Konrad de la Fuente

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Konrad de la Fuente
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Konrad with the United States U20 in 2019
Personal information
Full name Konrad de la Fuente [1]
Date of birth (2001-07-16) July 16, 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Miami, Florida, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) [2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Lausanne-Sport
Number 23
Youth career
Tecnofutbol
2012–2013 Damm
2013–2020 Barcelona
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 Barcelona B 25 (7)
2020–2021 Barcelona 0 (0)
2021–2024 Marseille 16 (0)
2022–2023 → Olympiacos (loan) 3 (0)
2023–2024 → Eibar (loan) 19 (3)
2024– Lausanne-Sport 4 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 United States U16 11 (4)
2017 United States U18 4 (1)
2019 United States U20 9 (1)
2020–2021 United States 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 9, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 5, 2021

Konrad de la Fuente (born July 16, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Lausanne-Sport.

Contents

Club career

Youth

Born in Miami, Florida, to Haitian parents of Dominican descent, Konrad moved to Spain at the age of 10 when his father took a job at the Haitian consulate in Barcelona. [3] While playing for local youth side CF Damm, he was discovered and offered the chance to play for FC Barcelona. He developed in Barcelona's youth system after joining in 2013. [4] [5] [6]

Barcelona B

Konrad made his debut for the reserves on December 1, 2018, coming off the bench and playing 12 minutes against Valencia Mestalla in the Segunda División B. He conceded a penalty in the final minutes of the game causing his side to go 2–1 down, but teammate Ronald Araújo equalized late, ending the match 2–2. [7]

He made his first start for the team on December 15, 2019, in a 3–1 win against La Nucía. [8] He was replaced by Dani Morer in the 70th minute.

He scored his first goal for Barça B on February 2, 2020, a stoppage time winner in a 2–1 win against AE Prat, after coming on in the 81st minute. [9] [10]

Barcelona

On September 12, 2020, Konrad made his first team debut in a pre-season game against Gimnàstic Tarragona, in the process becoming the first American to play for Barcelona's first team. [11] [12] He made his official debut for Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League group stage match against Dynamo Kyiv on November 24, 2020, replacing Francisco Trincão in a 4–0 win. [13] He appeared once again for Barça in the Champions League, coming off the bench again in a 3–0 away victory over Ferencváros, and later the following January in the Copa del Rey in a 2–0 away victory against Cornellà. [14] [15]

Marseille

On June 29, 2021, Konrad signed with Ligue 1 club Marseille, with Barcelona reserving the right to 50% of a future sale. [16] [17] He made his league debut on August 8 against Montpellier. He recorded his first assist in the same match on the first goal of a 3–2 comeback win. [18]

Loan to Olympiacos

On August 13, 2022, Konrad was loaned to Olympiacos in Greece. [19]

Loan to Eibar

On August 9, 2023, Konrad returned to Spain, joining Segunda División side SD Eibar on a one-year loan deal. [20]

International career

Konrad has represented the United States at the under-16, under-18, and under-20 levels. [21] In July 2019, he was called up to the under-20 team for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland. [22] [23] He started every match in the tournament until the United States was eliminated by Ecuador in the quarterfinals. [24]

He received his first call up to the senior national team for friendly matches against Wales and Panama in November 2020. [25] He made his debut on November 12, 2020, in the friendly against Wales as a starter and was replaced by Ulysses Llanez in the 71st minute. [26]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played March 31, 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona B 2018–19 Segunda División B 10———10
2019–20 31——3 [lower-alpha 2] 263
2020–21 21 [lower-alpha 3] 6——1 [lower-alpha 2] 0226
Total257——42299
Barcelona 2020–21 La Liga 00102 [lower-alpha 4] 0—30
Marseille 2021–22 Ligue 1 160106 [lower-alpha 5] 1—231
Olympiacos (loan) 2022–23 Super League Greece 30—20—50
Eibar (loan) 2023–24 Segunda División 14231——173
Career total58951101427713
  1. ↑ Includes Copa del Rey and Coupe de France
  2. 1 2 Appearances(s) in Segunda División B play-offs
  3. ↑ Includes six appearances in Segunda División B second phase
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played September 5, 2021 [27]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States 202010
202120
Total30

Honors

Barcelona

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  3. ↑ "Konrad de la Fuente primer futbolista estadounidense firma con el 1er equipo del Barcelona, con ascendencia Dominicana y de Haiti" [Konrad de la Fuente the first American footballer to sign with the 1st team of Barcelona, with Dominican and Haitian ancestry] (in Spanish). Unimisión Noticias. September 7, 2020. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
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  7. ↑ Barça B-Valencia Mestalla last second draw 2–2; FCBarcelona.com; Retrieved June 1, 2019
  8. ↑ Barça B 3-1 La Nucía: Great football, great result; FCBarcelona.com; Retrieved December 20, 2019
  9. ↑ El Prat 1-2 Barça B: Vital three points; FCBarcelona.com; Retrieved February 2, 2020
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