Personal information | |||||||||
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Full name | Jerome Julien Kiesewetter | ||||||||
Date of birth | February 9, 1993 | ||||||||
Place of birth | Berlin, Germany | ||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||
Playing position | Winger | ||||||||
Club information | |||||||||
Current team
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Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||||
Number | 8 | ||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||
Hertha Zehlendorf | |||||||||
2007–2012 | Hertha BSC | ||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
2011–2012 | Hertha BSC II | 17 | (2) | ||||||
2012–2016 | VfB Stuttgart II | 62 | (5) | ||||||
2012–2016 | VfB Stuttgart | 2 | (0) | ||||||
2014 | → Hertha BSC II (loan) | 15 | (2) | ||||||
2016– | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 14 | (1) | ||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||
2011 | United States U18 | 3 | (2) | ||||||
2010–2013 | United States U20 | 8 | (0) | ||||||
2011– | United States U23 | 17 | (6) | ||||||
2016– | United States | 2 | (0) | ||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:37, April 16, 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 5, 2016 |
Jerome Julien Kiesewetter (born February 9, 1993) is a German born American soccer player who currently plays for Fortuna Düsseldorf.
In May 2012, Kiesewetter signed a four-year contract with VfB Stuttgart.
He made his debut for VfB Stuttgart II on September 25, 2012 in the 3. Liga against .
In January 2014, he was loaned out to Hertha BSC II until the end of the season.
In March 2015, Kiesewetter made his Bundesliga debut for VfB Stuttgart against Hertha BSC.
In June 2016, he moved to Fortuna Düsseldorf, where he did sign a two-year contract.
Born in Germany to an American father, Kiesewetter is eligible to play for both Germany and the United States. At the age of 17, Kiesewetter was called for the first time into the United States national under-20 team for a tournament in Peru in September 2010. He made his debut for the U.S. under-20 team on September 6, 2010, against Paraguay. In February 2013, he participated in the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship, appearing twice.
In November 2011, Kiesewetter made his first appearance for the United States national under-23 team against Azerbaijan.
He made his first appearance for the senior United States men's national soccer team on January 31, 2016 when he came on late as a sub against Iceland in a friendly. His lively play helped tip the game in favor of the United States, 3–2.