Intro | American soccer player | ||
Is | Athlete Football player Association football player | ||
From | United States of America Mexico | ||
Type | Sports | ||
Gender | male | ||
Birth | 1 March 1996, Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon, U.S.A. | ||
Age: | 24 years | ||
Star sign | Pisces | ||
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Rubio Yovani Mendez Rubin (born March 1, 1996) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays for FC Utrecht in the Eredivisie.
Career
Youth
Rubio attended Whitford Middle School in Beaverton, Oregon. He started his youth career at Westside Metros, and played at Beaverton High School.
Club
Rubin signed a four-year deal with FC Utrecht upon turning eighteen in March 2014. Rubin started, played the full 90 minutes and recorded an assist in his professional debut for Utrecht on August 17, 2014 in a 2–1 victory over Willem II.
International
A former United States under-17 player, Rubin in 2012 was named U.S. Soccer Young Male Athlete of the Year.
Rubin was eligible to play for both Mexico and the United States. He joined the United States team for the match against the Czech Republic on September 3, 2014.
He earned his first cap when he started on November 14, 2014 in a 2–1 defeat against Colombia, narrowly failing to score a header in the second half and attracting praise from manager Jürgen Klinsmann.
Personal life
Rubio was born to a Mexican father and a Guatemalan mother.
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