Jacob Akanyirige

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Jacob Akanyirige
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-12-30) December 30, 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Pleasanton, California, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Right Back
Team information
Current team
 New England Revolution II
Number 48
Youth career
2015–2016 Ballistic United SC
2016–2017 San Jose Earthquakes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 San Jose Earthquakes 1 (0)
2019 → Reno 1868 (loan) 4 (0)
2022 Rochester New York FC 17 (1)
2023– New England Revolution II 34 (1)
International career‡
2020 United States U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 8, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 10, 2020

Jacob Akanyirige (born December 30, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a right back for New England Revolution II in MLS Next Pro.

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Career

Youth

Akanyirige played for Pleasanton, CA's Ballistic United SC during the 2015–2016 season for their U.S. Soccer Developmental Academy's Under 13/14 team. In 2016–2017, he joined San Jose's U-15 squad and quickly moved up the academy ranks. After making one appearance for the U-17 side in 2017–18, he moved up to the U-19s and was competing against players two and three years older than him. [1] Akanyirige's birthday makes him a unique prospect for the youth national teams as he is two days too old to play with the 2002 cycle and is the youngest, or among the youngest, in 2001. [2]

Professional

San Jose Earthquakes

Akanyirige signed as San Jose's fourth ever Homegrown Player on December 15, 2017. At the time of his signing, he was the youngest player to sign for the Earthquakes as well as third-youngest player in MLS, and the eighth-youngest to ever sign a professional contract in MLS history. [3] Following the 2021 season, San Jose declined their contract option on Akanyirige. [4]

Rochester NY FC

Akanyirige Signed with Rochester New York FC on April 2, 2022, on a free transfer. [5] Akanyridge debuted for Rochester during an U.S. Open Cup match against FC Motown. Akanyirige scored his first professional goal on 5/14/22 in a match against Inter Miami II. [6]

International career

Born in the United States, Akanyirige is of Ghanaian descent. [7] He is a youth international for the United States.

Statistics

Updated September 25, 2022

ClubSeasonLeagueCupPlayoffsTotals
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
San Jose 2020 MLS 10000010
Rochester New York FC 2022 MLS Next Pro 1712 [lower-alpha 1] 010201
Career totals1812010211
Notes
  1. ↑ Appearances in the U.S. Open Cup

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References

  1. ↑ "San Jose Earthquakes". sjeq.ussoccerda.com. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  2. ↑ "FEATURE: Four things to know about Homegrown signing Jacob Akanyirige". San Jose Earthquakes. December 15, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ "NEWS: Earthquakes Sign 15-Year-Old Defender Jacob Akanyirige to Homegrown Player Contract". San Jose Earthquakes. December 15, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ "NEWS: Earthquakes announce roster moves ahead of 2022 MLS Season | San Jose Earthquakes". sjearthquakes.
  5. ↑ @rnyfcofficial (April 2, 2022). "WELCOME TO #RNYFC JACOB AKANYIRIGE!!!The U-20 USA national team player joins Rochester to add some quality and de…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ↑ FC, RNY. "Rochester New York FC". RNY FC. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ghana's Jacob Akanyirige makes MLS history". GhanaWeb. January 27, 2018.


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