Clint Dempsey
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1983 (41 years old)
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Nacogdoches, Texas, United StatesPosition
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1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
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77 kg (170 lb)
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Clinton Drew Dempsey (/ˈdɛmpsi/; born March 9, 1983) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward and midfielder. During his career, he played in the Premier League for Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur and in Major League Soccer for New England Revolution and Seattle Sounders FC. Considered as the greatest American player of all time, he is frequently debated with Landon Donovan for the title. Dempsey was the first American to score a hat-trick in the Premier League and is tied with Donovan for the record of most international goals scored by an American player (57).
A native of Nacogdoches, Texas, Dempsey spent his youth career with the Dallas Texans before joining Furman University's men's soccer team in 2001. In 2004, Dempsey was drafted by the New England Revolution, where he scored 25 goals in 71 appearances. Between 2007 and 2012, Dempsey played for Fulham in the Premier League, eventually becoming the club's leading Premier League goalscorer. With Fulham he was runner-up of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, being an integral player of the squad that allowed the club to compete in its first ever European final. In 2012, Dempsey became the first American player to score a hat-trick in the Premier League during a 5–2 win against Newcastle United.
On August 31, 2012, Tottenham signed Dempsey for a fee of $9.6 million, then a record signing for an American. Dempsey scored 12 goals in one season with Tottenham, giving him 72 goals across all competitions for Premier League clubs—the most by an American in a top-tier European league. He was signed by the Seattle Sounders the following year and played 115 matches for the club, scoring 47 goals, and leading the club to win the 2014 Supporters' Shield. During the 2016 season, Dempsey was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat and missed the team's run to the MLS Cup. Dempsey returned the following season and announced his retirement from professional soccer on August 29, 2018.
Dempsey represented the United States at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship and made his first appearance with the senior team on November 17, 2004, against Jamaica. He earned more than 140 caps and scored 57 international goals, making him the nation's fourth-most capped player and tying him with Landon Donovan as the top all-time scorer with 57 goals. Dempsey has represented the United States at four CONCACAF Gold Cups (winning three), helped them to the final of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, and scored in each of the three FIFA World Cups he attended.
In 2022, Dempsey was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
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 MLS Comeback Player Of The Year 2017-11-15 |  MLS All-Star 2015-07-13 |
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