Ante Razov
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| Date of birth | March 2, 1974 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Whittier, California, United States | |||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Los Angeles FC (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1992–1995 | UCLA Bruins | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | LA Galaxy | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||
| → Sacramento (loan) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Chicago Fire | 84 | (42) | |||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Racing Ferrol | 19 | (7) | |||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Chicago Fire | 72 | (34) | |||||||||||
| 2005 | Columbus Crew | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2005 | MetroStars | 18 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Chivas USA | 76 | (30) | |||||||||||
| Total | 262 | (114) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–2007 | United States | 25 | (6) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Seattle Sounders FC (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | LA Galaxy (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2018– | Los Angeles FC (assistant) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Ante Razov (born March 2, 1974) is an American soccer coach and former player who is an assistant coach for Los Angeles FC. A prolific forward, Razov is one of the leading goal scorers in the history of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the all-time leading goal scorer for two current or former MLS clubs: the Chicago Fire with 76 goals and Chivas USA with 30 goals. In April 2007, Razov became the third player in MLS history to score 100 goals. Razov also played for the United States men's national soccer team.
Early life
[edit]Razov, who was born in a family of Croatian immigrants, spent his childhood in Fontana, California. He attended Fontana High School, and went on to play college soccer at UCLA.
Playing career
[edit]Club
[edit]Razov was drafted by the Los Angeles Galaxy in the third round of the 1996 MLS College Draft. He played two seasons in LA, but did not get much playing time, scoring just one goal, and signed with the expansion Chicago Fire prior to the 1998 season. During his time with the Galaxy, he went on loan with the Sacramento Scorpions of USISL.[1]
Razov spent the next seven years with Chicago, save a brief period in 2001 that he spent with Spanish second division club Racing de Ferrol. In his seven years with the Fire he led the club in goals and points five times (including club record 18 goals and 42 points in 2000). He is the club's all-time leader with 76 goals and 190 points. Razov was named to the MLS Best XI in 2003. With Chicago, he won the MLS Cup in 1998 and the US Open Cup in 1998, 2000, and 2003. Following a disappointing 2004 season and clashes with head coach Dave Sarachan, Razov was traded to the Columbus Crew in exchange for Tony Sanneh. However, one blemish in Razov's career was being stopped from the penalty spot in the 2003 MLS Cup. The Fire went on to lose the game, 4–2.
But Razov did not last long in Columbus. Even though he scored in the 2005 season opener, his tenure with the club lasted five games. Disagreement with head coach Greg Andrulis led to Razov's reuniting with his ex-coach with the Fire, Bob Bradley, at the MetroStars. He was acquired in exchange for John Wolyniec and a partial allocation. After the season, Bradley acquired Razov again, for Thiago Martins and another partial allocation.
On April 21, 2007, Razov scored his 100th career regular-season MLS goal. At 33 years old, he became the third player in MLS history to reach 100 goals. At the time, he trailed only Jaime Moreno and Jeff Cunningham, having passed Jason Kreis. All three joined MLS at its inception in 1996.
International
[edit]Razov received his first cap with the U.S. national team on March 25, 1995, against Uruguay. Although he never played in the World Cup, he scored a couple of key goals in qualifiers, including one against Guatemala in 2000 and Trinidad and Tobago in 2001. Overall, Razov scored six goals in 25 caps for the US.
International goals
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1. | June 6, 2000 | Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro, United States |  Republic of Ireland
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1 – 1
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1 – 1
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| 2. | June 11, 2000 | Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States |  Mexico
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3 – 0
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3 – 0
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| 3. | July 16, 2000 | Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango, Guatemala |  Guatemala
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1 – 0
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1 – 1
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| 4. | November 15, 2000 | Barbados National Stadium, Bridgetown, Barbados |  Barbados
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4 – 0
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4 – 0
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| 5. | June 20, 2001 | Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro, United States |  Trinidad and Tobago
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1 – 0
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2 – 0
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| 6. | January 27, 2002 | Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States |  El Salvador
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4 – 0
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4 – 0
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Coaching career
[edit]In 2012, Razov was hired to serve as the LA Galaxy's U14 head coach. He replaced Craig Harrington, who was their coach for their first year in the Southern California Developmental Soccer League.[2] Razov joined Seattle Sounders FC as an assistant coach under Sigi Schmid, his former college coach, in 2015.[3]
Razov spent one season as an assistant coach for the LA Galaxy's senior squad under Curt Onalfo in 2017.[4] In January 2018, he was announced as an assistant coach for expansion side Los Angeles FC under his former coach Bob Bradley.[5]
Honors
[edit]United States
[edit]Chicago Fire
[edit]Individual
[edit]- MLS 100 goals club
- MLS 50/50 Club[6]
- MLS All-Star: 2000[7]
- MLS Best XI: 2003
References
[edit]- ^ Outdoor Pro Soccer in Sacramento Archived January 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Razov joins staff as U-14 coach". Soccer America. August 31, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
- ^ "Sounders FC Hires Ante Razov as Assistant Coach" (Press release). Seattle Sounders FC. January 22, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
- ^ Baxter, Kevin (January 10, 2017). "Galaxy fills out its coaching staff". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
- ^ "LAFC Announces Technical Staff For Inaugural Season". Los Angeles Football Club. January 12, 2018. Archived from the original on January 14, 2018.
- ^ Rosano, Nick (September 11, 2017). "MLS' 50-50 club set to welcome its 19th member". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ^ "2000 MLS All-Star Game". MLSsoccer.com. July 29, 2000. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
External links
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Whittier, California
- Soccer players from Los Angeles County, California
- American people of Croatian descent
- American men's soccer players
- American expatriate men's soccer players
- United States men's international soccer players
- CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players
- 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Chicago Fire FC players
- Columbus Crew players
- LA Galaxy players
- Racing de Ferrol footballers
- New York Red Bulls players
- Sacramento Scorpions players
- Chivas USA players
- Major League Soccer players
- UCLA Bruins men's soccer players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- USISL players
- Major League Soccer All-Stars
- LA Galaxy draft picks
- United States men's youth international soccer players
- United States men's under-20 international soccer players
- United States men's under-23 international soccer players
- LA Galaxy non-playing staff
- Seattle Sounders FC non-playing staff
- Men's association football forwards
- Los Angeles FC non-playing staff
- Fontana High School alumni