Folarin Balogun
American soccer player (born 2001)
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- Folarin Jerry Balogun (born July 3, 2001) is a professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the United States national team.
- In the following season, Balogun made his breakthrough in a loan to Ligue 1 side Reims, where he scored 21 goals in 37 appearances to be the French league's fourth top scorer of the season.
- Balogun represented both the United States and England at the youth international level.
- In May 2023, he decided to play for the United States senior national team.
- Balogun is often referred to by his nickname of "Flo", coined for him in his years at Arsenal's Hale End academy.
Folarin Jerry Balogun (born July 3, 2001) is a professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the United States national team.
A Hale End academy prospect of Arsenal, Balogun was promoted to the first team in 2020 and featured sparingly for the club, later going on loan to EFL Championship side Middlesbrough in 2022. In the following season, Balogun made his breakthrough in a loan to Ligue 1 side Reims, where he scored 21 goals in 37 appearances to be the French league's fourth top scorer of the season. In August 2023, Balogun left Arsenal and signed with Monaco for €40 million ($43 million).
Balogun represented both the United States and England at the youth international level. Balogun can also represent France at the youth international level. In May 2023, he decided to play for the United States senior national team. He made his debut in June 2023, winning the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League and scoring his first goal in the final.
Balogun is often referred to by his nickname of "Flo", coined for him in his years at Arsenal's Hale End academy.
Early life
Balogun was born in Brooklyn, New York to Nigerian parents. He moved to the United Kingdom with his parents when he was one month old, growing up in London, England.
Club career
Arsenal
Early career
Balogun joined Arsenal at the age of eight, after being scouted while playing for his previous Sunday League side, Aldersbrook. Before trialling with Arsenal, he had trialled with North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur and nearly signed for them.
In 2017, he was an integral part of Trevor Bumstead's Arsenal U16 side that won the Liam Brady Cup, beating Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Juventus respectively.
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