Ryan Blumberg

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Ryan Blumberg
Personal information
Full name Ryan Blumberg
Date of birth (1998-12-01) 1 December 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–2014 Hakoah Sydney City East
2014–2015 APIA Leichhardt Tigers
2015–2016 Western Sydney Wanderers
2016–2017 Nike Academy
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Maryland Terrapins 4 (1)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016 Hakoah Sydney City East 5 (0)
2017–2018 Charlton Athletic 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:21, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Ryan Blumberg (born 1 December 1998) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Maryland Terrapins in the Big Ten.

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Blumberg played youth football for clubs including APIA Leichhardt, Western Sydney Wanderers and Hakoah Sydney City East, where he made his senior debut in 2016. He moved to Europe to play at the Nike Academy in 2016 before moving to Charlton Athletic, where he made his professional debut a year later.

Early life

Blumberg was raised in Sydney, where he attended Moriah College. He is Jewish. His two older brothers both played senior football for Hakoah Sydney City East. [1]

Playing career

Youth

Blumberg played his youth football for a number of clubs in Sydney, including APIA Leichhardt, Western Sydney Wanderers and Hakoah Sydney City East. [2]

Senior

Blumberg signed his first professional contract with Charlton Athletic in 2017. [3] He made his full debut for the side in an EFL Cup game against MK Dons in August 2018. [4] On 19 December 2018 Charlton Athletic announced that Blumberg would be leaving the club having accepted a two-year scholarship at University of Maryland, USA. [5] [6]

Career statistics

As of 20 December 2018.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Charlton Athletic 2018–19 [7] League One 0000101020
Career total0000101020

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    References

    1. ↑ Marcuson, Jamie (28 May 2016). "The next Rogic: Ryan Blumberg takes on the world". Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 8 September 2018.
    2. ↑ "Jewish Open Sportsman - Lou Rose MBE Trophy nominees". Maccabi.com.au. 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
    3. ↑ Puterflam, Michael (30 June 2017). "Charlton Athletic sign Australian teenager Ryan Blumberg from Nike Football Academy". Fox Sports . Retrieved 8 September 2018.
    4. ↑ Desiatnik, Shane (23 August 2018). "Blumberg earns pro debut at Charlton". JewishNews.net.au. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
    5. ↑ Henry, Luke (19 December 2018). "U23s defender accepts scholarship at University of Maryland". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
    6. ↑ University of Maryland (22 October 2019). "Ryan Blumberg stats". University of Maryland . Retrieved 22 October 2019.
    7. ↑ "Games played by Ryan Blumberg in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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