Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rokas Pukštas [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | August 25, 2004||
Place of birth | Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hajduk Split | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
2018–2020 | Sporting Kansas City | ||
2020 | Barça Residency Academy | ||
2020–2022 | Hajduk Split | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2022– | Hajduk Split | 50 | (12) |
2022 | → Solin (loan) | 5 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | United States U15 | 5 | (0) |
2021–2023 | United States U20 | 14 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 26, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 4, 2023 |
Rokas Pukštas (born August 25, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Croatian Football League club Hajduk Split.
Pukštas joined Sporting Kansas City's youth academy in 2018, and had a trial with Manchester United in 2019. [2] He moved to the Barça Residency Academy in January 2020, where he was a regular starter of their youth sides.[ citation needed]
Pukštas signed a professional contract with Hajduk Split on November 10, 2020, joining their U17 side. [3] He made his professional debut with Hajduk Split in a 2–1 Croatian First Football League win over Hrvatski Dragovoljac on April 29, 2022. [4]
Pukštas was originally eligible to play for both the United States and Lithuania but is now cap-tied to the United States. He represented the United States under-15 team in 2019. [5] He later represented the United States under-20 side in 2021 and at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where he scored a goal against New Zealand. [6] [7] [8]
He was approached to represent the senior Lithuania national team in March 2022. [9]
Pukštas was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma to a family of Lithuanian athletes. His father, Mindaugas Pukštas, was a Lithuanian marathon runner who came 74th in his discipline at the 2004 Summer Olympics. [10]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hajduk Split | 2021–22 | 1. HNL | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 [b] | 0 | 27 | 4 | |||
2023–24 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 8 | ||||
Total | 50 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 12 | ||
Solin (loan) | 2022–23 | 1. NL | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | |||
Career total | 55 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 15 |
Hajduk Split
United States U20
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Rokas Pukštas [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | August 25, 2004||
Place of birth | Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hajduk Split | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
2018–2020 | Sporting Kansas City | ||
2020 | Barça Residency Academy | ||
2020–2022 | Hajduk Split | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2022– | Hajduk Split | 50 | (12) |
2022 | → Solin (loan) | 5 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | United States U15 | 5 | (0) |
2021–2023 | United States U20 | 14 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 26, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 4, 2023 |
Rokas Pukštas (born August 25, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Croatian Football League club Hajduk Split.
Pukštas joined Sporting Kansas City's youth academy in 2018, and had a trial with Manchester United in 2019. [2] He moved to the Barça Residency Academy in January 2020, where he was a regular starter of their youth sides.[ citation needed]
Pukštas signed a professional contract with Hajduk Split on November 10, 2020, joining their U17 side. [3] He made his professional debut with Hajduk Split in a 2–1 Croatian First Football League win over Hrvatski Dragovoljac on April 29, 2022. [4]
Pukštas was originally eligible to play for both the United States and Lithuania but is now cap-tied to the United States. He represented the United States under-15 team in 2019. [5] He later represented the United States under-20 side in 2021 and at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where he scored a goal against New Zealand. [6] [7] [8]
He was approached to represent the senior Lithuania national team in March 2022. [9]
Pukštas was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma to a family of Lithuanian athletes. His father, Mindaugas Pukštas, was a Lithuanian marathon runner who came 74th in his discipline at the 2004 Summer Olympics. [10]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hajduk Split | 2021–22 | 1. HNL | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 [b] | 0 | 27 | 4 | |||
2023–24 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 8 | ||||
Total | 50 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 12 | ||
Solin (loan) | 2022–23 | 1. NL | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | |||
Career total | 55 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 15 |
Hajduk Split
United States U20