Jaden Servania (born July 16, 2001) is a
Puerto Rican footballer
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who plays for
North Carolina FC
North Carolina FC is an American professional soccer team in Cary, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh. Founded in 2006, the team plays in USL League One, the third tier of the American league system.
The team has played its home games a ...
in
USL League One
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and the
Puerto Rico national football team
The Puerto Rico national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Puerto Rico) represents Puerto Rico in men's international football, and are governed by the Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol (FPF). The team's nickname is ''El Huracá ...
.
Career
Youth
Servania moved from his native
Alabama
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to join the
FC Dallas
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academy in 2015,
where he played before later moving again to
Houston Dynamo
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in 2017.
Servania played with
USL League Two
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side
Brazos Valley Cavalry, an affiliate of Houston Dynamo, in 2019. He made his sole appearance for the club during a
Lamar Hunt US Open Cup
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The 2023 U.S. Ope ...
game against
Laredo Heat
Laredo Heat is an American soccer team based in Laredo, Texas, United States. Founded in 2004, the team plays in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. They were members of the USL Premier Devel ...
on May 8, 2019.
Professional
On February 6, 2020, Servania signed a USL Academy contract with
USL Championship
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side
Birmingham Legion
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, which would keep him eligible to play
college soccer
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at a later time.
He made his debut on July 15, 2020, starting in a 3–0 win over
Memphis 901
Memphis 901 FC is an American professional soccer team based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 2018, the team made its debut in the USL Championship in 2019.
Stadium
The club currently plays on the grounds of AutoZone Park, a baseball stadiu ...
.
Servania signed with
North Carolina FC
North Carolina FC is an American professional soccer team in Cary, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh. Founded in 2006, the team plays in USL League One, the third tier of the American league system.
The team has played its home games a ...
of
USL League One
USL League One (USL1) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that had its inaugural season in 2019. The Division III league is operated by United Soccer League, the same group that operates the Division II USL Championshi ...
on January 21, 2022.
International
Servania represented
Puerto Rico U20's in the
2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
The 2018 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship (27th edition if all eras included), the men's under-20 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted at Bradenton, Florida, ...
, where he scored seven goals in just five appearances.
He made his senior debut with the
Puerto Rico national football team
The Puerto Rico national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Puerto Rico) represents Puerto Rico in men's international football, and are governed by the Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol (FPF). The team's nickname is ''El Huracá ...
on January 19, 2021, in a friendly match against
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...
.
Personal
Jaden is the brother of fellow professional soccer player
Brandon Servania who currently plays for
FC Dallas
FC Dallas is an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The club competes as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference in Major League Soccer (MLS). The franchise be ...
.
References
External links
Jaden Servania , uslchampionship.comUSL Championship bio
Jaden ServaniaBirmingham Legion bio
2001 births
Soccer players from Alabama
Puerto Rican footballers
Puerto Rico international footballers
American soccer players
American sportspeople of Puerto Rican descent
Association football midfielders
Birmingham Legion FC players
North Carolina FC players
Living people
USL Championship players
Brazos Valley Cavalry FC players
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