Personal information | |||
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Full name | Victor Pineda [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | March 15, 1993||
Place of birth | Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2009 | IMG Soccer Academy | ||
2009–2010 | Chicago Fire | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2014 | Chicago Fire | 4 | (0) |
2014 | → Indy Eleven (loan) | 17 | (3) |
2015 | Indy Eleven | 20 | (2) |
2016 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 20 | (0) |
2017 | Orange County SC | 28 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2008–2009 | United States U17 | 2 | (0) |
2010–2011 | United States U18 | 10 | (2) |
2012–2013 | United States U20 | 10 | (3) |
2014 | United States U23 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 20, 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 16, 2014 |
Victor Pineda (born March 15, 1993) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder.
The first homegrown player in Chicago Fire history, Pineda signed with the first team in August 2010. That year the midfielder lead the Chicago Fire U-16 Academy with eight goals and helped his team win the U.S. Soccer Federation Development Academy National Championship (in which he scored the first penalty kick of the penalty kick shootout). [2] He was subsequently called up to the United States U-18 national team [3] and scored twice during the international tournaments. On February 17, 2012, Pineda was selected to the national U-20 team as one of the two team leaders. [4]
Pineda made his MLS debut on March 23, 2014, in a match against New York Red Bulls. [5]
On June 13, 2014, Pineda moved to NASL team Indy Eleven on loan. [6] He signed with Indy for the 2015 season after he was released by Chicago.
In December 2015, Pineda signed with Fort Lauderdale Strikers. [7]
His brother, Mauricio, signed with the Fire in early 2020 after playing several years of college soccer. [8]
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