| Intro | US association football player |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 30 December 2001, Pleasanton, USA |
| Age: | 18 years |
| Star sign | Capricorn |
Jacob Akanyirige (born December 30, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer.
Career
Youth
Akanyirige played for Pleasanton, CA’s Ballistic United SC during the 2015–2016 season for their U.S. Soccer Developmental Academy’s Under 13/14 team. In 2016–2017, he joined San Jose’s U-15 squad and quickly moved up the academy ranks. After making one appearance for the U-17 side in 2017-18, he moved up to the U-19s and was competing against players two and three years older than him. Akanyirige’s birthday makes him a unique prospect for the youth national teams as he is two days too old to play with the 2002 cycle and is the youngest, or among the youngest, in 2001.
Professional
Akanyirige signed as San Jose’s fourth ever Homegrown Player on December 15, 2017. At the time of his signing he was the youngest player to sign for the Earthquakes as well as third-youngest player in MLS and the eighth-youngest to ever sign a professional contract in MLS history.
Statistics
Updated January 21, 2018.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Totals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| San Jose | 2018 | MLS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||