FIRST CONCACAF U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP WITH SHOOTOUT WIN VS. HONDURAS". ussoccer.com. March 5, 2017.
External links[]
- Erik Palmer-Brown at Major League Soccer
- Erik Palmer-Brown at Soccerway
- 1997 births
- Living people
- American soccer players
- Association football defenders
- American expatriate soccer players
- People from Napoleon, Ohio
- Soccer players from Ohio
- People from Lee's Summit, Missouri
- United States men's international soccer players
- United States men's youth international soccer players
- United States men's under-20 international 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
- ES Troyes AC players
- Soccer players from Missouri
- Major League Soccer players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- USL Championship players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Eredivisie players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Homegrown Players (MLS)
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- Expatriate footballers in France
- American expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- American expatriate sportspeople in England
- American expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- American expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- American expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- American expatriate sportspeople in France