Ulysses Llanez Jr. (born April 2, 2001) is an American professional

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player who plays as a winger for

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club

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Club career

Llanez made his professional debut for

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in a 0–2 loss to

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on August 6, 2017, coming on as an 88th-minute substitute for Josh Turnley. On his 18th birthday, April 2, 2019, Llanez announced that he had signed a professional contract to play for the German side

. On September 15, 2020, Dutch

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side SC Heerenveen announced that they had signed Llanez on loan through the end of the 2020–21 season. In July 2021, Llanez joined Austrian Second League side

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on loan.

International career

Llanez was born in the

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and is of

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descent. He was previously called to youth training camps for the Mexico U-16 squad in 2017 but never made an appearance. Since then, he has represented the

at the U-17, U-18, U-19, U-20, and senior levels. A regular starter for the

at the U-20 level, he was an integral part of the United States team at the

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. On December 30, 2019, Llanez was called up to the senior squad for the first time. On February 1, 2020, Llanez made his senior debut for United States, starting and scoring the only goal in 1–0 friendly win over Costa Rica. On November 3, 2020, Llanez was named to the United States senior squad for two friendlies against Wales and Panama.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list United States' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Llanez goal''.

Honors

United States U20 *

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Individual *

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Best XI:

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* * 2001 births Living people Men's association football forwards American men's soccer players American sportspeople of Mexican descent LA Galaxy II players Sportspeople from Lynwood, California Eredivisie players SC Heerenveen players Soccer players from California United States men's under-20 international soccer players United States men's youth international soccer players USL Championship players United States men's international soccer players VfL Wolfsburg players Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands {{US-footy-forward-stub