Gabriel Slonina

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Gabriel Slonina
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Pawel Slonina[1]
Date of birth (2004-05-15) May 15, 2004 (age 20)[1]
Place of birth Addison, Illinois, United States
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Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 36
Youth career
2013–2020 Chicago Fire
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Chicago Fire 34 (0)
2022– Chelsea 0 (0)
2022 → Chicago Fire (loan) 9 (0)
International career‡
2019 United States U15 3 (0)
2019–2020 United States U16 2 (0)
2019–2020 United States U17 2 (0)
2021–2023 United States U20 10 (0)
2023– United States 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 17, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 4, 2023

Gabriel Pawel "Gaga" Slonina (Polish: Słonina; born May 15, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Chelsea and the United States national team. [2][3][4]

In 2023 Slonina was the only goalkeeper included on Goal's NXGN list of the 50 best young players.[2]

Club career

Chicago Fire

Born in Addison, Illinois, Slonina joined the youth academy of Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire in 2013.[5] On March 8, 2019, Slonina signed a professional homegrown player contract with the club. At the age of 14, Slonina became the second youngest signing in Major League Soccer history and the youngest signing ever for the Chicago Fire.[5]

On August 4, 2021, Slonina made his professional debut for the Chicago Fire against New York City FC, becoming the youngest starting goalkeeper in league history at 17 years, 81 days.[6] Slonina made four saves for the Fire as the match ended in a 0–0 draw which made him the youngest goalkeeper to record a clean sheet in Major League Soccer history.[7][8]

Chelsea

On August 2, 2022, Slonina signed for Premier League club Chelsea for a transfer fee of $10 million, potentially rising to $1 million with add-ons.[9] However, as part of the transfer, he remained with the Chicago Fire on loan to complete the remainder of the MLS season, before joining Chelsea on January 1, 2023.[9][10] Slonina made his debut in a Chelsea shirt for the under-21 team in a Professional Development League match vs. Wolves on January 13, 2023.[11]

International career

Born in the United States, he is of Polish descent and was eligible to represent the United States or Poland internationally.[12][13][14]

Slonina has represented the United States at the under-15, under-16, under-17, and under-20 levels.[15][16] Slonina was called into camp for the United States senior team in December 2021 but did not feature in a match.[17] On January 21, 2022, Slonina was called into a World Cup Qualifying camp with the United States senior team but again did not feature in a match.[18] On May 17, he was called up to the Polish senior team by coach Czesław Michniewicz for their upcoming Nations League fixtures against Wales, Belgium and the Netherlands.[19] Three days later, Slonina rejected the call-up and declared his wish to represent United States on international level.[20] On January 25, 2023, Slonina became the youngest-ever goalkeeper to play for the United States senior team, making several saves in a 2-1 loss to Serbia.[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played September 17, 2022[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chicago Fire 2021 Major League Soccer 11 0 — — — — 11 0
2022 Major League Soccer 32 0 — — — — 32 0
Total 43 0 — — — — 43 0
Chelsea 2022–23 Premier League 0 0 — — — – 0 0
Career total 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0

International

As of match played January 25, 2023[23]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
United States 2023 1 0
Total 1 0

References

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  22. ↑ Gabriel Slonina at Soccerway
  23. ↑ Gabriel Slonina at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

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