Gianluca Busio
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | May 28, 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Greensboro, North Carolina, United States | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward, Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sporting Kansas City | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2016 | North Carolina Fusion | ||
| 2016–2017 | Sporting Kansas City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Sporting Kansas City | 6 | (0) |
| 2018– | → Swope Park Rangers (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017– | United States U17 | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 4, 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 5, 2018 | |||
Gianluca Busio (born May 28, 2002) is an American professional soccer player of Italian heritage who plays as a midfielder for Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer.
Career
Born in Greensboro, North Carolina, Busio joined the Sporting Kansas City academy in 2016 from North Carolina Fusion.[1]
On August 25, 2017, Busio signed a Homegrown Player contract with Sporting Kansas City, making him the youngest player to sign with an MLS club since Freddy Adu joined D.C. United in 2004.[2]
He made his professional debut on April 4, 2018, appearing for Sporting Kansas City's United Soccer League affiliate side, Swope Park Rangers, starting in a 1-0 win over Colorado Springs Switchbacks.[3] Busio went on to make his first MLS appearance for Sporting Kansas City on July 28th as a 77th-minute substitute in a 3-2 loss against FC Dallas. One week later, on August 4th, Busio made his first MLS start for Sporting in a chippy match against the Houston Dynamo, which saw three red cards, eight yellow cards, and 28 total fouls.[4] He provided his first career assist on a 74th-minute goal for teammate Diego Rubio, which proved to be the winner in a 1-0 match. Busio was the third youngest player to start a match in MLS history.[5]
Personal life
Busio is of Italian descent through his Brescia-born father, and holds Italian citizenship.[6]
References
- ↑ "Sporting Kansas City". spkc.ussoccerda.com.
- ↑ "SKC's Busio second-youngest-player in MLS history".
- ↑ "2018 - Swope Park Rangers vs Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC - uslsoccer.com". www.uslsoccer.com.
- ↑ "Houston Dynamo v Sporting KC Live Commentary & Result, 8/5/18, MLS | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
- ↑ Zeitlin, David (August 4th, 2018). "Sporting KC's Gianluca Busio becomes 3rd-youngest player to start MLS game". MLS Soccer. Retrieved August 4th 2018. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "Gianluca Busio, il futuro del calcio USA dall'animo italiano". April 27, 2018.
External links
- Swope Park Rangers Profile
- Gianluca Busio at Soccerway