Landon Donovan

Landon Donovan (born March 4, 1982) is an American former soccer player. He played for the Los Angeles Galaxy and United States national team, and was the captain for both of them. He is the former captain of Los Angeles Galaxy and the men's national team.

Landon Donovan

Personal information
Full name	Landon Timothy Donovan
Date of birth	(1982-03-04) 4 March 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth	Ontario, California, United States
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Youth career
1999	IMG Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Bayer Leverkusen II	28	(9)
2000–2005	Bayer Leverkusen	7	(0)
2001–2004	→ San Jose Earthquakes (loan)	87	(32)
2005–2014	LA Galaxy	247	(112)
2009	→ Bayern Munich (loan)	6	(0)
2010	→ Everton (loan)	10	(2)
2012	→ Everton (loan)	7	(0)
2016	LA Galaxy	6	(1)
2018	León	6	(0)
2018–2019	San Diego Sockers	10	(5)
Total		416	(161)
International career
1998–1999	United States U17	41	(35)
2001	United States U20	4	(0)
2000–2004	United States U23	15	(9)
2000–2014	United States	157	(57)
2019	United States (arena)	1	(0)
Managerial career
2020–2022	San Diego Loyal
Medal record Representing  United States Men's soccer FIFA Confederations Cup Runner-up 2009 South Africa CONCACAF Gold Cup Winner 2002 United States 2003 United States–Mexico Winner 2005 United States Winner 2007 United States Runner-up 2011 United States Winner 2013 United States
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Donovan has more assists than any other male player, and is the leader of assists for the United States men's national team, and also the second place for most appearances.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bayer Leverkusen	1999–2000	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2000–01	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2004–05	Bundesliga	7	0	0	0	2[a]	0	—		9	0
	Total		7	0	0	0	2	0	—		9	0
Bayer Leverkusen II	1999–2000	Regionalliga Nord	20	6	—		—		—		20	6
	2000–01	Oberliga	8	3	1	0	—		—		9	3
	Total		28	9	1	0	—		—		29	9
San Jose Earthquakes (loan)	2001	Major League Soccer	22	7	2	0	—		6[b]	5	30	12
	2002	Major League Soccer	20	7	2	0	2[c]	1	2[b]	1	24	8
	2003	Major League Soccer	22	12	1	0	2[c]	1	4[b]	4	27	16
	2004	Major League Soccer	23	6	3	1	1[c]	0	2[b]	0	28	7
	Total		87	32	8	1	5	2	14	10	114	45
LA Galaxy	2005	Major League Soccer	22	12	3	2	—		4[b]	4	29	18
	2006	Major League Soccer	24	12	3	3	2[c]	1	—		29	16
	2007	Major League Soccer	25	8	3	1	—		5[d]	4	33	13
	2008	Major League Soccer	25	20	0	0	—		—		25	20
	2009	Major League Soccer	25	12	0	0	—		4[b]	3	29	15
	2010	Major League Soccer	24	7	0	0	2[e]	0	3[b]	0	29	7
	2011	Major League Soccer	23	12	1	0	8[e]	2	4[b]	3	36	17
	2012	Major League Soccer	26	9	0	0	3[e]	0	5[b]	2	34	11
	2013	Major League Soccer	22	10	0	0	3[e]	0	2[b]	0	27	10
	2014	Major League Soccer	31	10	1	0	—		5[b]	3	37	13
	2016[f]	Major League Soccer	6	1	0	0	—		3[b]	0	9	1
	Total		253	113	11	6	18	3	35	19	317	141
Bayern Munich (loan)	2008–09	Bundesliga	6	0	1	0	0	0	—		7	0
Everton (loan)[g]	2009–10	Premier League	10	2	1	0	2[h]	0	—		13	2
Everton (loan)[g]	2011–12	Premier League	7	0	2	0	—		—		9	0
León	2017–18	Liga MX	6	0	2	0	—		—		8	0
San Diego Sockers (indoor)	2018–19	Major Arena Soccer League	8	5	—		—		2[i]	0	10	5
Career total			412	161	26	7	27	5	51	29	511	200

1. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
2. Appearances in the MLS Cup playoffs
3. Appearances in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup
4. Appearances in the North American SuperLiga
5. Appearances in the CONCACAF Champions League
6. This is his second spell with LA Galaxy. He returned to LA Galaxy after retirement
7. He had two different loan spells with Everton
8. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
9. Appearances in the Ron Newman Cup playoffs

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[1]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
United States	2000	1	1
	2001	8	0
	2002	20	6
	2003	15	7
	2004	14	5
	2005	15	6
	2006	11	0
	2007	12	9
	2008	9	3
	2009	15	5
	2010	8	3
	2011	10	1
	2012	6	3
	2013	10	8
	2014	3	0
Total		157	57

Coaching statistics

As of match played October 24, 2022^[2]

Coaching record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
San Diego Loyal	March 7, 2020	December 2, 2022	85	39	17	29	138	120	+18	045.88
Total			85	39	17	29	138	120	+18	045.88

International career statistics

^[3]

United States national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2000	1	1
2001	8	0
2002	20	6
2003	15	7
2004	14	5
2005	15	6
2006	11	0
2007	12	9
2008	9	3
2009	15	5
2010	8	3
2011	10	1
2012	6	3
2013	10	8
2014	3	0
Total	157	57