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Weston McKennie
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Personal information
Full name: Weston James Earl McKennie
Date of birth: 28 August 1998 (1998-08-28) (age 26)
Place of birth:    Fort Lewis, Washington, Flag of United States United States
Height: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position: Midfielder
Club information
Current club Flag of England Leeds United
(on loan from Juventus)
Number: 28
Youth clubs
2004–2009
2009–2016
2016–2017
Flag of Germany FC Phönix Otterbach
Flag of United States FC Dallas
Flag of Germany Schalke 04
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
2017–2021
2020–2021
2021–
2023–
Flag of Germany Schalke 04
Flag of ItalyJuventus (loan)
Flag of Italy Juventus
Flag of EnglandLeeds United (loan)
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National team
2013–2014
2016
2016
2017–
Flag of United States United States U17
Flag of United States United States U19
Flag of United States United States U20
Flag of United States United States
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Weston James Earl McKennie (born August 28, 1998) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for English club Leeds United, on loan from Juventus and the United States national team. A versatile player, McKennie is capable of playing in a multitude of positions in midfield—mainly as a box-to-box or as a deep-lying defensive midfielder.

Coming through the youth system, McKennie began his senior club career at Bundesliga side Schalke 04. In 2017–18 he established himself as a first team player, playing 25 games in all competitions. After three seasons, McKennie moved to Italian champions Juventus on loan.

McKennie has represented the United States internationally, at both youth and senior level. He made his senior debut in 2017, and has finished runner-up in the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

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Juventus

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United States

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Leeds United
Leeds United F.C. squad - 2024–25

Meslier · Bogle · Firpo · Ampadu · Struijk · Rodon · James · Rothwell · Bamford · 10 Piroe · 11 Aaronson · 19 Joseph · 21 Cairns · 25 Byram · 26 Darlow · 29 Gnonto · 30 Gelhardt · 37 Debayo · 39 Wöber · 44 Gruev · 50 Crew ·

Manager:  Flag of Germany Daniel Farke
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United States
United States – 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1. Steffen 2. Lima 3. Gonzalez 4. Bradley 5. Zimmerman 6. Trapp 7. Arriola 8. McKennie 9. Zardes 10. Pulisic 11. Morris 12. Johnson 13. Ream 14. Cannon 15. Roldan 16. Lovitz 17. Altidore 18. Lewis 19. Miazga 20. Holmes 21. Boyd 22. Miller 23. Long Manager:  Flag of United States Gregg Berhalter

United States
United States – 2022 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16

1. Turner 2. Dest 3. Zimmerman 4. Adams (c) 5. Robinson 6. Musah 7. Reyna 8. McKennie 9. Ferreira 10. Pulisic 11. Aaronson 12. Horvath 13. Ream 14. De la Torre 15. Long 16. Morris 17. Roldan 18. Moore 19. Wright 20. Carter-Vickers 21. Weah 22. Yedlin 23. Acosta 24. Sargent 25. Johnson 26. Scally Manager:  Flag of United States Gregg Berhalter

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