.jpg) Balogun training with Arsenal in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Folarin Jerry Balogun[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | July 3, 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brooklyn, New York, United States[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Monaco | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Aldersbrook | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2020 | Arsenal | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Arsenal | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 18 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Reims (loan) | 37 | (21) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Monaco | 31 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | England U17 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | United States U18 | 4 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | England U18 | 10 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | England U20 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | England U21 | 13 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | United States | 15 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 1, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 1, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Folarin Jerry Balogun (born July 3, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the United States national team.
A Hale's End academy prospect of Arsenal, Balogun was promoted to the first team in 2020 and featured sparingly for the club, later going on loan to EFL Championship side Middlesbrough in 2022. In the following season, Balogun made his breakthrough in a loan to Ligue 1 side Reims, where he scored 21 goals in 37 appearances to be the French league's fourth top scorer of the season.[4] In August 2023 Balogun left Arsenal and signed with Monaco for €40 million (£34m/$43m).[5]
Balogun represented both the United States and England at the youth international level. In May 2023, he made the decision to play for the United States senior national team. He made his debut in June 2023, winning the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League and scoring his first goal in the final.[6]
- ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2018 and 31/07/2018". The Football Association. p. 4. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019.
- ^ Di Stasio, Arnaud (December 11, 2022). "Folarin Balogun: 'I'm going to make a decision soon'". Ligue 1. Archived from the original on February 7, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ^ Folarin Balogun at Soccerway. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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