nationalcaps birth_date currentclub years youthyears caps goals nationalyears image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam height clubnumber nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
15 33 11 17 2 june 1989 tampa bay rowdies 2002 2009 2009 2010 2011 2011 -- 2013 2013 2014 2015 -- 2015 2015 -- 2003 2007 2007 -- 2011 2008 -- 2002 -- 2003 87 0 5 3 1 11 11 9 3 5 11 35 2 11 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 7 0 2002 2006 -- 2011 -- 2003 2003 -- 2009 2008 -- 2012 freddy adu 20110622.jpg freddy adu adu concacaf gold cup playing for the united states at the 2011 fredua koranteng adu tema , ghana united united states states u17 united states u20 united states u23 5 8 9 16 16 5 2 img academy img -lrb- loan -rrb- → belenenses -lrb- loan -rrb- → aris academy -lrb- loan -rrb- → Çaykur rizespor -lrb- loan -rrb- philadelphia real union bahia jagodina kups → kufu-98 -lrb- loan -rrb- tampa salt bay rowdies lake benfica → as monaco attacking midfielder forward freddy adu

freddy adu

fredua koranteng `` freddy '' adu -lrb- born june 2 , 1989 -rrb- is an american soccer player who plays for tampa bay rowdies of the north american soccer league .
adu plays primarily as an attacking midfielder , but he is also used as a winger or forward .
at the age of 14 , he became the youngest athlete ever to sign a professional contract in the united states , after he was selected by d.c. united in the 2004 mls superdraft on january 16 , 2004 .
three months later , on april 3 , 2004 , he became the youngest player to appear in a major league soccer -lrb- mls -rrb- game when he came on as a substitute in a game against the san jose earthquakes .
two weeks later , on april 17 , he became the youngest scorer in mls history , scoring a goal in a 3 -- 2 loss to the metrostars .
from even before the time of his signing with d.c. united , adu was spoken of and treated as the future of united states soccer ; even being referred to as `` the next pelé '' .
however , he failed to live up to the expectations and after leaving d.c. united in 2006 , has turned into something of a journeyman , playing for twelve teams in eight different countries -- the united states , portugal , france , greece , turkey , brazil , serbia and finland .
