Christian Pulisic

**Christian Mate Pulisic** (; , ; born September 18, 1998) is an American soccer player. He plays for Serie A club A.C. Milan and the United States national team. Pulisic is known for his dribbling abilities and explosive speed. Because of this, he has been given the nickname "Captain America" by fans and other players.

Pulisic began his career at German club Borussia Dortmund, where he quickly progressed through the team's youth academy, being in only 15 youth games. He was then promoted to the senior team in 2016, at the age of 17. He did not play a lot in his first season at the club, but then he started to play more games in the next season. He became a mainstay in Dortmund and won the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal. He finished second in the first Kopa Trophy which is given to the best player under age 21 in 2018.

In January 2019, Pulisic was transferred to Chelsea that costed $73 million (£57.6 million) making him the most expensive North American player of all time. He began playing for the club in the 2019–20 season. He became the youngest Chelsea player to score a hat-trick, at 21 years old.With Chelsea, he won the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, 2021 UEFA Super Cup and 2021 FIFA Club World Cup, becoming the youngest Chelsea player and first American to score in the Champions League semi-finals and the first American to play in the Champions League final.

Pulisic played for the United States at the under-15 and under-17 levels, before making his senior national team debut in March 2016 at age 17. He is the youngest player ever to captain the United States national team in the modern era. He helped the U.S. get to the final of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup and won the first 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League. Individually, he has won a U.S. Soccer Young Male Athlete of the Year award and three U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year awards.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=5|Borussia Dortmund||Bundesliga|9|2|0|0|—|3|0|—|12|2|||
|2016–17|Bundesliga|29|3|4|1|—|10|1|—|43|5|||||
|2017–18|Bundesliga|32|4|1|0|—|8|0|1|1|42|5||||
|2018–19|Bundesliga|20|4|3|2|—|7|1|—|30|7|||||
|rowspan="5"|Chelsea|2019–20|Premier League|25|9|2|1|2|0|4|1|1|0|34|11|
|2020–21|Premier League|27|4|6|0|0|0|10|2|—|43|6||||
|2021–22|Premier League|22|6|4|0|3|0|7|2|2|0|38|8|||
|2022–23|Premier League|24|1|0|0|1|0|5|0|—|30|1||||
|AC Milan|2023–24|Serie A|31|10|2|0|—|12|3|—|45|13||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=8|United States|2016|11|3|
|2017|9|6|||
|2018|3|0|||
|2019|11|5|||
|2021|8|3|||
|2022|14|5|||
|2023|7|6|||
|2024|2|0|||

- _United States score listed first, score column indicates score after each Pulisic goal._

|No.|Date|Venue|Cap|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|May 28, 2016|Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City, United States|align=center|3||align=center|4–0|align=center|4–0|Friendly|||||
|rowspan=2|September 2, 2016|rowspan=2|Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|rowspan=2 align=center|7|rowspan=2||align=center|4–0|rowspan=2 align=center|6–0|rowspan=2|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|align=center|6–0|||||||||||||
|March 24, 2017|Avaya Stadium, San Jose, United States|align=center|12||align=center|4–0|align=center|6–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|June 3, 2017|Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, United States|align=center|14||align=center|1–1|align=center|1–1|Friendly|||||
|rowspan=2|June 8, 2017|rowspan=2|Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, United States|rowspan=2 align=center|15|rowspan=2||align=center|1–0|rowspan=2 align=center|2–0|rowspan=2|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|align=center|2–0|||||||||||||
|October 6, 2017|Orlando City Stadium, Orlando, United States|align=center|19||align=center|1–0|align=center|4–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|October 10, 2017|Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago|align=center|20||align=center|1–2|align=center|1–2|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|March 26, 2019|BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, United States|align=center|25||align=center|1–0|align=center|1–1|Friendly|||||
|June 22, 2019|FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, United States|align=center|27||align=center|4–0|align=center|6–0|2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup|||||
|rowspan="2"|July 3, 2019|rowspan="2"|Nissan Stadium, Nashville, United States|rowspan="2" align=center|30|rowspan="2"||align=center|2–0|rowspan="2" align="center"|3–1|rowspan="2"|2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup|
|align=center|3–1|||||||||||||
|October 11, 2019|Audi Field, Washington, United States|align=center|33||align=center|7–0|align=center|7–0|2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A|||||
|March 28, 2021|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland|align=center|35||align=center|2–0|align=center|2–1|Friendly|||||
|June 6, 2021|Empower Field at Mile High, Denver, United States|align=center|38||align=center|3–2|align=center|3–2|2021 CONCACAF Nations League final|||||
|November 12, 2021|TQL Stadium, Cincinnati, United States|align=center|41||align=center|1–0|align=center|2–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|February 2, 2022|Allianz Field, Saint Paul, United States|align=center|45||align=center|3–0|align=center|3–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|rowspan="3"|March 27, 2022|rowspan="3"|Exploria Stadium, Orlando, United States|rowspan="3" align=center|47|rowspan="3"||align=center|1–0|rowspan="3" align="center"|5–1|rowspan="3"|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|align=center|4–0|||||||||||||
|align=center|5–0|||||||||||||
|November 29, 2022|Al Thumama Stadium, Doha, Qatar|align=center|55||align=center|1–0|align=center|1–0|2022 FIFA World Cup|||||
|March 24, 2023|Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada|align=center|57||align=center|5–1|align=center|7–1|2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A|||||
|rowspan="2"|June 15, 2023|rowspan="2"|Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, United States|rowspan="2" align=center|59|rowspan="2"||align=center|1–0|rowspan="2" align="center"|3–0|rowspan="2"|2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals|
|align=center|2–0|||||||||||||
|September 9, 2023|CityPark, St. Louis, United States|align=center|61||align=center|3–0|align=center|3–0|Friendly|||||
|October 14, 2023|Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, United States|align=center|63||align=center|1–0|align=center|1–3|Friendly|||||
|October 17, 2023|Geodis Park, Nashville, United States|align=center|64||align=center|2–0|align=center|4–0|Friendly|||||

## Honors

**Borussia Dortmund U19**
- Under 19 Bundesliga: 2015–16

**Borussia Dortmund**
- DFB-Pokal: 2016–17; runner-up: 2015–16

**Chelsea**
- UEFA Champions League: 2020–21
- UEFA Super Cup: 2021; runner-up: 2019
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2021
- FA Cup runner-up: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
- EFL Cup runner-up: 2021–22

**United States U17**
- CONCACAF Under-17 Championship third place: 2015

**United States**
- CONCACAF Nations League: 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24
- CONCACAF Gold Cup runner-up: 2019

**Individual**
- U.S. Soccer Young Male Athlete of the Year: 2016
- U.S. Soccer Player of the Year: 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
- UEFA Champions League Breakthrough XI: 2016
- U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year: 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
- CONCACAF Best XI: 2017
- Kopa Trophy runner-up: 2018
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Best Young Player: 2019
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI: 2019
- CONCACAF Nations League Player of the Tournament: 2022–23
- CONCACAF Nations League Finals Best XI: 2021, 2023, 2024
- Serie A Player of the Month: December 2023

## Bibliography

- 2022, C. Pulisic, D. Melamud, A. White, _Pulisic: My Journey So Far_, Published by Rizzoli. .

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Christian Pulisic
- **image**: USMNT vs. Trinidad and Tobago (48125059622) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Pulisic with the United States men's national soccer team, United States in 2019
- **full name**: Christian Mate Pulisic
- **birth place**: Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
- **position**: Midfielder#Winger, Winger, Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder
- **currentclub**: AC Milan
- **clubnumber**: 11
- **youthyears1**: 2005–2006
- **youthclubs1**: Brackley Town F.C., Brackley Town
- **youthyears2**: 2006–2007
- **youthclubs2**: Michigan Rush
- **youthyears3**: 2008–2015
- **youthclubs3**: PA Classics
- **youthyears4**: 2015–2016
- **youthclubs4**: Borussia Dortmund
- **years1**: 2016–2019
- **clubs1**: Borussia Dortmund
- **caps1**: 81
- **goals1**: 10
- **years2**: 2019–2023
- **clubs2**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **caps2**: 98
- **goals2**: 20
- **years3**: 2019
- **clubs3**: → Borussia Dortmund (loan)
- **caps3**: 9
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 2023–
- **clubs4**: AC Milan
- **caps4**: 31
- **goals4**: 10
- **nationalyears1**: 2012–2013
- **nationalteam1**: United States boys' national under-15 soccer team, United States U15
- **nationalcaps1**: 10
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2013–2015
- **nationalteam2**: United States men's national under-17 soccer team, United States U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 34
- **nationalgoals2**: 20
- **nationalyears3**: 2016–
- **nationalteam3**: United States men's national soccer team, United States
- **nationalcaps3**: 66
- **nationalgoals3**: 28
- **club-update**: April 22, 2024
- **nationalteam-update**: March 24, 2024