Ante Razov

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Ante Razov
Personal information
Full name	Ante Razov
Date of birth	March 2, 1974 (age 33)
Place of birth	Whittier, CA, United States
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Nickname	Té
Playing position	forward
Club information
Current club	Chivas USA
Youth clubs
1992-1995	UCLA
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-97 1998-2000, 2001-04 2000-01 2005 2005 2006-	Los Angeles Galaxy Chicago Fire Racing de Ferrol Columbus Crew MetroStars Chivas USA	6 (1) 155 (76) 19 (6) 7 (1) 18 (6) 28 (14)
National team2
1995–	United States	24 (6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 7 April 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Ante Razov (born March 2, 1974 in Whittier, California) is an American soccer striker, who currently plays for C.D. Chivas USA where he is their all time top-scorer in Major League Soccer.

Razov, who was born in a family of Croatian immigrants, played college soccer at UCLA and was drafted by the Los Angeles Galaxy in the third round of the 1996 MLS College Draft. He played two seasons in LA, but did not get much playing time, scoring just one goal, and signed with the expansion Chicago Fire prior to the 1998 season.

Razov spent the next seven years with Chicago, save a brief period in 2001 that he spent with Spanish second division club Racing de Ferrol. In his seven years with the Fire he led the club in goals and points five times (including club record 18 goals and 42 points in 2000). He is the club's all-time leader with 76 goals and 190 points. Razov was named to the MLS Best XI in 2003. With Chicago, he won the MLS Cup in 1998 and the US Open Cup in 1998, 2000, and 2003. Following a disappointing 2004 season and clashes with head coach Dave Sarachan, Razov was traded to the Columbus Crew in exchange for Tony Sanneh.

But Razov did not last long in Columbus. Even though he scored in the 2005 season opener, his tenure with the club lasted all of five games. Disagreement with head coach Greg Andrulis led to Razov's reuniting with his ex-coach with the Fire, Bob Bradley, at the MetroStars. He was acquired in exchanged for John Wolyniec and a partial allocation. After the season, Bradley, now in charge at Chivas USA, re-acquired Razov again, for Thiago Martins and another partial allocation. Razov's 98 league goals stand third in MLS history through August 2006.

Razov received his first cap with the U.S. national team on March 25, 1995 against Uruguay. Although he never played in the World Cup, he has scored a couple of key goals in qualifiers, including one against Guatemala in 2000 and Trinidad and Tobago in 2001. Overall, Razov has scored six goals in 24 caps for the US. Razov holds the distinction of being the last American soccer player to receive his first cap for the national team while still in college.

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

C.D. Chivas USA - Current Squad
2 Suárez | 3 Llamosa | 4 Whitfield | 6 Mendoza | 9 Razov | 11 O'Brien | 12 Muñoz | 13 Bornstein | 14 Arias | 15 Marsch | 16 Kljestan | 18 Guzan | 19 Taylor | 20 Perez | 21 Hernandez | 23 Burpo | 25 Vaughn | 27 Robles | 29 Sanchez | 30 Borja | 31 Corona | 88 López | – Arvizu | – Barrera | – Borboa | – Dunn | – Galindo | – Guevara | – Zotinca | Coach: Preki