Steven Cherundolo

**Steven Cherundolo** (born February 19, 1979 in Rockford, Illinois) is a former American soccer player. He played most of his career for the German club Hannover 96. Cherundolo played as a defender.

Before he came to Hannover, Cherundolo played from 1997 to 1998 in an American college soccer league for the University of Portland.

In his first season for Hannover 96, 1998–99, he played four matches for the team in the 2nd German league (2. Bundesliga). In the following season, Cherundolo was in the team most of the time, but he had a bad knee injury. He came back during the 2000–01 season and played in 18 matches. In the following season, he played in 33 out of 34 matches.

Cherundolo played his first match for the United States national team against Jamaica on 8th September 1999. From 1999 to 2012 he played 87 matches for the United States, scoring two goals.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="16"|Hannover 96||rowspan="4"|2. Bundesliga|8|0|0|0|–|–|8|0||
|1999–2000|12|0|1|0|–|–|13|0||||||
|2000–01|18|0|1|0|–|–|19|0||||||
|2001–02|30|1|2|0|–|–|32|1||||||
|2002–03|rowspan="12"|Bundesliga|33|0|1|0|–|–|34|0||||
|2003–04|29|0|2|0|–|–|31|0||||||
|2004–05|32|2|3|1|–|–|35|3||||||
|2005–06|22|1|1|0|–|–|23|1||||||
|2006–07|33|2|3|0|–|–|36|2||||||
|2007–08|33|0|2|0|–|–|35|0||||||
|2008–09|17|0|1|0|–|–|18|0||||||
|2009–10|26|1|1|0|–|–|27|1||||||
|2010–11|33|0|1|0|–|–|34|0||||||
|2011–12|22|0|2|0|–|11|0|35|0|||||
|2012–13|20|0|3|0|–|10|0|33|0|||||
|2013–14|2|0|0|0|–|–|2|0||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|United States|1999|1|0|
|2000|0|0|||
|2001|8|0|||
|2002|1|0|||
|2003|5|0|||
|2004|6|0|||
|2005|10|0|||
|2006|7|1|||
|2007|5|1|||
|2008|8|0|||
|2009|6|0|||
|2010|8|0|||
|2011|13|0|||
|2012|9|0|||

- _Scores and results list the United States' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cherundolo goal_

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|March 22, 2006|Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany||style="text-align:center"|1–4|style="text-align:center"|1–4|Friendly||||||
|2|November 17, 2007|Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg, South Africa||style="text-align:center"|1–0|style="text-align:center"|1–0|Friendly||||||

## Coaching statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|Nat|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="8"|Record|rowspan="2"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Las Vegas Lights|rowspan="2||align=left|January 19, 2021|align=left|January 3, 2022|||||
|align=left|Los Angeles FC|align=left|January 3, 2022|align=left|present|||||||

### Player

**Hannover 96**
- 2. Bundesliga: 2001–02

**United States**
- CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2005

### Coach

**Los Angeles FC**
- MLS Cup: 2022
- Supporters' Shield: 2022

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Steve Cherundolo
- **image**: Steven cherundolo.jpg
- **caption**: Cherundolo with VfB Stuttgart in 2018
- **full name**: Steven Emil Cherundolo
- **birth place**: Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
- **position**: Right-back
- **currentclub**: Los Angeles FC (head coach)
- **collegeyears1**: 1997–1998
- **college1**: Portland Pilots men's soccer, Portland Pilots
- **years1**: 1999–2014
- **clubs1**: Hannover 96
- **caps1**: 370
- **goals1**: 7
- **nationalyears1**: 1997
- **nationalteam1**: United States men's national under-18 soccer team, United States U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1998–1999
- **nationalteam2**: United States men's national under-20 soccer team, United States U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 25
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 1998
- **nationalteam3**: United States men's national under-23 soccer team, United States U23
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 1999–2012
- **nationalteam4**: United States men's national soccer team, United States
- **nationalcaps4**: 87
- **nationalgoals4**: 2
- **manageryears1**: 2014–2015
- **managerclubs1**: Hannover 96 (U15)
- **manageryears2**: 2015–2018
- **managerclubs2**: Hannover 96 (U17)
- **manageryears3**: 2021–2022
- **managerclubs3**: Las Vegas Lights FC, Las Vegas Lights
- **manageryears4**: 2022–
- **managerclubs4**: Los Angeles FC