Boyd Okwuonu
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| Full name | Boyd Obunikechukwu Okwuonu | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | February 24, 1993 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth |
Lagos, Nigeria | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | IMG Academy | ||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | FC Dallas | ||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2011–2014 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 89 | (0) | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2012 |
Carolina Dynamo | 7 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2014 | Orlando City U-23 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Real Salt Lake | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Real Monarchs (loan) | 27 | (1) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2009 | United States U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2010–2011 | United States U18 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2012–2013 | United States U20 | 15 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2015 | United States U23 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 16, 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 15, 2015 | |||||||||||
Boyd Obunikechukwu Okwuonu (born February 24, 1993) is an American soccer player.
Career
Youth, college and amateur
Okwuonu was a member of both the U.S. Soccer Residency program and the
Professional
On January 15, 2015, Okwuonu was selected in the second round (27th overall) of the
LA Galaxy II
.
International
Okwuonu was a member of the U.S. under-17 national team at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He also represented the U.S. at the U18, U20 and U23 level.
References
- ^ "2012 Carolina Dynamo stats". USLPDL.com. Premier Development League. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ^ "2014 Orlando City U-23 stats". USLPDL.com. Premier Development League. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ^ "Real Salt Lake selects Boyd Okwuonu in the MLS SuperDraft". RealSaltLake.com. RSL Communications. January 15, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ^ Montgomery, Matt (March 20, 2015). "Seven RSL players loaned to Monarchs for debut against LA Galaxy II". RSLSoapBox.com. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
External links
- Boyd Okwuonu at Major League Soccer
- North Carolina Tar Heels bio
- Boyd Okwuonu – FIFA competition record (archived)