Julian Chavez (soccer)
{{short description|American soccer player}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
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| name = Julian Chavez
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| fullname = Julian Chavez
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|5|31|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Sacramento, California, United States
| height = {{convert|1.70|m|order=flip}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
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| youthyears1 = 2015–2021
| youthclubs1 = Sacramento Republic
| years1 = 2020–2021
| clubs1 = Sacramento Republic
| caps1 = 14
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2022
| clubs2 = Central Valley Fuego
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| nationalyears1 =
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| club-update = October 16, 2022
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Julian Chavez (born May 31, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Sacramento, California, Chavez began his career as part of the Sacramento Republic youth academy before signing a USL Academy contract with the club's first team on March 6, 2020.{{cite news |title=REPUBLIC FC SIGNS THREE RISING YOUTH ACADEMY TALENTS TO FIRST TEAM CONTRACTS |url=https://www.sacrepublicfc.com/news_article/show/1093261 |accessdate=August 16, 2020 |work=Sacramento Republic FC |publisher=Sacramento Republic FC |date=March 6, 2020 |archive-date=June 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609102230/https://www.sacrepublicfc.com/news_article/show/1093261 |url-status=dead }} Chavez then made his professional debut on August 9 in a USL Championship match against Portland Timbers 2, coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute for Sam Werner in the 1–0 victory.{{cite web |title=Portland Timbers 2 0–1 Sacramento Republic FC |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2020/08/09/united-states/mls-reserve-league/portland-timbers-u23/sacramento-republic/3284119/ |website=Soccerway}} On September 2, he scored his first professional goal in the 96th minute against the Portland Timbers 2. His goal was the game winner in a 2–1 victory.{{cite news |last1=Salerno |first1=Cameron |title=Julian Chavez comes up big late as Republic FC win on the road and extend streak to 5 |url=https://www.sacbee.com/sports/mls/article245439480.html |access-date=May 30, 2021 |work=The Sacramento Bee |date=September 2, 2020}}
In February 2022, Chavez signed with USL League One side Central Valley Fuego ahead of their inaugural season.{{cite web | url=https://www.uslleagueone.com/news_article/show/1210873 | title=Fuego FC Bring in Trio of New Players | date=February 22, 2022 }}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played October 20, 2021}}{{soccerway|julian-chavez/510789}}
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|National Cup !colspan=2|Continental !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=2|Sacramento Republic
|2020 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 |
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 |
| colspan=3|Career total
!14||2||0||0||0||0||14||2 |
References
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External links
- [https://www.sacrepublicfc.com/team-roster Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318233958/https://www.sacrepublicfc.com/team-roster |date=March 18, 2020 }} at the Sacramento Republic website
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Category:American men's soccer players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Sacramento Republic FC players
Category:Central Valley Fuego FC players
Category:USL Championship players
Category:Soccer players from Sacramento, California
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
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