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John Brooks
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German-American soccer player (born 1993)
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John Brooks is an American and German association football player born in Berlin on January 28, 1993. His birth name is John Anthony Brooks. He competes in the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, wearing the number 25 jersey. He plays as a full-back or centre-back for Hertha BSC and its reserve team, Hertha BSC II.
Brooks has represented Germany and the United States in international competition. He participated in the 2014 FIFA World Cup for the United States. His national team affiliations include the United States men's national under-20 and under-23 soccer teams. He began his professional work period in 2012 and speaks German.
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Key facts
- 2012
- Germany U20
- 2024
- Hertha BSC
- Full name
- John Anthony Brooks Jr.
- Date of birth
- ( 1993-01-28 ) January 28, 1993 (age 33)
- Place of birth
- Berlin , Germany
- Height
- 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
- Position
- Center-back
- Current team
- Hertha BSC
- Years
- Team
- 2011 2015
- Hertha BSC II
- 2012 2017
- Hertha BSC
- 2017 2022
- VfL Wolfsburg
- 2022 2023
- Benfica
- 2023 2024
- TSG Hoffenheim
- 2010 2011
- United States U20
- 2013 2021
- United States
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Hertha
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Brooks
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- 2014 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Hertha BSC
- Position played
- full-back
- League
- 2. Bundesliga
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 200
- Image
- John Anthony Brooks 2012 1.jpg
- Height
- 193
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- Commons category
- John Anthony Brooks
- date of birth
- 1993-01-28
- sport number
- 25
- birth name
- John Anthony Brooks
- start of work period
- 2012-00-00
- name in native language
- John Brooks
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of May 18, 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of September 8, 2021
John Anthony Brooks Jr. (born January 28, 1993) is a professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for 2. Bundesliga club Hertha BSC. Born in Germany, he represented the United States national team.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Brooks” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.