Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Sergio Oregel Jr. | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2005-05-16) May 16, 2005 (age 19) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Evergreen Park, Illinois, United States | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Chicago Fire | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 35 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2018–2022 | Chicago Fire | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Chicago Fire | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | → Chicago Fire II (loan) | 62 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2019 | United States U15 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022 | United States U17 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | United States U19 | 6 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | United States U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | United States U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 26, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 12, 2024 |
Sergio Oregel Jr. (born May 16, 2005) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire.
Club career
Youth
Oregel joined the academy in 2018. In his final season with the academy in 2021, Oregel helped the team win the inaugural MLS NEXT under-19 Championship on July 3. Oregel earned the MLS NEXT U-19 Golden Ball, which is awarded to the best player of the tournament in each age division.
Chicago Fire
On October 23, 2021, it was announced that Oregel had signed a homegrown player deal with the Chicago Fire senior team, on a deal that would begin in 2022. In 2022, Oregel spent the majority of the season with the club's MLS Next Pro side, where he made 17 appearances.
International career
Born in the United States, Oregel is of Mexican descent. He is a youth international for the United States, having played up to the United States U19s.
References
- "Sergio Oregel | Chicago Fire FC". chicagofirefc.
- Calabrese, Alex (August 25, 2022). "Sergio Oregel: The next homegrown to break out with the Chicago Fire". hottimeinoldtown.com.
- "Chicago Fire FC Sign Academy Midfielder Sergio Oregel to Homegrown Player Contract | Chicago Fire FC". chicagofirefc.
- "Chicago Fire FC signs 16-year-old Academy midfielder Sergio Oregel".
- "Sergio Oregel | MLSsoccer.com". mlsnextpro.
- Calabrese, Alex (August 25, 2022). "Sergio Oregel: The next homegrown to break out with the Chicago Fire". Hot Time In Old Town. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
External links
Chicago Fire FC – current squad | |
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- 2005 births
- Living people
- American men's soccer players
- American sportspeople of Mexican descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Chicago Fire FC players
- Chicago Fire FC II players
- Homegrown Players (MLS)
- Major League Soccer players
- MLS Next Pro players
- Soccer players from Chicago
- United States men's youth international soccer players
- Footballers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games footballers for the United States
- 21st-century American sportsmen