Christian Eissele
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 23 June 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Orlando, Florida, United States | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
RIASA | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2014 |
PS Kemi | 52 | (44) |
2014–2015 | IK Brage | 39 | (15) |
2015–2016 |
PS Kemi | 37 | (8) |
2017 | FF Jaro | 27 | (11) |
2018 | Sacramento Republic | 25 | (5) |
2019 | Oklahoma City Energy | 29 | (5) |
Total | 209 | (88) | |
Managerial career | |||
2020– | Lake Mary Rams | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Christian Eissele (born 23 June 1992) is an American former professional footballer who played as a striker.[2][3][4][5] He is currently head coach at Lake Mary High School in Florida.
Early life
Eissele was born in Orlando, Florida. His father, Bill, works as a high school drama teacher and football coach. His mother, Susan, plays the piano for a local church. Eissele also has a sister who works as a lieutenant who is stationed in Valdosta, Georgia. At a young age, Eissele had a keen interest in tennis however football was, with the help of his tennis coach Steve, his chosen sport.[6]
He left the United States to go to Europe in order of finding a professional contract. He first travelled to
Career
PS Kemi
Eissele made his
Eissele wasn't done there though, as little over three weeks later he scored five goals in one match against Warkaus. The match ended 8–0 in Kemi's favour. Warkaus' results from that season were cancelled in August 2012 due to Warkaus not turning up to a Kakkonen fixture against TP-47 and therefore were kicked out of the league, but the Football Association of Finland decided that statistics from all matches involving Warkaus would still stand.[8] In the club's final Kakkonen fixture, Eissele scored another hat-trick in a 3–1 win versus Kajaani.[1]
The following season, 2013, went just as good for Eissele with the forward scoring seven goals between April and May. However, June was Eissele's standout month as he scored ten goals in five matches, including two hat-tricks and two braces. The hat-tricks came against ORPa and Tervarit while the braces were scored against KPV, the team he played on his professional debut, and GBK Kokkola. Eissele scored seven more goals, including another hat-trick (versus KPV), in the remainder of 2013.[1]
At the start of 2014, Eissele had trials at two
He left Kemi on 29 March 2014.[1]
IK Brage
On 29 March 2014, Eissele moved to Sweden to join
2015 was less successful for Eissele at Brage as he scored just four goals in thirteen matches, but did get two of those goals in his penultimate appearance for the club on 28 June versus Nyköpings. His last match for Brage was against Carlstad United 5 July.[1] He left the club on 28 July.[12]
Return to PS Kemi
After his release from Brage, Eissele returned to Finland to sign for former club
FF Jaro
On 14 February 2017, Eissele joined
Sacramento Republic
On 17 January 2018, Eissele signed with
Oklahoma City Energy
Eissele returned to the USL Championship on 16 January 2019, signing with Oklahoma City Energy.[21] He was released in December, having scored seven goals in thirty-two matches across all competitions.[1][22]
Retirement
Eissele announced his retirement on 6 April 2020, subsequently taking over from his father as Lake Mary High School's girls soccer head coach in August.[23][24] He also set-up a training business for local footballers in the Orlando, Florida area.[24]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
PS Kemi
|
2012 | Kakkonen | 26 | 20 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 26 | 20 | ||
2013 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 27 | 24 | ||||
Total | 52 | 44 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 53 | 44 | ||||
RoPS (trial)
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2014 | Veikkausliiga | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
KuPS (trial) | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
IK Brage | 2014 | Division 1
|
26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11 | ||
2015 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | ||||
Total | 39 | 15 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 39 | 15 | ||||
PS Kemi
|
2015 | Ykkönen | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | ||
2016 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | ||
Total | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 39 | 9 | |||
FF Jaro | 2017 | Ykkönen | 27 | 11 | 3 | 7 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 30 | 18 | ||
Sacramento Republic | 2018 | United Soccer League | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1[a] | 0 | 27 | 5 | ||
Oklahoma City Energy | 2019 | USL Championship | 29 | 5 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 32 | 7 | ||
Career total | 209 | 88 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | 222 | 98 |
Honours
- PS Kemi[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l [1] Soccerway. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ "CHRISTIAN EISSELE MAKES A MARK IN FINLAND". inbedwithmaradona.com.
- ^ "Eissele: Tuntuu kuin olisin kotona". yle.fi.
- ^ "Christian Eissele - Orlando Sentinel article". Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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- ^ a b [2] Archived 14 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine ChristianEissele.com. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ [3][permanent dead link] Richmond University. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ [4] Archived 20 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine Football Association of Finland. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ [5] Soccerway. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ [6] Soccerway. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ [7] IK Brage. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ a b [8] IK Brage. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ [9] Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Football Association of Finland. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ [10] Soccerway. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ [11] Soccerway. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ [12] FF Jaro. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ [13] Soccerway. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Sacramento Republic FC Sign Forward Christian Eissele". 17 January 2018.
- ^ [14] Sacramento Republic. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ [15] FF Jaro. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "ENERGY FC SIGN STRIKER CHRISTIAN EISSELE". EnergyFC.com. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Energy FC Confirms Return of Eight Players for 2020". EnergyFC.com. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "I guess you could call this my retirement post". soccereissele. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ a b [16] Orlando Sentinel. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.