Cody Arnoux

{{short description|American soccer player|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Cody Arnoux

| image = Cody-arnoux-soccer.jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Cody Charles Arnoux{{cite web|title=List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2009 and 31/08/2009|url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/RulesandRegulations/~/media/Files/PDF/TheFA/PlayerRegistrations/RegList_August09.ashx/RegList_August09.pdf|publisher=The Football Association|accessdate=July 7, 2010}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|4|13}}{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/player-profile/cody-arnoux|title=Cody Arnoux|publisher=Everton F.C.|accessdate=July 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628220721/http://www.evertonfc.com/player-profile/cody-arnoux|archive-date=June 28, 2010|url-status=dead}}

| birth_place = Stony Brook, New York, United States

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| collegeyears1 = 2006–2008

| college1 = Wake Forest Demon Deacons

| collegecaps1 = 64

| collegegoals1 = 33

| years1 = 2007–2009

| clubs1 = Carolina Dynamo

| caps1 = 16

| goals1 = 14

| years2 = 2009–2010

| clubs2 = Everton

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2010

| clubs3 = Vancouver Whitecaps

| caps3 = 7

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2011–2012

| clubs4 = Real Salt Lake

| caps4 = 2

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2012–2015

| clubs5 = Wilmington Hammerheads

| caps5 = 58

| goals5 = 7

| nationalyears1 = 2003

| nationalteam1 = United States U15

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 = 2006

| nationalteam2 = United States U18

| nationalcaps2 =

| nationalgoals2 =

| club-update = September 16, 2015

| nationalteam-update = July 7, 2010

| totalcaps = 84

| totalgoals = 22

}}

Cody Charles Arnoux (born April 13, 1988, in Stony Brook, New York) is an American soccer player.

His previous clubs include NCAA affiliated Atlantic Coast Conference University team Wake Forest Demon Deacons, USL Premier Development League club side Carolina Dynamo and English Premier League club Everton.

Career

=College and amateur=

Arnoux attended New Hanover High School in Wilmington, North Carolina, played club soccer for the Cape Fear Breakers, and played college soccer at Wake Forest University from 2006 to 2008, where he made 64 appearances and scored 33 goals in the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference. He scored fourteen goals in sixteen appearances in three campaigns for Carolina Dynamo in the USL Premier Development League

=Professional=

Arnoux signed for English Premier League club Everton on a one-year contract in August 2009 following a trial in March 2009 which also saw compatriot Anton Peterlin sign for the Liverpool-based club.{{cite news|first=Steve|last=Goff|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2009/07/arnoux_to_england.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929111734/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2009/07/arnoux_to_england.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 29, 2012|title=Arnoux to England|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 22, 2010|accessdate=June 28, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=662666&cc=5739|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021185753/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=662666&cc=5739|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 21, 2012|title=Wake Forest's Arnoux set to sign with Everton|publisher=ESPNsoccernet|accessdate=June 28, 2010}}{{cite news|first=Matthew|last=Gamble|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/everton-to-sign-arnoux.html|title=Everton to sign Arnoux|publisher=Everton F.C.|date=August 4, 2009|accessdate=June 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008204736/http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/everton-to-sign-arnoux.html|archive-date=October 8, 2009|url-status=dead}} In March 2010, he attended a trial with Scottish Premier League team Motherwell.{{cite news|title=Everton duo extend Fir Park trial|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/motherwell/8584926.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=March 25, 2010|accessdate=July 7, 2010}} He was released by Everton at the end of the 2009–10 season, having played seven times for the reserve team, and he went on trial with League One team Plymouth Argyle.{{cite news|title=Peter Reid ponders new recruits for Plymouth Argyle|url=http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Reid-ponders-new-recruits-Argyle/article-2373314-detail/article.html|newspaper=The Herald|date=July 3, 2010|accessdate=July 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709072942/http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Reid-ponders-new-recruits-Argyle/article-2373314-detail/article.html|archive-date=July 9, 2010|url-status=dead}}

Arnoux signed for USSF Division 2 club Vancouver Whitecaps on August 18, 2010,{{cite web |url=https://theprovince.com/sports/Highly+touted+forward+Cody+Arnoux+Whitecap+long/3412487/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824032647/http://www.theprovince.com/sports/Highly+touted+forward+Cody+Arnoux+Whitecap+long/3412487/story.html |archive-date=August 24, 2010 |title=Highly-touted forward Cody Arnoux is a Whitecap, but for how long?}}{{better source needed|date=January 2018}} and made his first professional appearance for the team the following day, August 19, 2010, in a game against FC Tampa Bay.{{cite web|url=http://ussf.demosphere.com/stats/2010/1634281.html|title=FC Tampa Bay vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1:1 |website=U.S. Soccer Federation Division-2 Pro League|date=August 19, 2010|accessdate=January 13, 2018}} He scored his first professional goal on October 2, 2010, in Vancouver's last game of the 2010 USSFD2 regular season, a 2–2 tie with the Portland Timbers.{{cite web|url=http://ussf.demosphere.com/stats/2010/1634320.html|title=Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Portland Timbers 2:2 |website=U.S. Soccer Federation Division-2 Pro League|date=October 2, 2010|accessdate=January 13, 2018}}

Prior to the 2011 season MLS rejected Arnoux's contract with the Whitecaps as they feel that both parties attempted to bypass the draft process. Since Arnoux was signed for 2011 the Whitecaps have assigned him to train for their PDL team.{{Cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/rejects+Arnoux+deal+with+Caps/3781032/story.html |title=MLS rejects Arnoux deal with Caps |access-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209052527/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/rejects+Arnoux+deal+with+Caps/3781032/story.html |archive-date=December 9, 2010 |url-status=dead }}

On February 8, 2011, he was released from his contract and the following day he signed with Major League Soccer. On February 11 he was assigned to Real Salt Lake in a lottery draft.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/real-salt-lake-land-forward-cody-arnoux-lottery|title=Real Salt Lake land forward Cody Arnoux in lottery|author=Simon Borg|website=MLSsoccer.com|publisher=MLS|date=February 11, 2011|accessdate=January 13, 2018|archive-date=October 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008031314/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/real-salt-lake-land-forward-cody-arnoux-lottery|url-status=dead}}

After being released by Salt Lake in June 2012, Arnoux signed with USL Pro club Wilmington Hammerheads on July 5, 2012.{{Cite web |url=http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/scripts/runisa.dll?M2%3Agp%3A%3A72013+L3%2FDisplay+E+NDX+NDX+642681 |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |access-date=May 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205085414/http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/scripts/runisa.dll?M2:gp::72013+L3/Display+E+NDX+NDX+642681 |archive-date=February 5, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

=International=

Arnoux has been capped for the United States at under-15 and under-18 level.

Personal life

Arnoux holds an Italian passport.

Achievements

=Wake Forest Demon Deacons=

  • NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship: 2007{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ncaa/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/MSoc-D1-2007|title=NCAA.com - College NCAA - The Official Web Site of the NCAA|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|accessdate=June 28, 2010}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|League

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Total

AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan=3|Carolina Dynamo

|rowspan=3|USL PDL

|2007

1200000012
200884000000|084
20097800000078
valign="left"|Everton

|Premier League

|2009–10

0|0000000000
Vancouver Whitecaps FC

|USSF Division 2

|2010

101000000101
rowspan=2|Real Salt Lake

|rowspan=2|Major League Soccer

|2011

2000000020
20110010000010
Wilmington Hammerheads

|USL Professional Division

|2012

6100000061
colspan="3"|Career totals

!34

171000003517

References

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