Landon Donovan

Landon Donovan is, to me, the player who dragged American soccer into serious conversation. At 173 cm out of Ontario, California, he never relied on size; his genius was timing and that unteachable instinct for the decisive moment. What I respect most is the second act: stepping into broadcasting and even coaching in the women's game rather than chasing celebrity. He carries himself like a craftsman, not a star, and that humility is precisely why his legacy endures. For anyone tracing how the U.S. earned global credibility on the pitch, his name sits quietly but unmistakably at the foundation.

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Name (English)

Landon Donovan

Name (Japanese)

ランドン・ドノバン

Reading

らんどん・どのばん

Born

March 4, 1982 (age 44)

Origin

Ontario, California, United States

Height

173 cm

Occupation

association football player / sports commentator / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dog

High school

Redlands East Valley High School

• Official sitehttps://www.landondonovan.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/landondonovan
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landon%20Donovan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%8E%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202237

Tags

• California
• association football player
• sports commentator
• association football coach

Last updated

September 25, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.