| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Noahkai Dominic Banks | ||
| Date of birth | December 1, 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Augsburg | ||
| Number | 40 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | TSV Dietmannsried | ||
| 2015–2024 | FC Augsburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | FC Augsburg II | 17 | (2) |
| 2024– | FC Augsburg | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | United States U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2024– | United States U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | United States U20 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 8, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 12, 2025 | |||
Noahkai Dominic Banks (born December 1, 2006) is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for FC Augsburg.
Banks was born on December 1, 2006, in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. [1]
As a youth player, Banks joined the youth academy of German side TSV Dietmannsried. In 2015, he joined the youth academy of German Bundesliga side FC Augsburg at under-10 level and was playing for the club's under-17 team at the age of fourteen. [2] By 2024, he was promoted to FC Augsburg II, the system's professional reserve team, before earning a place on the senior team later that year. On January 12, 2025, he made his senior debut in a 0–1 home loss to VfB Stuttgart in the 2024–25 Bundesliga. Shortly thereafter, American newspaper USA Today wrote that he was "one of the U.S. men's national team's biggest prospects". [3]
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Augsburg II | 2023–24 | Regionalliga Bayern | 11 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga Bayern | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total | 17 | 2 | — | — | 17 | 2 | ||||
| FC Augsburg | 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||