Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adam Jesus Jr. Esparza-Saldana [1] | ||
Date of birth | February 7, 2002 | ||
Place of birth |
Panorama City, Los Angeles, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | KFUM Oslo | ||
Number | 43 | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2018 | Real So Cal | ||
2018–2019 | LA Galaxy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2018–2023 | LA Galaxy II | 65 | (0) |
2021–2022 | LA Galaxy | 19 | (0) |
2024– | KFUM Oslo | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | United States U15 | 5 | (0) |
2017–2019 | United States U17 | 17 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 14, 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 13, 2019 |
Adam Jesus Jr. Esparza-Saldana (born February 7, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Eliteserien club KFUM Oslo. [3] [4]
Saldana made his professional debut in a 0–1 loss to Reno 1868 on September 15, 2018, coming on as a 31st-minute substitute for Andre Zanga. [5]
On January 19, 2021, Saldana was signed to LA Galaxy's MLS roster. [6]
On March 27, 2024, newly promoted Norwegian top-flight side KFUM Oslo announced that they had signed Saldana on a two-year contract. [3]
Born in the United States, Saldana who is of Mexican descent, represented the United States national under-17 team at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Saldana is of Mexican descent and holds dual American and Mexican citizenship. [7]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
LA Galaxy II | 2018 | USL | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
2019 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||||
2020 | 15 | 0 | — | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
2021 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
2022 | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||||
2023 | MLS Next Pro | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
Total | 65 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 66 | 0 | ||||
LA Galaxy | 2021 | MLS | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
2022 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||||
Career total | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 0 |