Ricardo Pepi
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Pepi in 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ricardo Daniel Pepi | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | January 9, 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | El Paso, Texas, United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | PSV | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2016–2019 | FC Dallas | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | FC Dallas | 55 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → North Texas SC (loan) | 13 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | FC Augsburg | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → FC Groningen (loan) | 29 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Jong PSV | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023— | PSV | 45 | (18) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | United States U17 | 17 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | United States | 33 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 25, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 18, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ricardo Daniel Pepi (born January 9, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Eredivisie club PSV and the United States national team.
Pepi had his breakthrough with Major League Soccer club FC Dallas and was named the MLS Young Player of the Year in 2021. In 2022 he joined Bundesliga club FC Augsburg and was later loaned to Eredivisie club FC Groningen. In 2023 he signed with PSV Eindhoven for €9 million ($9.8m) and won the 2023–24 Eredivisie.
He represented the United States at the youth U17 level. He made his senior debut in 2021 and won the CONCACAF Nations League in 2023 and 2024. He won the U.S. Soccer Young Male Player of the Year award in 2021.