Weston McKennie

Club

Juventus

Position

Central Midfield

Nationality

United States

Date of birth

1998-08-28

Birthplace

Little Elm, Texas, United States

Height

1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight

183 lbs

Shirt number

22

Weston James Earl McKennie (born August 28, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Juventus, and the United States national team. A versatile player, McKennie is capable of playing in a multitude of positions in midfield—mainly as a box-to-box or as a deep-lying defensive midfielder.

Coming through the youth system, McKennie began his senior club career at Bundesliga side Schalke 04. In 2017–18, he established himself as a first team player, playing 25 games in all competitions. After three seasons, McKennie moved to Italian champions Juventus on loan, with the deal becoming permanent in March 2021. With Juventus he won the 2020 Supercoppa Italiana and the 2020–21 Coppa Italia.

McKennie has represented the United States internationally at both the youth and senior levels. He made his senior debut in 2017 and has finished runner-up in the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup and won the inaugural 2019-20 CONCACAF Nations League. Individually he won a U.S. Soccer Male Player of the Year award in 2020.