Jürgen Damm Rascón (born 7 November 1992) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club América. According to a study conducted by Mexican club

Pachuca Pachuca (; ote, Nju̱nthe), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of whic ...

, and backed by

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, Damm was the second fastest player in the world on 2015. He was able to reach running with the ball.

Early life

Jürgen Damm was born to an upper middle class family. His paternal grandfather is from

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, and as a result, he holds a German passport. He was born in the coastal city of Tuxpan, state of Veracruz, and due to his father's job, 2-year-old Damm and his family moved to

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. After two years in Canada, Jürgen and his family returned to Mexico and settled in

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, where he began his football career. As his father always believed education was first, due to their family heritage, so Jürgen was not allowed to join any clubs until age 17, and he continues to pursue a degree in

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. Jürgen was spotted by Magdaleno Mercado and invited to a try out with Atlas. He spent 6 months with the team but left due to a lack of playing opportunities. He was then transferred to the youth team of Tecos under trainer Francisco Chavez.

Club career

Tecos

Damm began his professional career with Tecos at age 18. He made his debut in the

on 25 March 2012 in a 0–4 loss against

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under coach

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. After his first season with Tecos, they were relegated to the

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where he remained for several seasons.

Pachuca

Damm completed a permanent transfer to

on 30 June 2013. During his first season with his new club, he appeared in every game and scored the first goal of his career against

on 20 October 2013. In his second season with the club, Pachuca made it to the final of the Clausura 2014 season. He played in all of Pachuca's playoff matches, reaching the final against León, where Pachuca lost 3–4 on aggregate score. Damm started off the 2014 Apertura season with an injury in the second match against

. After having missed 8 games he made a full comeback on 1 October 2014. Jürgen also participated in the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League with Pachuca scoring a goal against

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on 24 September 2014.

Tigres UANL

On 10 June 2015, Damm joined

Tigres UANL Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Foun ...

in a reported $10 million deal. On 3 October 2015, he scored his first goal for Tigres in a 1–0 victory against

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. At Tigres, Damm was a part of four Mexican championship teams winning the Liga MX Apertura in consecutive years from 2015 to 2017, while adding the Liga MX Clausura title in 2019. The midfielder was a mainstay for Tigres totaling 172 appearances in all competitions. He completed his Tigres career with 13 goals and 23 assists. Damm also played in 22

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matches and made 4 appearances in the

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when Tigres was invited to the competition in 2015 and reached the

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against River Plate.

Atlanta United

On 1 July 2020, Damm joined

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side

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after they paid $50,000 in General Allocation Money to

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who held his Discovery Rights. On 25 February 2022, Atlanta United exercised an offseason Buyout of a Guaranteed Contract after 24 appearances for the club over two seasons.

América

After a trial period during pre-season, on 18 June 2022, Damm officially joined

Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...

International career

On 18 March 2015, Damm received his first call up to the senior national team under coach

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for the friendlies against

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on 28 March and

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on 31 March. He made his senior debut on 28 March 2015 against

, coming in as a substitute in the 84th minute of the game. On 17 November 2015, Damm scored his first international goal against

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in a 2–0 away win for Mexico. In May 2018, Damm was named in Mexico's preliminary 28-man

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for the

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, but did not make the final 23.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.''

Honours

Tigres UANL *

: Apertura 2015, Apertura 2016, Apertura 2017, Clausura 2019 *

Campeón de Campeones ''Campeón de Campeones'' ( es, Champion of Champions) is an annual Mexican football competition established in 1942. In its current form, the winner of the Apertura season faces the winner of the Clausura season, for both Liga MX and Liga MX Feme ...

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* Campeones Cup:

Individual *

Best XI: Apertura 2015

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Damm, Jurgen 1992 births Living people Footballers from Veracruz Mexican people of German descent German people of Mexican descent Sportspeople of Mexican descent Mexican expatriates in Canada German expatriates in Canada Association football wingers Mexican footballers German footballers Mexico international footballers 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players Tecos F.C. footballers C.F. Pachuca players Tigres UANL footballers Atlanta United FC players Liga MX players People from Tuxpan, Veracruz Major League Soccer players