Erik Mozzo (born 25 December 1990) is a US Virgin Islands soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the US Virgin Islands national soccer team.

Erik Mozzo
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-12-25) 25 December 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
US Ivry
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Saint Leo Lions 14 (0)
2010–2011 Clemson Tigers 1 (0)
2012–2013 Lubbock Christian Chapparrals 29 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Southern West Virginia King's Warriors 23 (0)
2013–2014 Adler Weidhausen 1919
2015–2016 Dallas City FC
2017–2018 TSV Sonnefeld
2018 VfL Frohnlach 1 (0)
2018–2019 FC Versailles 78 4 (0)
2019–2021 FC Chalon
2021–2022 US Ivry
International career
2015– US Virgin Islands 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 August 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2018

College career edit

Mozzo began his collegiate career at St. Leo University in Florida, where he appeared in 14 matches in 2009.[1] He then transferred to Clemson. Mozzo redshirted his first year and then made only one appearance in 2011, recording 8 saves in a loss to Charlotte. Following the 2011 season, he transferred again, this time to Lubbock Christian University, where he made 29 appearances over the course of two seasons.[2]

Club career edit

Mozzo played for the Southern West Virginia King's Warriors of the USL PDL for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. He made 23 league appearances for the club over that time.[3] For the 2013/14 season, he signed with German club FC Adler Weidhausen. Following the season, he left the club and returned to the United States to sign for Dallas City FC of the NPSL.[4][5] In 2016, he was also a reserve goalkeeper for FC Dallas of Major League Soccer.[6]

In 2017 Mozzo left Dallas and signed for German club TSV Sonnefeld of the Landesliga Bayern-Nordwest.[7][8] In 2018 he signed for VfL Frohnlach of the Landesliga Bayern-Nordost.[9]

Following the 2018 season Mozzo left Germany and signed for FC Versailles 78 of the French Championnat National 3. He made four league appearances during the season.[10] In October 2019 he made the switch to another French club, FC Chalon.[11]

International career edit

Mozzo made his senior international debut on March 22, 2015, in a 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Barbados.[12]

International statistics edit

As of match played March 21, 2021[12]
National team Year Apps Goals
United States Virgin Islands 2015 2 0
2016 4 0
2017 0 0
2018 1 0
2019 0 0
2020 0 0
2021 1 0
Total 8 0

References edit

  1. ^ "2010 Clemson Media Guide". Clemson Athletics. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Erik Mozzo - 2013 Men's Soccer - Lubbock Christian University". lcuchaps.com. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Erik Mozzo Soccerstats". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. ^ "2014/15 Abgaenge" (in German). fussballn.de. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Dallas City FC". Dallas City FC. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  6. ^ "FC Dallas vs. Montreal Impact" (in German). sport.de. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  7. ^ "TSV Sonnefeld holt Verstärkung von den Jungferninseln" (in German). infranken.de. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  8. ^ "TSV Sonnefeld verpflichtet neuen Torwart" (in German). np-coburg.de. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  9. ^ "VfL Frohnlach ist in Bayreuth viel zu harmlos" (in German). infranken.de. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Erik Mozzo Versailles profile". foot-national.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  11. ^ Collin, Xavier. "Erik Mozzo, le gardien globe trotter de Chalon" (in French). lejsl.com. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Erik Mozzo". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

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