John Kenneth Hilton (born June 15, 2001), occasionally known as Xuxuh Hilton, is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who plays as a

left-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for Dutch club

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...

Club career

Having started his career with

Chivas USA Chivas USA (pronounced ''CHEE-vahs'') was an American professional soccer team based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California. The club played from 2005 to 2014 in Major League Soccer (MLS) and was a subsidiary of Mexican club C.D. Guada ...

, Hilton moved to the Netherlands in 2015 to join Dutch giants

Ajax Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * ''Ajax'' (play), by the ancient Greek ...

. However, after having his move investigated by

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

, Hilton was told to return to the United States, which he did in 2016, joining

LA Galaxy LA Galaxy, also known as the Los Angeles Galaxy, are an American professional soccer club based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Galaxy competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), as a member of the Western Conference. The club began pl ...

. In July 2023, Hilton signed a two-year contract with

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

club

International career

Hilton was born in the United States to an American father and Brazilian mother. He is a youth international for the United States, having represented the United States under-16s.

Career statistics

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hilton, John 2001 births Living people Soccer players from Long Beach, California American men's soccer players United States men's youth international soccer players American sportspeople of Brazilian descent Men's association football defenders Tweede Divisie players Eerste Divisie players Chivas USA players AFC Ajax players LA Galaxy players Koninklijke HFC players FC Volendam players FC Dordrecht players American expatriate men's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands