Edgardo Obregón

Edgardo Obregón
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-05-30) 30 May 1999[1]
Place of birth Mexico City,[1] Mexico
Playing position Midfielder

Edgardo Obregón (born 1999)[1]) is an American football player, who was a prodigy.

Biography

Obregón was born on 30 May 1999, in Miami, Florida, to Mexican parents.[2] As a kid, nicknamed Gato ("Cat"), he played for and represented in friendly, youth tournaments the teams of Chivas de Guadalajara, F.C. Barcelona and A.C. Milan.[3][4]

His designated position is attacking midfielder, the same as his reported idol, Kaká.[5]

In 2008, there were media reports that he committed to A.C. Milan,[5] although the club did not make any official announcement. In 2009, FIFA strengthened its oversight of transfers of under-age football players. All transfers of under-age players must henceforth be submitted to and approved by a sub-committee of the FIFA Players’ Status Committee, along with any applications for a minor player to be registered for the first time in a country where they are not a national.[6][7] FIFA's toughened stance on underage players' signings was behind their April 2, 2014, decision to impose on Barcelona "a 14-month transfer ban for breaking rules on signing international players under 18," along with a fine of 450,000 Swiss Francs.[8]

Weston FC

Between 2013 and 2014, Obregón was invited for trials by clubs in Europe but, since he could not move there without a European Union passport, he moved back with his family to Miami and joined the academy for the Under-16s of the South Florida non-profit youth soccer club, Weston F.C.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Edgardo Obregón se une a los niños prodigio mexicanos" ("Edgardo Obregon joins Mexican child prodigies"), Media Tempo, 25 September 2008 (in Spanish)
  2. 1 2 Edgardo Obregón #69, U.S. Soccer Development Academy website
  3. ↑ "A Name to Remember", The Offside, 23 September 2008
  4. ↑ "Edgardo Obregón, el mexicano de 9 años que podría fichar por el Milan" ("Edgardo Obregon, the Mexican 9-year old who could sign for Milan") Goal.com, 25 September 2008 (in Spanish)
  5. 1 2 "Gato Obregon – AC Milan", Soccerly, 20 October 2008
  6. ↑ The FIFA Transfer Matching System, FIFA news
  7. ↑ "Do FIFA’s new Under 18 transfer rules actually mean anything?", World Youth Soccer, 15 December 2008
  8. ↑ "Barcelona transfer ban: Fifa issues 14-month sanction", BBC News, 2 April 2014
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