Jill Rutten

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Jill Rutten
Personal information
Full name Jill Ann Rutten [1]
Date of birth (1968-09-02) September 2, 1968 (age 55) [2]
Place of birth Washington, D.C., United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder [2]
Youth career
0000–1986 Springbrook Blue Devils
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1990 NC State Wolfpack 93 (26)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1994 Fujita Tendai SC Mercury
1994 Umeå IK
1994–1995 Torino Calcio Femminile
1996 Umeå IK
1997 SC Klinge Seckach
1997–1998 Modena Femminile
1999–2000 Pisa S.C.F.
2000–2001 Atletico Oristano C.F.
2002–2003 Foroni Verona
2003–2008 FF Lugano 1976
International career
1990 United States B ? (1)
1998 United States 1 (0)
Managerial career
Brit-Am Soccer Academy
Olney Freedom
FCGB COE
Sandy Spring Wildebeests MS
Rockville Olney Soccer Academy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jill Ann Rutten (born September 2, 1968) is an American former soccer player who played as a midfielder, making one appearance for the United States women's national team.

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Career

Rutten played for the Springbrook Blue Devils in high school, where she was the school's Soccer Player of the Year and was included in the All-County and All-Metropolitan selections. She also played basketball in high school, where she was included in the All-League, All-County, and All-Metropolitan selections. [3] In college, she played for the NC State Wolfpack from 1986 to 1990, though she did not participate in the 1989 season. She was a Soccer America All-American in 1991, and was included in the Soccer America All-Freshman Team in 1986. Rutten was included in the All-ACC first team in 1988 and 1990, and twice was included in the ACC All-Tournament Team. [4] In total, she scored 26 goals and recorded 37 assists in 93 appearances for the Wolfpack. She holds the record for career assists, matches played, and matches started at the school. [5]

Rutten was selected to compete at the U.S. Olympic Festival in 1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, and 1998. [4] [6] She played for the United States B national team in the 1990 North America Cup, [4] scoring a goal against the Soviet Union. [7] She made her only international appearance for the United States on September 12, 1998, in the 1998 Women's U.S. Cup against Mexico. [8] She came on as a substitute in the 69th minute for Brandi Chastain, with the match finishing as a 9–0 win. [2]

After college, Rutten left the U.S. to play professional soccer. She began in Japan with Fujita Tendai SC Mercury, playing with the team in the first-tier Japan Ladies Soccer League, latter called the L.League. In 1994, she joined Swedish club Umeå IK in the Division 1 (second level in the pyramid), before moving for the 1994–95 season to Torino Calcio Femminile in Serie A, the top level in Italy. She then returned to Umeå IK in 1996, now playing in the top-tier Damallsvenskan. In 1997, she joined German club SC Klinge Seckach in the Frauen-Bundesliga. In 1997, she returned to Italy in Serie A, where she would spend the next six years. She played for Modena Femminile  [ it ] until 1998, where she won the league title, before joining Pisa S.C.F.  [ it ] in 1999. In the 2000–01 season, she played for Atletico Oristano C.F.  [ it ], before joining Foroni Verona in 2002, where she won her second Serie A title. From 2003 to 2008, she played for Swiss club FF Lugano 1976, who were in the top-division Nationalliga A until the 2007–08 season, where they played in the second-tier Nationalliga B  [ de ] after being relegated. [4]

Following her playing career, Rutten began to work as a youth soccer coach. She has coached at Brit-Am Soccer Academy, [9] the Maryland Olympic Development Program, [10] Olney Boys & Girls Community Sports Association, [11] FCGB Center of Excellence, [12] and the middle school girls' team of Sandy Spring Friends School. [13] She was included in the ACC 50th Anniversary Women's Soccer Team in 2002. [5] In 2015, she was inducted into the Springbrook Athletic Hall of Fame, [3] and was inducted into the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame in 2018. [14]

Personal life

Rutten was born in Washington, D.C. While in Italy, she was in a relationship with Alessandro Lambruschini, a long-distance runner. [15]

Career statistics

International

United States [2]
YearAppsGoals
199810
Total10

Honors

Club

Modena Femminile

Foroni Verona

International

United States

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