Wan Kuzain

Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal (born September 14, 1998) is an American soccer player.

Wan Kuzain
Wan Kuzain at a soccer clinic in Kuala Lumpur in 2019
Personal information
Birth name Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal
Date of birth (1998-09-14) September 14, 1998
Place of birth Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2015–2016 St. Louis Scott Gallagher
2016–2017 Sporting Kansas City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Saint Louis FC 0 (0)
2016Saint Louis FC U23 2 (0)
2017–2020 Sporting Kansas City II 64 (6)
2018–2020 Sporting Kansas City 6 (1)
National team
2015 United States U17 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Early

Born and raised by his Malaysian parents[1] in Carbondale, Illinois, Wan Kuzain played Academy soccer with St. Louis Scott Gallagher.[2] With high potential talent, he was chosen to represent United States U-17 soccer team and also trained with Feyenoord Academy in 2015.[3] Wan Kamal signed with United Soccer League side Saint Louis FC together with his fellow academy player, Aedan Stanley on May 21, 2016.[4] While there, he spent time on loan with the club's USL Premier Development League side Saint Louis FC U23.[5]

Swope Park Rangers

After spending time in the Sporting Kansas City academy, Wan Kuzain joined Kansas City's USL affiliate Swope Park Rangers in March 2017.[6][2]

Sporting Kansas City

Kuzain signed with the Sporting Kansas City first team in April 2018.[7] Kuzain scored his first MLS goal on June 3, 2018 against Minnesota United in a 4–1 victory.[8]

Kuzain's contract option was declined by Kansas City following their 2020 season.[9]

International

Kuzain has trained with and represented the United States at the U-17 level.[3][10] He is eligible to represent both the United States and Malaysia.[11] In November 2019, Kuzain was called up to train with the Malaysia U-22 national team ahead of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.[12] He was left out of the squad due to a "documentation issue".[13]

Career statistics

As of match played April 22, 2018[14][15]
Club Season League Playoffs League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swope Park Rangers 2017 USL 1201000130
2018 90000090
Total 2110100000220
Sporting Kansas City 2018 MLS 61000061
2019 00000000
2020 00000000
Total 6100000061
Career total 231100000241

Honors

Club

Swope Park Rangers

Record

References

  1. "Wan Kuzain One-on-one: "It'll be an honour to wear either jersey, Malaysia or US"". FourFourTwo. December 12, 2017. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  2. "Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal". Sporting Kansas City. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  3. Bergabo, Patrick (August 18, 2016). "Swope Park Rangers sign Albelo, Hernandez, Wan Kamal and Wilkinson from Sporting KC Academy". Sporting KC. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 8, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Statistics - 2016 Regular Season - Premier Development League". www.uslpdl.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  6. "'Malaysian Messi' Wan Kuzain creates history with American debut". NST Online. March 28, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  7. Kovzan, Sam. "Sporting KC signs 19-year-old midfielder Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal as Homegrown Player". SportingKC.com. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  8. Kovzan, Sam (April 13, 2018). "Sporting KC signs 19-year-old midfielder Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal as Homegrown Player". Sporting Kansas City. Archived from the original on April 14, 2018. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  9. "Sporting KC announces roster moves ahead of 2021 MLS season | Sporting Kansas City".
  10. "Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal in contention for Malaysia U-23 call-up". Football Tribe Asia. Sapporo: Football Tribe Inc. March 30, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  11. Farah Azharie (November 1, 2019). "Where's Wan Kuzain?". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur: Media Prima Group. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  12. Fadhli Ishak (November 20, 2019). "Footballer Wan Kuzain's poor BM a non-issue". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur: Media Prima Group. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  13. Farah Azharie (November 25, 2019). "Kuzain gutted not to be able to represent Malaysia". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur: Media Prima Group. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  14. Wan Kuzain at Soccerway. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  15. "Wan Kuzain Wan Kamal | Sporting Kansas City".
  16. Villanueva, Araceli (November 5, 2017). "Swope Park Rangers wins back-to-back Western Conference Final titles in dramatic Penalty Shootout". The Blue Statement. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  17. MCDowell, Sam (November 13, 2017). "Louisville City FC defeats Swope Park Rangers in USL Cup Final". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  18. Hashim, Firdaus (November 8, 2017). "Kuzain cipta sejarah". BH Online. Media Prima Group. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  19. NSTOnline (pseudonym) (March 28, 2017). "'Malaysian Messi' Wan Kuzain creates history with American debut". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur: Media Prima Group. Retrieved November 30, 2017.


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