Joshua Gatt
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joshua Alexander Gatt | ||
| Date of birth | August 29, 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Plymouth, Michigan, United States | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Molde | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2010 | Michigan Wolves | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010–2011 | Rheindorf Altach | 15 | (4) |
| 2011– | Molde | 54 | (9) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | United States U20 | 4 | (3) |
| 2012– | United States | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 30, 2013. | |||
Joshua Alexander Gatt (born August 29, 1991) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Molde in the Norwegian Tippeligaen.
Career
Early career
Born in Plymouth, Michigan, Gatt played varsity for four years at Detroit Catholic Central High School. He also played with a local select team, the Michigan Wolves.
Club career
Gatt first attracted attention as a Michigan-area youth player when his club competed in a tournament against European academy teams in Switzerland. Through the SuperElite system, the winger was offered trials at 1. FSV Mainz 05 and at SCR Altach and eventually received an offer from the latter club.
Gatt proceeded to sign with SC Rheindorf Altach, leaving behind an opportunity to play at Indiana University. Upon his arrival in Austria in the summer of 2010, he immediately joined the first team,[1]and scored 5 goals in 14 matches.[2] On January 12, 2011 it was announced that Gatt had joined Norwegian side Molde, and was among Ole Gunnar Solskjær's first signings as manager together with Davy Claude Angan and Magnus Wolff Eikrem.[3] He made his debut against Sarpsborg 08 on March 18.[4] He scored his first goal on July 30 against Vålerenga. Josh scored his second goal in as many games on August 4 against Start.[5]
In the first half of the 2012-season, Gatt scored goals against Strømsgodset, Stabæk and Vålerenga. According to himself he also scored a goal against Sandnes Ulf,[6] but the official statistics count that one to Mattias Moström.
On June 29, 2013, during the first half of Molde's home Tippeligaen match against Sarpsborg 08, Gatt seriously injured his knee, ruling him out for the remainder of the season and requiring surgery.[7] Gatt also missed the entire 2014 season. After almost 21 months out injured, Gatt was finally cleared to play again on 20 April 2015.[8] Gatt made his long awaited return for Molde on 22 May 2015, but his lasted only 4 minutes before feeling "....pain and insecurity..." in his knee,[9] resulting in a third operation on the troublesome knee.[10]
International career
Gatt was called up to the United States national team on September 2, 2012, but he had to withdraw due a hamstring injury.[11] He made his international debut on November 14, 2012 in a friendly match versus Russia.[12] Gatt was originally named to the 23-man roster for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, but was later ruled out for the tournament after picking up a knee injury in a match on June 29 against Sarpsborg 08 FF.[13]
Style of play
When Gatt was signed by Molde, Solskjær stated that he had signed an attacking player with a fast pace who can play on the right wing, left wing, and as a striker.[14] Gatt claims to have run a self-timed 100 meters in 11.00 seconds.[3]
Career statistics
- As of May 22, 2015[15]
| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2010-11 | SCR Altach | Erste Liga | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 18 | 6 | |
| 2011 | Molde | Tippeligaen | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | – | 27 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 5 | ||
| 2013 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 69 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 85 | 17 | ||
Honours
Club
- Molde
- Tippeligaen (3): 2011, 2012, 2014
References
- ↑ http://yanks-abroad.com/get.php?mode=players&id=217
- ↑ Langerød, Dag (February 10, 2011). "- Pappa var helt imot fotball" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
- 1 2 Vestad, Lars Anders (January 12, 2011). "MFKs nye angriper kunne vært sprinter" (in Norwegian). Romsdals Budstikke. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.mfkweb.org/spillerinfo.php?id=121&sesong=2011
- ↑ http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/the91stminute/2011/08/video-two-goals-in-two-games-for-american-josh-gatt/
- ↑ Inbjør, Jan H. (July 17, 2012). "Gatt: - Jeg må scored mer" (in Norwegian). Romsdals Budstikke. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
- ↑ Rise, Hans-Olav (July 16, 2013). "Gatt ute resten av sesongen" [Gatt out for the season] (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Joshua Gatt on Twitter". https://twitter.com/. Joshua Gatt. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "American Exports: Josh Gatt waiting on second opinion to discover extent of latest knee injury". http://www.mlssoccer.com/. mlssoccer. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Josh Gatt has third surgery, leaves heartfelt Instagram message". http://www.starsandstripesfc.com/. starsandstripesfc. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Mens-National-Team/2012/09/US-MNT-Roster-Announcement-Quote-Sheet.aspx
- ↑ http://espnfc.com/us/en/gamecast/356167/gamecast.html?soccernet=true&cc=5901
- ↑ http://www.soccerbyives.net/2013/07/replaced-gold-roster.html
- ↑ Kvatningen, Roy (January 12, 2011). "Solskjærs babyer" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Joshua Gatt". Soccerway. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
External links
- Joshua Gatt at National-Football-Teams.com
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