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Ricardo Pepi is an American soccer player who plays as a striker for PSV and the United States national team. He started his career with FC Dallas and won the MLS Young Player of the Year in 2021, before joining FC Augsburg and FC Groningen in Germany.
Jan 9, 2003 · Ricardo Pepi is a 21-year-old centre-forward from the United States who plays for PSV Eindhoven since 2023. He has scored 10 goals in 28 international caps and has a market value of €12 million.
- United States
- El Paso, Texas
- National Team Highlights
- 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
- Club Highlights
- Personal
Has appeared in five of the team’s 12 matches in 2022, starting four.Named 2021 U.S. Soccer Young Male Player of the YearMade his USMNT debut on September 8, 2021 in a 4-1 World Cup Qualifying win at Honduras. He was involved in all four U.S. goals, scoring the game-winner and adding two assists.At 18 years, 242 days, he became the second youngest player to appear for the USMNT in a World Cup Qualifier (Christian Pulisic did so at 17). The goal made Pepi the fourth youngest player to score...Recorded his first career multi-goal game the following month, tallying both goals in the USA’s 2-0 qualifying win against Jamaica on Oct. 7, 2021 in Austin, Texas.Represented the U.S. U-17 USMNT at the 2018 Nike Friendlies, the 2019 Concacaf U-17 Championship - where he scored three goals - and the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.Played in 10 of the 14 WCQ matches (8 starts, 2 substitutes). Only five players appeared in more WCQ games.
On Sept. 1 was loaned to FC Groningen (Dutch Eredivisie) for the 2022-23 season.A week before turning 19 - on January 3, 2002, Pepi was transferred to FC Augsburg (Germany) from FC Dallas for a reported $20 million – the most for a homegrown player in MLS history. He signed th...Led Dallas with 13 goals in 2021, was named to the 2021 MLS All-Star Team and earned 2021 MLS Young Player of the Year honors.After being called up to the first team for a U.S. Open Cup match, he signed with FC Dallas on June 21, 2019 at the age of 16 years and 163 days and made his MLS debut the next day against Toronto FCScored 54 goals in two years in the FC Dallas Academy, and then became the first signing of the club’s developmental pro team, North Texas SC at age 15 on Dec. 6, 2018. He scored a hat trick in his...At age 10 joined the FC Dallas (MLS) affiliate in his hometown of El Paso, and in 2016 joined the FC Dallas Academy at age 13, moving in with a host family near the club’s base in Frisco, Texas.Grew up with his brother Diego and sister Sophia in a Spanish-speaking household. Their mother, Annette was born in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico across the El Paso, Texas border…and father Daniel was born...
- 6' (1.85 m)
- January 9, 2003
Nov 12, 2021 · CINCINNATI — Ricardo Pepi is young. He is unproven, unseasoned and unfinished. He could use a few more lines on his résumé and possibly a couple of more pounds on his lanky frame.
- Andrew Keh
Jan 3, 2022 · This is the place that produced FC Dallas and U.S. national team striker Ricardo Pepi. Still only 18 years old, he is a newly discovered treasure from a largely untapped demographic with the...
- Christopher Kamrani
Sep 28, 2021 · Five Things to Know About USMNT Striker Ricardo Pepi. More on Pepi’s rise to the USMNT, his decision and what it means to represent the United States. September 28, 2021. Go Deeper.
Oct 6, 2021 · Ricardo Pepi, 18, chose to represent the U.S. over Mexico in August. He became an instant USMNT hero weeks later when he scored one goal and set up two more to help his team to a 4-1 win over...
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