Royal-Dominique Fennell

Royal-Dominique Fennell

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Personal information
Full name	Royal-Dominique Fennell
Date of birth	(1989-06-05) June 5, 1989
Place of birth	Fort Irwin, California, United States
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Würzburger Kickers
Number	26
Youth career
	VfB Stuttgart
0000–2007	SSV Ulm 1846
2007–2009	Stuttgarter Kickers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2011	Stuttgarter Kickers II	52	(2)
2010–2015	Stuttgarter Kickers	119	(12)
2015–	Würzburger Kickers	12	(0)
International career‡
2011	United States U23	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:07, October 3, 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 23, 2012

Royal-Dominique Fennell (born June 5, 1989) is a German-American soccer player who plays for Würzburger Kickers in 3. Liga as a defender.

Club career

Fennell was born in Fort Irwin, California to an American father who served in the U.S. military, and a German mother. At the age of four, he returned to his mother's homeland and grew up in the town of Göppingen, where his father had been stationed. Fennell, a central defender, came through the ranks at Stuttgarter Kickers and first broke through to the first team at the end of the 2009–10 season with two cameo appearances. The next season, Fennell consolidated his position at the Regionalliga Süd club and became a regular in the starting lineup. Fennell enjoyed further success in the 2011–12 season, when Kickers won the title with several games to spare, thereby earning promotion. Fennell is expected to be a mainstay in his club's defense when they return to the third level of German soccer for the first time since relegation in 2009.

International career

Fennell was first called into US Youth National Teams in late 2011 when United States U23 manager Caleb Porter was looking for answers to a shallow pool of U-23 defenders. Fennell participated in several camps and was called to the qualifying roster, but his club, which was in the throes of a promotion race, did not release him.

External links

• U.S. Soccer bio
• Profile in Yanks Abroad
• Royal-Dominique Fennell profile at Fussballdaten