Femi Hollinger-Janzen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oluwafemi Hollinger-Janzen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | December 14, 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Cotonou, Benin | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | New England Revolution | ||
| Number | 88 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Indiana Hoosiers | 88 | (22) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016– | New England Revolution | 19 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:53, 26 October 2016 (UTC). | |||
Oluwafemi Hollinger-Janzen (born December 14, 1993) is an American footballer who currently plays for the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer.
Early Life
Hollinger-Janzen was born on December 14, 1993 in Cotonou, Benin. A mission worker named Lynda Hollinger-Janzen was working in a church-based health care center in Benin, in the maternity department. Women would arrive well into labor, pay $3 to have their babies’ umbilical cords cut with sterile instruments, then leave a few hours later. A maternity doctor burst in the room with an abandoned child... one with a deformed leg. That child was Femi. After a few attempts of connecting the birth mother to him, it failed. When Femi was 6, the birth father signed off on him being adopted, and the birth mother was considered legally incapable of caring for her child. A family court judge then granted Femi’s adoption into the Hollinger-Janzen family. He was officially adopted in 1999. [2]
Career
High School
Femi Hollinger-Janzen attended high school at Bethany Christian Schools in Goshen Indiana. Femi was named Gatorade All-American, Gatorade Indiana Player of the Year and Indiana Soccer Coaches Association Player of the Year in 2011. Femi had a total of 67 goals and 23 assists during his high school career.
College
Hollinger-Janzen spent his entire college career at Indiana University. In his four years with the Hoosiers, he made a total of 88 appearances and tallied 22 goals and eight assists and was part of the team that won the 2012 College Cup.[3]
Professional
On January 19, 2016, Hollinger-Janzen was selected in the third round (51st overall) of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft by the New England Revolution.[4] He signed a professional contract with the club on March 16 and made his professional debut four days later in a 3–0 defeat to the Philadelphia Union.[5][6] Hollinger-Janzen scored his first professional goal in a 2-0 win over the Chicago Fire on May 14, 2016.[7]
In the 2016 MLS Expansion Draft, Femi was selected by Minnesota United FC with the 10th pick.
In 2017, the New England Revolution and Minnesota United FC completed a trade deal which included a player swap. Minnesota received New England Revolution goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth, and Revs received Hollinger-Janzen.[8]
References
- ↑ Thomas, Everett J. "From deformed leg to national championship". themennonite.org. The Mennonite. Retrieved 24 July 2017. soft hyphen character in
|title=at position 43 (help); soft hyphen character in|website=at position 1 (help) - ↑ Thomas, Everett J. "From deformed leg to national championship". themennonite.org. The Mennonite. Retrieved 24 July 2017. soft hyphen character in
|title=at position 43 (help); soft hyphen character in|website=at position 1 (help) - ↑ "Indiana Wins Eighth National Title with 1-0 Win Over Georgetown". IUHoosiers.com. Indiana University Athletics. December 9, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Revolution select forward Femi Hollinger-Janzen in third round of MLS SuperDraft". RevolutionSoccer.net. New England Revolution. January 19, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
- ↑ Rodriguez, Alicia (March 16, 2016). "New England Revolution sign MLS SuperDraft pick Femi Hollinger-Janzen". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
- ↑ http://matchcenter.revolutionsoccer.net/matchcenter/2016-03-20-philadelphia-union-vs-new-england-revolution/boxscore
- ↑ http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/post/2016/05/14/revolution-defeat-chicago-fire-2-0
- ↑ SHUTTLING OFF TO MINNESOTA Revolution trade Bobby Shuttleworth, re-acquire Femi Hollinger-Janzen