Landon Donovan

Landon Donovan
Personal information
Full name	Landon Timothy Donovan
Date of birth	4 March 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Ontario, California, United States
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Youth career
1999	IMG Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	Bayer Leverkusen II
2000–2005	Bayer Leverkusen
2001–2004	→ San Jose Earthquakes (loan)
2005–2014	LA Galaxy
2009	→ Bayern Munich (loan)
2010	→ Everton (loan)
2012	→ Everton (loan)
2016	LA Galaxy
2018	León
2018–2019	San Diego Sockers
Total
National team
1998–1999	United States U17
2001	United States U20
2000–2004	United States U23
2000–2014	United States
2019	United States (arena)
Teams managed
2020–2022	San Diego Loyal
Honours
Representing United States
Men's soccer
FIFA Confederations Cup
CONCACAF Gold Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Landon Donovan (born March 4, 1982) is a American former soccer player. He played for the Los Angeles Galaxy and United States national team, and was the captain for both of them. He is the former captain of Los Angeles Galaxy and the men's national team.

Donovan has more assists than any other male player, and is the leader of assists for the United States men's national team, and also the second place for most appearances.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bayer Leverkusen	1999–2000	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2000–01	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2004–05	Bundesliga	7	0	0	0	2^[a]	0	—		9	0
	Total		7	0	0	0	2	0	—		9	0
Bayer Leverkusen II	1999–2000	Regionalliga Nord	20	6	—		—		—		20	6
	2000–01	Oberliga	8	3	1	0	—		—		9	3
	Total		28	9	1	0	—		—		29	9
San Jose Earthquakes (loan)	2001	Major League Soccer	22	7	2	0	—		6^[b]	5	30	12
	2002	Major League Soccer	20	7	2	0	2^[c]	1	2^[b]	1	24	8
	2003	Major League Soccer	22	12	1	0	2^[c]	1	4^[b]	4	27	16
	2004	Major League Soccer	23	6	3	1	1^[c]	0	2^[b]	0	28	7
	Total		87	32	8	1	5	2	14	10	114	45
LA Galaxy	2005	Major League Soccer	22	12	3	2	—		4^[b]	4	29	18
	2006	Major League Soccer	24	12	3	3	2^[c]	1	—		29	16
	2007	Major League Soccer	25	8	3	1	—		5^[d]	4	33	13
	2008	Major League Soccer	25	20	0	0	—		—		25	20
	2009	Major League Soccer	25	12	0	0	—		4^[b]	3	29	15
	2010	Major League Soccer	24	7	0	0	2^[e]	0	3^[b]	0	29	7
	2011	Major League Soccer	23	12	1	0	8^[e]	2	4^[b]	3	36	17
	2012	Major League Soccer	26	9	0	0	3^[e]	0	5^[b]	2	34	11
	2013	Major League Soccer	22	10	0	0	3^[e]	0	2^[b]	0	27	10
	2014	Major League Soccer	31	10	1	0	—		5^[b]	3	37	13
	2016^[f]	Major League Soccer	6	1	0	0	—		3^[b]	0	9	1
	Total		253	113	11	6	18	3	35	19	317	141
Bayern Munich (loan)	2008–09	Bundesliga	6	0	1	0	0	0	—		7	0
Everton (loan)^[g]	2009–10	Premier League	10	2	1	0	2^[h]	0	—		13	2
Everton (loan)^[g]	2011–12	Premier League	7	0	2	0	—		—		9	0
León	2017–18	Liga MX	6	0	2	0	—		—		8	0
San Diego Sockers (indoor)	2018–19	Major Arena Soccer League	8	5	—		—		2^[i]	0	10	5
Career total			412	161	26	7	27	5	51	29	511	200

↑ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
↑ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 Appearances in the MLS Cup playoffs
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Appearances in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup
↑ Appearances in the North American SuperLiga
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Appearances in the CONCACAF Champions League
↑ This is his second spell with LA Galaxy. He returned to LA Galaxy after retirement
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 He had two different loan spells with Everton
↑ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
↑ Appearances in the Ron Newman Cup playoffs

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[1]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
United States	2000	1	1
	2001	8	0
	2002	20	6
	2003	15	7
	2004	14	5
	2005	15	6
	2006	11	0
	2007	12	9
	2008	9	3
	2009	15	5
	2010	8	3
	2011	10	1
	2012	6	3
	2013	10	8
	2014	3	0
Total		157	57

Coaching statistics

As of match played October 24, 2022^[2]

Coaching record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
San Diego Loyal	March 7, 2020	December 2, 2022	85	39	17	29	138	120	+18	045.88
Total			85	39	17	29	138	120	+18	045.88

International career statistics

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United States national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2000	1	1
2001	8	0
2002	20	6
2003	15	7
2004	14	5
2005	15	6
2006	11	0
2007	12	9
2008	9	3
2009	15	5
2010	8	3
2011	10	1
2012	6	3
2013	10	8
2014	3	0
Total	157	57

References

↑ "Landon Donovan – National Football Teams profile". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
↑ "San Diego Loyal 2020 Team Stats". uslchampionship.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
↑ "Landon Timothy Donovan - Century of International Appearances". www.rsssf.com.

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[1] Appearances in the UEFA Champions League

[MLS_Cup_playoffs-2] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 Appearances in the MLS Cup playoffs

[CCC-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Appearances in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup

[4] Appearances in the North American SuperLiga

[CCL-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Appearances in the CONCACAF Champions League

[6] This is his second spell with LA Galaxy. He returned to LA Galaxy after retirement

[Everton-7] 7.0 ^7.1 He had two different loan spells with Everton

[8] Appearances in the UEFA Europa League

[Ron_Newman_Cup_playoffs-9] Appearances in the Ron Newman Cup playoffs

[10] "Landon Donovan – National Football Teams profile". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2013.

[11] "San Diego Loyal 2020 Team Stats". uslchampionship.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

[12] "Landon Timothy Donovan - Century of International Appearances". www.rsssf.com.

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v t e FIFA World Cup Best Young Player
Best Young Player	1958: Pelé 1962: Albert 1966: Beckenbauer 1970: Cubillas 1974: Żmuda 1978: Cabrini 1982: Amoros 1986: Scifo 1990: Prosinečki 1994: Overmars 1998: Owen 2002: Donovan
FIFA Young Player Award	2006: Podolski 2010: Müller 2014: Pogba 2018: Mbappé
FIFA Young Player Award was first awarded in 2006.