Royal-Dominique Fennell

Royal-Dominique Fennell
Personal information
Full nameRoyal-Dominique Fennell
Date of birthJune 5, 1989
Place of birthFort Irwin, California, United States
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Stuttgarter Kickers
Number26
Youth career
VfB Stuttgart[1]
–2007SSV Ulm 1846[1]
2007–2009Stuttgarter Kickers[1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2011Stuttgarter Kickers II52(2)
2010–Stuttgarter Kickers101(10)
National team
2011United States U231(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 7, 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 23, 2012

Royal-Dominique Fennell (born June 5, 1989) is a German-American soccer player who plays for Stuttgarter Kickers in 3. Liga as a defender.

Club career

Fennell was born in Fort Irwin, California to an American father who served in the U.S. military, and a German mother. At the age of four, he returned to his mother's homeland and grew up in the town of Göppingen, where his father had been stationed. Fennell, a central defender, came through the ranks at Stuttgarter Kickers and first broke through to the first team at the end of the 2009–10 season with two cameo appearances. The next season, Fennell consolidated his position at the Regionalliga Süd club and became a regular in the starting lineup. Fennell enjoyed further success in the 2011–12 season, when Kickers won the title with several games to spare, thereby earning promotion. Fennell is expected to be a mainstay in his club's defense when they return to the third level of German soccer for the first time since relegation in 2009.

International career

Fennell was first called into US Youth National Teams in late 2011 when United States U23 manager Caleb Porter was looking for answers to a shallow pool of U-23 defenders. Fennell participated in several camps and was called to the qualifying roster, but his club, which was in the throes of a promotion race, did not release him.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Fennell, Royal-Dominique" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved December 26, 2013.

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