Jozy Altidore

Jozy Altidore in 2008

Josmer " Jozy " Altidore Volmy ( born November 6, 1989 in Livingston, New Jersey) is an American football player. The striker has been playing in July 2013 for the English first division club Sunderland AFC.

Career

Youth

Altidore was born in Livingston, New Jersey. He spent most of his youth in Boca Raton, Florida where he attended Boca Prep International School, he was active in his school team. His parents, Joseph and Giselle, are from Haiti. Besides school, he was still active in the local football teams GBYSA and Boca Juniors Soccer Club.

While still at school he joined because of its above-average talent in the Under-17 development program of the USSF, which he completed at the IMG Soccer Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

New York Red Bulls

In MLS SuperDraft 2006, he was selected by the New York Red Bulls as the 17th pick. His first season Altidore spent mostly in Florida to complete his high school graduation.

His first game for the Red Bulls, he completed on 23 August 2006. Altidore came off the bench in the U.S. Open Cup match against DC United. His first goal he scored on 16 September 2006 at the time he was 16 years old. Although he was not the biggest part of the season with the team, he could score three goals in seven games. He also gained great popularity with the fans. Even today, he is the youngest player to have scored a goal in the play- offs the MLS.

Villarreal

On June 4, 2008, Major League Soccer and the New York Red Bulls agreed to a sale of Altidore to Spanish side Villarreal. The Spaniard paid a transfer fee of € 7.4 million ( $ 10 million ), which is the highest transfer fee for a player from the MLS today. On 11 June 2008 Altidore signed his contract and gave 14 September 2008 his debut in the Primera División. In the match against Athletic Bilbao he scored his first goal for Villarreal, which was also the first of a U.S. American in the first Spanish league.

Deportivo Xerez

During the winter break of the 2008/09 season he was loaned until the season end to the second division Xerez. He was there to collect more match practice and get to know the Spanish culture better.

On 16 April 2009 he underwent surgery on his toenail. He was injured for over a month and did so never a game for Xerez.

Hull City

On 5 August 2009 Altidores leihweiser exchange for English Premier League club Hull City was announced. The contract includes an option to purchase, which Altidore at the end of the season can move to English club for a transfer fee of 6.5 million pounds as Fixzugang.

On August 22, Altidore made ​​his debut at Hull City, when he came in the home game against Bolton Wanderers in the 60th minute for Caleb Folan play the game and only a minute later made ​​the template for the 1-0 winning goal by camel Ghilas. On February 6, Altidore made ​​his first league goal. The opponent in this match was Manchester City and Altidore has scored the 1-0 opener. Previously, he had already made his first goal for Hull City in the form of a free kick in the Carling Cup.

Bursaspor

The first half of the season 2010/11 he was playing for Villarreal, before he was loaned on 31 January 2011 for six months to Bursaspor. There, on 8 April 2011, he scored his first goal in the Süper Lig Overall, he came for Bursaspor twelve times used and scored one goal.

AZ Alkmaar

On July 15, Altidore joined for a transfer fee of 1.5 million Euros for AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch Eredivisie, where he made his debut on August 7, 2011 game against PSV Eindhoven, where he came on in the 2nd half, and shortly thereafter met for the 3-1 final score.

Sunderland AFC

On 8 July 2013, the AFC Sunderland confirmed the commitment of the U.S. national player.

National

In November 2007 Josmer Altidore made ​​his first senior international match for the USA.

He also belongs to the cadres of the U-20 national team of the United States. In the 6-1 victory over Poland in the group stage of the FIFA U -20 World Cup 2007 he had a goal. In the final group game against Brazil, he scored both goals for the sensational victory of the USA. Despite the withdrawal of the United States in the quarterfinals against Austria with 1:2 Altidore was able to achieve four World Cup goals. Since then, several international top clubs have expressed interest in him.

On 6 February 2008 Altidore played against Mexico, his third senior international game, scoring his first international goal for the A- selection. On January 19, he was already on as a substitute against Sweden and previously he played against South Africa.

Altidore took part in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, but there separated the U -23 U.S. Selection in the group with four points. For the quarter final, Netherlands and Nigeria have qualified. Altidore was able to score a goal in this tournament. He usually played only one half in the three games. With a hat-trick in the 3-0 win against Trinidad and Tobago in the national team Altidore is now the youngest American who has achieved in an international football match a hat-trick.

At the Confed - Cup 2009 in South Africa Altidore was with the United States second. A year later he was in every game of the USA at the FIFA World Cup 2010 on the court.

When CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011 he was one of the key players on the team. He scored the first goal for the U.S. in this tournament and secured with his goal against Guadeloupe to move into the quarter-finals. There he was injured, however, and could no longer participate in the further course of the tournament. Without Altidore, the U.S. team reached the final, where they lost as in 2009 Mexico.

Awards

• Player of the year in the United States in 2013

Trivia

Altidore is also known as advertising of Adidas " Impossible is Nothing" and it can be seen on the North American version of FIFA 08 by EA Sports on the cover. There he stands next to the Brazilians Ronaldinho and Guillermo Ochoa the Mexicans.

In November 2006 he visited along with Seth Stammler and Jerrod Laventure six days Haiti. The three football players were together with musician Wyclef Jean there to act as part of his charity Yéle Haiti as an ambassador. Jean also wore the jersey of Altidore during his appearance during the halftime show of the opening game of the Red Bull Arena.

After the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, he committed himself to Yéle Haiti and raised funds for the organization. At CNN, he commented on his living in Haiti family members, asking for more donations.