External links
- Adam Saldana at USL Championship
- Adam Saldana at Soccerway
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adam Jesus Jr. Esparza-Saldana [1] | ||
| Date of birth | February 7, 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Panorama City, Los Angeles, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Los Angeles FC | ||
| Number | 43 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2018 | Real So Cal | ||
| 2018–2019 | LA Galaxy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2023 | LA Galaxy II | 65 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | LA Galaxy | 19 | (0) |
| 2024 | KFUM Oslo | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | Los Angeles FC 2 | 0 | (0) |
| 2025– | Los Angeles FC | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | United States U15 | 5 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | United States U17 | 17 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 16, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 13, 2019 | |||
Adam Jesus Jr. Esparza-Saldana (born February 7, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for MLS club Los Angeles FC.
Saldana made his professional debut in a 0–1 loss to Reno 1868 on September 15, 2018, coming on as a 31st-minute substitute for Andre Zanga. [3]
On January 19, 2021, Saldana was signed to LA Galaxy's MLS roster. [4]
On March 27, 2024, newly promoted Norwegian top-flight side KFUM Oslo announced that they had signed Saldana on a two-year contract. [5]
Born in the United States, Saldana who is of Mexican descent, represented the United States national under-17 team at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Saldana is of Mexican descent and holds dual American and Mexican citizenship. [6]
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| LA Galaxy II | 2018 | USL | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | 15 | 0 | — | 1 [b] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | 15 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | MLS Next Pro | 23 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| Total | 65 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 66 | 0 | |||
| LA Galaxy | 2021 | MLS | 18 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| KFUM Oslo | 2024 | Eliteserien | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Career total | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 0 | ||
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