Joe Gyau

Joe Gyau

File:Gyau, Joseph-Claude StP 12-13 WP.JPG Gyau with St. Pauli in 2012.
Personal information
Full name	Joseph-Claude Gyau
Date of birth	(1992-09-16) September 16, 1992
Place of birth	Tampa, Florida, United States
Height
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Borussia Dortmund II
Number	21
Youth career
2001–2007	Bethesda Roadrunners
2007–2009	IMG Soccer Academy
2009–2011	1899 Hoffenheim
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2014	1899 Hoffenheim II	56	(9)
2012–2014	1899 Hoffenheim	2	(0)
2012–2013	→ FC St. Pauli (loan)	15	(0)
2013	→ FC St. Pauli II (loan)	2	(1)
2014–	Borussia Dortmund II	10	(2)
2014–	Borussia Dortmund	1	(0)
International career‡
2007–2009	United States U17	28	(2)
2010–2011	United States U20	4	(4)
2012	United States U23	4	(0)
2014–	United States	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 8, 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 12, 2014

Joseph-Claude "Joe" Gyau (born 16 September 1992) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Borussia Dortmund II in the German Regionalliga West.

Early life

Born in Tampa, Florida, he grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, where he played youth soccer for the nearby Bethesda Roadrunners before joining the IMG Soccer Academy in 2009. Gyau is of third-generation pedigree of professional footballers, being the son of former U.S. international Philip Gyau and the grandson of Joseph "Nana" Gyau, a former Ghanaian international.

Career

On 30 August 2012, Gyau was loaned to 2. Bundesliga side FC St. Pauli from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim for the entire season, with an option for another season. Gyau made his first team debut for Hoffenheim on 26 April 2014 coming on in the final 21 minutes of a 0–0 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt. On 30 June 30 2014, Borussia Dortmund announced the completion of a transfer agreement for Gyau to join its Under-23 squad. On 24 September 2014, Gyau made his first team debut for Borussia Dortmund against VfB Stuttgart, coming on in the 74th minute of the match which ended in a 2-2 draw.

International

Gyau has been capped for the United States at the U-15, U-17, U-20, and U-23 levels and is currently a member of the U-23 team pool. In March 2012, Gyau was called into the US U-23 Men's Olympic Qualifying team.

On 11 November 2012, he was called up to the United States national team.

Gyau's first start for the US Men's National Team was 3 September 2014 against the Czech Republic in a friendly match.

Gyau made his second start for the national team on 10 October 2014 in a friendly match against Ecuador. After playing less than 15 minutes, Gyau came off the pitch with a suspected sprained left knee and was replaced by Bobby Wood. On October 12, it was announced that Gyau had torn his lateral meniscus and suffered a bone bruise.