Charles Danforth Pettys (born April 25, 1990) is an American-born, Filipino professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a defender for

Global F.C. Global Football Club was a professional association football, football club that last played in the Philippines Football League (PFL), the top flight of Philippines' club football. The club has won four league titles, two UFL Cups, one UFL FA Cu ...

He has also been a member of the

Philippines national football team The Philippines national football team ( Filipino/ tl, Pambansang koponan ng futbol ng Pilipinas, lit=) represents the Philippines in international football, governed by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) and has been playing internatio ...

Early life and education

Born on April 25, 1990, in Columbus, Ohio to an American father and Filipino mother, Pettys attended

Bexley High School Bexley High School (BHS) is a public high school located in Bexley, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. Athletics Bexley’s athletic program includes teams in the following sports: Football, Basketball, Baseball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Field ...

where he was a member of their soccer team. Pettys and family moved to Pasadena, California in 2008. Pettys attended the

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara, California with 23,196 undergraduates and 2,983 graduate students enrolled in 2021–2022. It is part of the U ...

in 2009 and was a student-athlete on the

UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team is an NCAA Division I college soccer team composed of student-athletes attending the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Gauchos play their home matches at Harder Stadium. Like most of the ...

team. He appeared for the Gauchos in 5 games without recording a point before transferring to play on the

Kentucky Wildcats men's soccer The Kentucky Wildcats men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of the University of Kentucky (UK). Since the Southeastern Conference (SEC) does not sponsor men's soccer (minimum four schools needed to sponsor a sport, only two ...

team.

Club career

Pettys played with Cincinnati Kings for the 2008 PDL season prior to attending college, appearing in 9 games for the Kings. He later played with

Orange County Blue Star Orange County Blue Star was an American soccer team based in Irvine, California. Founded in 1997, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Wester ...

for the 2010 PDL season and the

2011 PDL season The 2011 USL Premier Development League season was the 17th season of the PDL. The regular season began on April 29, 2011, when the Los Angeles Blues 23 played Fresno Fuego, and ended on July 24. The playoffs began on Tuesday, July 26 and conclud ...

. Pettys began his professional career with

Los Angeles Blues Orange County Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in the Orange County, California city of Irvine. Founded in 2010 as the Los Angeles Blues, the team currently plays in the second tier USL Championship. The team plays its home games ...

of the

USL Pro The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, pl ...

in 2013. In January 2014, he joined Filipino side

, a first division team in the UFL. Pettys rejoined Global F.C. in 2016.

International career

Pettys, being eligible to represent both the United States (via birth) and the Philippines (via heritage on his mother's side), chose to join the

after being invited to the national team pool in February 2014 by head coach

Thomas Dooley Thomas Dooley (born May 12, 1961) is an American former soccer player and coach. He played as a defender and defensive midfielder and was a long-time member and former captain of the United States national team. Dooley recently served as the ...

. He made his international debut as a substitute in a 3–0 win over

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

Doha Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the count ...

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...

on April 11, 2014. His full international cap was the first by a Kentucky Wildcats player.

References

External links

Global FC player profile

1990 births Living people American soccer players Filipino footballers Filipino expatriate footballers Philippines international footballers UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer players Kentucky Wildcats men's soccer players Cincinnati Kings players Orange County Blue Star players Orange County SC players Soccer players from Columbus, Ohio USL League Two players USL Championship players Global F.C. players American sportspeople of Filipino descent Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football defenders {{US-footy-defender-stub