Jordan Pefok

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Jordan Pefok
FC Red Bull Salzburg gegen Stade Rennes (Testspiel, 14. Juli2018) 35.jpg
Pefok in 2018
Personal information
Full name Theoson-Jordan Siebatcheu [1]
Date of birth (1996-04-26) April 26, 1996 (age 28) [2]
Place of birth Washington, D.C., United States
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) [3]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Union Berlin
Number 17
Youth career
2003–2015 Reims
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2016 Reims II 18 (4)
2015–2018 Reims 69 (20)
2017 → Châteauroux (loan) 15 (10)
2018–2021 Rennes 29 (3)
2020 Rennes II 1 (0)
2020–2021 → Young Boys (loan) 32 (12)
2021–2022 Young Boys 32 (22)
2022– Union Berlin 33 (4)
2023–2024 → Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan) 25 (5)
International career‡
2017 France U21 2 (1)
2021–2022 United States 9 (1)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Men's soccer
CONCACAF Nations League
Winner 2021 United States
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 24, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 24, 2022

Theoson-Jordan Siebatcheu [1] (born April 26, 1996), commonly known as Jordan Pefok or just Jordan, is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Union Berlin. [4]

Contents

Club career

Reims

Pefok is a youth product of Stade de Reims, having joined the club as a 7-year-old. [5] He made his Ligue 1 debut on January 31, 2015, against Toulouse, replacing Alexi Peuget after 67 minutes in a 1–0 away defeat. [6] On August 9, 2015, Pefok scored his first Ligue 1 goal in only his second appearance, against Girondins de Bordeaux. [7] He signed his first professional contract in September 2015 committing to a three-year deal with Reims. [5]

On October 24, 2017, Pefok was named the Ligue 2 Player of the Month for September due to ranking among the league's best in both goals and assists, while leading Reims to the top of the Ligue 2 table. [8] On December 16, 2017, he set a career high for goals in a match by netting a hat trick against Valenciennes. [9] Pefok helped Reims win the 2017–18 Ligue 2 season and promotion to Ligue 1 for the 2018–19 season while also setting a record for the number of points in a Ligue 2 season. He finished the season with 17 goals, the second-highest total among all Ligue 2 players, as well as seven assists. [10]

Rennes

On June 12, 2018, Pefok signed a contract with Ligue 1 side Rennes. [11] On September 20, he made his European debut in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage for Rennes. On November 8, he scored his first European goal, against Dynamo Kyiv. [12] On December 22, he had his first Ligue 1 brace, scoring two goals and adding an assist against Nîmes Olympique in a 4–0 victory. [13]

Young Boys

On September 13, 2020, Pefok was loaned to Swiss side Young Boys. [14] After recording 15 goals and four assists across all competitions during the loan, Young Boys exercised the option to make the move permanent, effective July 1, 2021. [15]

On September 14, 2021, Pefok scored the winning goal in the opening match of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage. His winner for Young Boys came in the final minute of stoppage time for a 2–1 win against Manchester United. [16]

Pefok earned the Swiss Super League scoring title for the 2021–22 season with 22 league goals, despite missing most of May 2022 due to injury. He became the first American to win the Golden Boot for a European league. Pefok recorded a career-best 27 goals and five assists across all competitions during the year including UEFA Champions League and its qualifiers. [17]

Union Berlin

On June 30, 2022, Pefok joined Union Berlin on a transfer from Young Boys. [18] He scored on his debut for the club against Regionalliga Nordost club Chemnitzer FC in the first round of the DFB-Pokal on August 1, [19] then scored again against city rivals Hertha in the league opener on August 6. [20]

Loan to Borussia Mönchengladbach

On August 31, 2023, Pefok moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach on a season-long loan with an option to buy. [21]

International career

Pefok was born in Washington, D.C. to Cameroonian parents and grew up in France. [22] As a result, he was initially eligible to play for France, Cameroon, or the United States internationally. [23]

Pefok was called up for the first time to the France under-21 national team for two friendly matches in June 2017. He scored against Albania under-21s in his debut, and also played against Cameroon under-20s. [24]

The United States Soccer Federation inquired about Pefok, [25] and he was invited to the United States camp for a match against France in June 2018 but declined the call-up, citing his transfer from Reims to Rennes, while leaving the door open for possible inclusion in the United States squad in the future. [26] On March 10, 2021, he announced that he had committed to play for the United States. [27]

Pefok made his debut for the United States on March 25, 2021, in a 4–1 friendly win over Jamaica. [28] On June 3, 2021, he scored the winning goal in the 89th minute of a 1–0 win over Honduras in the CONCACAF Nations League semifinal, after entering the game as a late substitution. [29]

Name

Jordan wears Pefok, his mother's maiden name, on the back of his jersey for the United States. He also wore it on the back of his Young Boys jersey, [30] [31] but decided to switch to using only his first name Jordan for Union Berlin. [32] [33] On the squad page for Union Berlin, he is identified as Jordan Siebatcheu. [34]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played August 24, 2024 [4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reims II 2013–14 CFA 2 122———122
2015–16 CFA 222———22
2016–17 CFA 40———40
Total184———184
Reims 2014–15 Ligue 1 100000—10
2015–16 Ligue 12530010—263
2016–17 Ligue 2 801311—104
2017–18 Ligue 235172110—3818
Total69203431—7525
Châteauroux (loan) 2016–17 Championnat National 15101100—1611
Rennes 2018–19 Ligue 115333203 [lower-alpha 3] 1237
2019–20 Ligue 114021—5 [lower-alpha 3] 0211
Total293542081448
Young Boys (loan) 2020–21 Swiss Super League 321210—10 [lower-alpha 4] 34315
Young Boys 2021–22 Swiss Super League322210—12 [lower-alpha 5] 54527
Union Berlin 2022–23 Bundesliga 31431—8 [lower-alpha 3] 0425
2023–24 Bundesliga1010——20
2024–25 Bundesliga1010——20
Total33451—80465
Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan) 2023–24 Bundesliga25522——277
Career total25380181261379314102
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France, Swiss Cup and DFB-Pokal
  2. ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played March 24, 2022 [4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States 202181
202210
Total91
Scores and results list the United States' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pefok goal.
List of international goals scored by Jordan Pefok
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1June 3, 2021 Empower Field at Mile High, Denver, United States4Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 1–01–0 2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals

Honors

Reims

Rennes

Young Boys

United States

Individual

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  2. ↑ Jordan Pefok at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ "Jordan Pefok". 1. FC Union Berlin. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
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