Jalil Anibaba

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Jalil Anibaba
Personal information

Full name	Jalil Anibaba
Date of birth	(1988-10-19) October 19, 1988
Place of birth	Fontana, California, United States
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Seattle Sounders FC
Youth career
2007–2009	Santa Clara Broncos
2010	North Carolina Tar Heels
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2010	Carolina Dynamo	12	(0)
2011–2013	Chicago Fire	96	(4)
2014–	Seattle Sounders FC	0	(0)
National team^‡
2007	United States U18	3	(0)
2007	United States U20	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 11, 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of August 4, 2012

Jalil Anibaba (born October 19, 1988 in Fullerton, California) is an American soccer player currently playing for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer.

Career

College and Amateur

Anibaba attended Davis Senior High School, where in his senior season he was the California Gatorade Soccer Player of the year, and played college soccer at Santa Clara University for the first three years of his college career. In 2009, Anibaba captained the Broncos was selected for the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-West Region team.

For his senior season he transferred to the University of North Carolina, where he won numerous awards, including – NSCAA Second Team All-America, NSCAA First Team All-Region, First Team All-ACC, ACC All-Tournament Team and 2007 WCC Freshman of the Year.^[1]

Anibaba made twelve appearances for USL Premier Development League club Carolina Dynamo during their 2010 season.^[2]

Professional

On January 14, 2011, Anibaba was drafted #9 overall in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft by the Chicago Fire.^[3] He made his professional debut on March 19, 2011, in Chicago's first game of the 2011 MLS season, a 1–1 tie with FC Dallas.,^[4] and scored his first professional goal – a 40-yard screamer – on March 30, 2011 in a 2–1 victory over the Colorado Rapids in the qualifying round of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup.^[5] Anibaba would go on to tally two more goals in the 2011 season finale, heading home two strikes in the space of 19 minutes in a 3–2 win vs. Columbus Crew on October 22, 2011. Anibaba closed out his first season in MLS setting a club record for regular season appearances by a rookie with 29 and had his March 30 strike vs. Colorado voted the team's "Goal of the Year" by the team's fans following the campaign.^[6]

References

External links

v t e United States squad – 2007 Pan American Games

1 Klasila 2 Berry 3 Alston 4 Eckhardt 5 Gonzalez 6 Warshaw 7 Stephens 8 McCarthy 9 Hall 10 Marošević 11 Barrera 12 Cruz 13 Folk 14 Myers 15 Kelly 16 Anibaba 17 Cyrus 18 Gross Coach: Jenkins

Seattle Sounders FC – current squad

1 Hahnemann
3 Evans
4 Anibaba
5 Marshall
6 Alonso
7 Bowen
9 Martins
11 Kovar
12 González
13 Okoli
14 Caskey
15 Remick
16 Estrada
17 Yedlin
18 Traoré
19 Barrett
20 Scott
21 Joseph
22 Zavaleta
24 Frei
25 Rose
27 Neagle
28 Bates
29 Ford
31 Lowe
33 Cooper
— Pappa

Head Coach: Schmid
Assistant Coach: Schmetzer
Assistant Coach: Hendrickson
Goalkeeper Coach: Dutra
General Manager: Hanauer

Persondata
Name	Anibaba, Jalil
Alternative names
Short description	American soccer player
Date of birth	October 19, 1988
Place of birth	Fontana, California, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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