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nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">2006-10-17</span>) </span>October 17, 2006<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 18)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data birthplace" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis, Maryland</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Position(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">Defender</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Team information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Current team</div></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data org" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/D.C._United" title="D.C. United">D.C. United</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Number</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> 45</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Youth career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">2021–2022</span></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/D.C._United" title="D.C. United">D.C. United</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Senior career*</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b><abbr title="League appearances">Apps</abbr></b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(<abbr title="League goals">Gls</abbr>)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">2022–</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Loudoun_United_FC" title="Loudoun United FC">Loudoun United</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 13</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">2022–</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/D.C._United" title="D.C. United">D.C. United</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 13</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">International career<sup>‡</sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">2024</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_under-19_soccer_team" title="United States men's national under-19 soccer team">United States U19</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 3</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="color:darkslategray; font-size:95%"> *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 9, 2024<br />‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 11, 2024</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Matai Akinmboni</b> (born October 17, 2006) is an American professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">soccer</a> player who plays as a <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">defender</a> for <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a> club <a href="/wiki/D.C._United" title="D.C. United">D.C. United</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DCsign_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCsign-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_career">Club career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matai_Akinmboni&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Club career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Akinmboni is a central defender who plays for D.C. United's USL affiliate <a href="/wiki/Loudoun_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Loudoun United">Loudoun United</a> while training at the <a href="/wiki/D.C._United_Academy" title="D.C. United Academy">D.C. United Academy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first professional appearance was on March 27, 2022, coming on as a substitute in the last four minutes of a Loudoun match against <a href="/wiki/The_Miami_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="The Miami FC">The Miami FC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Akinmboni trained for two weeks with the German football club <a href="/wiki/FC_Bayern_Munich" title="FC Bayern Munich">FC Bayern Munich</a> in 2021, and was reported to have received "contractual terms"<sup id="cite_ref-intl1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-intl1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from the club, but ultimately did not join the team. </p><p>On August 31, 2022, Akinmboni was signed by <a href="/wiki/D.C._United" title="D.C. United">D.C. United</a> to a <a href="/wiki/Homegrown_player_rule_(MLS)" class="mw-redirect" title="Homegrown player rule (MLS)">homegrown contract</a>, which allowed him to join the first team.<sup id="cite_ref-DCsign_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCsign-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the same day, he was featured as part of the team's gameday roster against <a href="/wiki/NYCFC" class="mw-redirect" title="NYCFC">NYCFC</a>, but ultimately was not called to take the field for that game.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Akinmboni's first appearance with D.C. United would come on September 10, 2022, when he was given a starting spot and played the entire first half of a match against <a href="/wiki/Real_Salt_Lake" title="Real Salt Lake">Real Salt Lake</a> that ended in a 0–0 draw.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_career">International career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matai_Akinmboni&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: International career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Akinmboni was born in the United States, but through his parentage, is also eligible to play for the senior teams of Nigeria or Ghana.<sup id="cite_ref-intl1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-intl1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 16, 2022, he was called up to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_under-17_soccer_team" title="United States men's national under-17 soccer team">United States men's national under-17 soccer team</a> for their training camp.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matai_Akinmboni&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Akinmboni is the nephew of retired Ghanaian player <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Kuffour" class="mw-redirect" title="Sammy Kuffour">Sammy Kuffour</a>, who played in the center back position, and was part of the <a href="/wiki/Ghana_national_football_team" title="Ghana national football team">Ghana national football team</a> and FC Bayern Munich<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_statistics">Career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matai_Akinmboni&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Club">Club</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matai_Akinmboni&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Club"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>As of match played August 24, 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-soccerway_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccerway-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Appearances and goals by club, season and competition </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Club </th> <th rowspan="2">Season </th> <th colspan="3">League </th> <th colspan="2">National cup </th> <th colspan="2">Continental </th> <th colspan="2">Other </th> <th colspan="2">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th>Division</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Loudoun_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Loudoun United">Loudoun United</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_Loudoun_United_FC_season" title="2022 Loudoun United FC season">2022</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/USL_Championship" title="USL Championship">USL</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>6</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_Loudoun_United_FC_season" title="2023 Loudoun United FC season">2023</a> </td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>5</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Loudoun_United_FC_season" title="2024 Loudoun United FC season">2024</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>13</th> <th>0</th> <th>1</th> <th>0</th> <th colspan="2">—</th> <th colspan="2">—</th> <th>14</th> <th>0 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/D.C._United" title="D.C. United">D.C. United</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_D.C._United_season" title="2022 D.C. United season">2022</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">MLS</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_D.C._United_season" title="2023 D.C. United season">2023</a> </td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>5</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_D.C._United_season" title="2024 D.C. United season">2024</a> </td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>2<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>0</td> <td>10</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>13</th> <th>0</th> <th>2</th> <th>0</th> <th colspan="2">—</th> <th>2</th> <th>0</th> <th>17</th> <th>0 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Career total </th> <th>26</th> <th>0</th> <th>3</th> <th>0</th> <th>0</th> <th>0</th> <th>2</th> <th>0</th> <th>31</th> <th>0 </th></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Appearances in <a href="/wiki/Leagues_Cup" title="Leagues Cup">Leagues Cup</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matai_Akinmboni&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/matai-akinmboni/">"Matai Akinmboni"</a>. 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