Erik Palmer-Brown

Erik Palmer-Brown

Palmer-Brown with Austria Wien in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Erik Ross Palmer-Brown [1]
Date of birth	(1997-04-24) April 24, 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	Napoleon, Ohio, United States
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)
Position(s)	Center-back
Team information
Current team	Panathinaikos
Number	14
Youth career
2009–2013	Sporting Kansas City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2017	Sporting Kansas City	20	(0)
2016	→ Porto B (loan)	17	(0)
2017	Swope Park Rangers	5	(0)
2018–2022	Manchester City	0	(0)
2018	→ Kortrijk (loan)	9	(0)
2018–2019	→ NAC Breda (loan)	18	(1)
2019–2021	→ Austria Wien (loan)	52	(2)
2021–2022	→ Troyes (loan)	5	(0)
2022–2023	Troyes	54	(0)
2023–	Panathinaikos	2	(0)
International career‡
2013	United States U17	5	(0)
2014–2015	United States U18	6	(1)
2014–2017	United States U20	17	(1)
2018–	United States	4	(0)
Medal record Representing   United States CONCACAF U-20 Championship 2017
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 3, 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 5, 2022

Erik Ross Palmer-Brown (born April 24, 1997) is an American professional football player who plays as a center-back for Greek Super League club Panathinaikos.

Club career

Sporting Kansas City

Palmer-Brown moved to Lee's Summit, Missouri when he was 18 months old. He later played one season of high school soccer as a freshman at Lee’s Summit High School in the fall of 2011. ^[2] He also attended Archbishop O'Hara High School in Kansas City, Missouri. ^[3] After playing in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, at the age of 16, he signed his first professional contract, ^[4] making him Sporting Kansas City's youngest ever player. ^[5]

In January 2014, Serie A team Juventus reportedly made a $1 million bid for Erik Palmer-Brown, which was rejected by Sporting Kansas City. ^[6] In the same year, Palmer-Brown was voted number 39 on UK website TeamTalk's top 50 Wonderkids in 2014. ^[7]

He made his debut for Sporting Kansas City on May 18, 2014, in a regular season match against Chicago Fire. But it ended prematurely when he was sent off in the 64th minute for a second yellow card after giving away a penalty in the 15th minute in a 2–1 loss. ^[8]

Porto

On February 1, 2016, Palmer-Brown was loaned to Portuguese club Porto until December 31, 2016. ^[9] He started regularly in central defense for Porto B, helping them to the LigaPro title. ^[10]

Manchester City

Palmer-Brown signed a contract with Premier League side Manchester City. He was immediately loaned to Belgian First Division A club KV Kortrijk until the end of the 2017–18 season. ^[11]

Loan to NAC Breda

After spending the second half of the 2017–18 season with Kortrijk, Palmer-Brown was loaned to NAC Breda in the Eredivisie for the 2018–19 season. ^[12]

Loan to Austria Wien

He then joined Austria Wien for the 2019–20 season. ^[13] He extended his loan at Austria Wien for the 2020–21 season. ^[14]

Loan to Troyes

On August 31, 2021, he moved to France to join Ligue 1 club Troyes on a season-long loan deal. ^[15] In February 2022, the deal was made permanent with Palmer-Brown signing a contract until the summer of 2024. ^[16]

Panathinaikos

On August 2, 2023, Greece's Super League runner-up Panathinaikos F.C. from Athens signed Erik Palmer-Brown for a 4-year contract deal.

International career

Palmer-Brown has represented the United States at the U-15, U-17, U-18, and U-20 levels. He has made 6 appearances for the U-18 team up to this point, scoring his first goal for the team in a 1–0 win over the Czech Republic. ^[17] In 2015, he was called to the roster that played in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. ^[18]

As captain, Palmer-Brown won the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship with the United States. ^[19] He was awarded the Golden Ball Award by CONCACAF as the best player of the tournament, playing the defensive midfield position. ^[20] Palmer-Brown then played in central defense for the United States at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and was named to the Best XI of the Tournament by both Squawka ^[21] and Scouted Football. ^[22]

On May 28, 2018, Palmer-Brown made his senior national team debut in a 3–0 win against Bolivia.

Personal life

Palmer-Brown was a student of Archbishop O'Hara High School in Kansas City, Missouri. He was confirmed as a Catholic in 2015. ^[23]

Career statistics

International

As of match played June 5, 2022 ^[24]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
United States	2018	2	0
	2022	2	0
Total		4	0

Honours

Sporting Kansas City

• U.S. Open Cup: 2017

United States U20

• CONCACAF Under-20 Championship: 2017 ^[25]

Individual

• CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Best XI: 2017
• CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Golden Ball: 2017

References

1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. May 30, 2015. p. 23. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
2. "Erik Palmer-Brown | MLSsoccer.com".
3. City, Sporting Kansas. "On This Day: Erik Palmer-Brown becomes youngest center back to start an MLS match in 2014". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
4. "Sporting Kansas City signs 16-year-old Homegrown Player Erik Palmer-Brown". Sporting Kansas City.
5. Sporting KC Youth Academy Changing US Development System | The University Daily Kansan
6. "Sporting Kansas City spurns Juventus' bid for defender Erik Palmer-Brown". SI.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
7. "TEAMtalk's top 50 wonderkids: The full list". November 11, 2014. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014.
8. "Sporting KC's Erik Palmer-Brown learns harsh lessons in MLS debut, vows to be "ready" upon return". MLSsoccer.com.
9. "Sporting KC loans defender Erik Palmer-Brown to FC Porto". Sporting Kansas City.
10. "Shaped by time at Porto, U.S. captain Palmer-Brown primed for second U-20 World Cup". Sports Illustrated.
11. "KV Kortrijk". kvk.be. Archived from the original on January 31, 2018.
12. "NAC leases Palmer-Brown from City" (in Dutch). NAC Breda. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
13. "Austria Wien loans Palmer-Brown from Manchester City" (in German). Austria Wien . Retrieved August 5, 2019.
14. mlssoccer. "Sporting Kansas City product Erik Palmer-Brown extends loan at Austria Wien | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
15. "ERIK PALMER-BROWN À L'ESTAC". www.estac.fr (in French). August 31, 2021.
16. "Official Troyes sign Manchester City's USA defender Erik Palmer-Brown on a permanent deal". getfootballnewsfrance.com. February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
17. "U.S. U18 MNT impressive in France". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
18. "Tab Ramos Finalizes 21-Player Roster for 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
19. "USA win their first CONCACAF U-20 Championship". SB Nation. March 5, 2017.
20. "Five Things To Know About U-20 MNT Captain Erik Palmer-Brown". US Soccer. May 15, 2017.
21. "From Woodman to Penaranda: The U20 World Cup Team of the Tournament". www.Squawka.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
22. "Scouted's U20 World Cup Team of the Tournament 2017". www.Twitter.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
23. Cummings, Michael. "Erik Palmer-Brown Exclusive: Sporting KC Star on World Cup Hopes, Juve and More". Bleacher Report. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
24. Erik Palmer-Brown at National-Football-Teams.com
25. "U-20 MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM CLAIMS FIRST CONCACAF U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP WITH SHOOTOUT WIN VS. HONDURAS". ussoccer.com. March 5, 2017.

External links

• Erik Palmer-Brown at Major League Soccer
• Erik Palmer-Brown at Soccerway
• Erik Palmer-Brown – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French