club roster 2009 season stats GP Goals Assists 25 12 6 name: Landon Donovan position: F-M height: 5-8 weight:158 Birthdate: March 04, 1982 Hometown: Redlands, CA last club: Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)

Regular Season Stats

full bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights

year	club	gp	gs	min	g	a	sht	sog	fc	fs	c	ej
2009	Los Angeles	25	23	2,152	12	6	56	29	25	38	1	0
Career		208	192	17,760	96	75	450	250	231	366	30	0

Most Recent Video Highlights

date	clubs	video description
05/23/09	Galaxy @ FC Dallas	Donovan strikes first for LA
05/06/09	Galaxy @ Real Salt Lake	Donovan nets another
05/02/09	Red Bulls @ Galaxy	Landon Donovan converts PK

Acquired by Los Angeles

Signed by the Galaxy on March 31, 2005.

MLS Highlights

2008: Enjoyed his best season as a pro, winning the Budweiser Golden Boot award with an MLS-best 20 goals while adding nine assists. He was named to the MLS All-Star Team for the eighth time in his MLS career and was a finalist for the Volkswagen MLS MVP award and was chosen as the Galaxy's MVP and Humanitarian of the Year. Donovan was named the April Player of the Month after scoring eight goals in four games in the month and won two of his league-best four Player of the Week awards in that month. He recorded the first two hat tricks of his Galaxy career on 4/26 vs. Chivas USA and 9/20 vs. D.C. United and added four other multi-goal games for a league-best six. Donovan tallied his only multi-assist game on 5/18, setting up two goals in the 5-1 win at FC Dallas. He also had a shot deflected into the goal for an own goal in that game. The Galaxy were 4-2-6 when he scored a goal and 2-1-3 when he scored more than one goal.

2007: Led the Galaxy with eight goals and 13 assists on the season, meaning that he was involved in more than half of the club's goals on the year. The 13 assists set a new career-high for Donovan and were the second most in MLS. He was also the leading scorer at SuperLiga, tallying four goals in five games as LA reached the tournament Final. The Galaxy's U.S. Soccer Foundation Humanitarian of the Year, Donovan recorded his lone multi-goal game in the 2-0 win over Chicago on July 4. Both of those goals came from the penalty spot where Donovan was 5-for-6 on the year. Donovan's 13th assist of the year gave him 60 for his career, making him one of eight players in league history to have both 60 goals and 60 assists. He was named to the MLS All-Star Team for the seventh straight year.

2006: Was named team MVP after tallying 12 goals and eight assists in 24 games. He missed eight games in the middle of the year while with the U.S. National Team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany but played all but one minute of his team's final 17 contests. Was named to the MLS All-Star Team for the sixth straight season.

2005: Returned to Major League Soccer after a stint in Germany with Bayer Leverkusen. Had one of the best seasons of his career in his first campaign with the Galaxy, collecting 12 goals and 10 assists in 22 regular season games. He continued his torrid pace with four goals in four postseason games, including both of the club's tallies in a 2-0 win at Colorado that gave LA the Western Conference Championship.

2004: Led the Earthquakes in assists with 10 and added six goals to lead San Jose to the postseason for the fourth consecutive season.

2003: Named to the Radio Shack MLS Best XI and was the Earthquakes' Most Valuable Player after completing a stellar season in which he set a career-high with 12 goals and added six assists. He was twice crowned MLS Player of the Month (April and September) and scored his first career hat trick on 9/20 at KC. Was dominant again in the postseason, scoring four goals in four games, including two in a 4-2 win over Chicago in the MLS Cup where he became the first player ever to score more than one goal in the MLS Cup and was named MLS Cup MVP.

2002: Scored seven goals and registered three assists in 20 games with the Earthquakes. Missed two months of the season while with the U.S. National Team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan/Korea but still finished second on the team in goals and was named as an MLS All-Star. 2001: Proved to be one of the brightest stars in MLS in his rookie season. Led the club with 10 assists, a figure that remained a career-high until 2007, and added seven goals. Named MVP of MLS All-Star game after record-breaking four-goal performance. Established himself as a big game player, scoring five goals in six playoff matches, including one in the MLS Cup Final as the Earthquakes won their first-ever MLS Cup.

Career Highlights

2008-09: Spent the offseason on loan at Bayern Munich. He scored four goals in five friendlies before making his competitive debut for the club in the DFB Cup when he came on as a second half substitute in a 5-1 win over Stuttgart on 1/27. He made his Bundesliga debut for the club on 1/30 in a 1-0 loss at Hamburg.

2004-05: After the 2004 MLS season, Donovan returned to Germany to re-join Bayer Leverkusen of the German Bundesliga. He appeared in seven games in three months with Leverkusen before signing with the Galaxy in March 2005.

1999-2001: Signed a contact with Bayer Leverkusen in 1999 at the age of 17 after impressing with the U.S. Under-17 National Team. He played primarily with the Leverkusen reserves before joining the San Jose Earthquakes on loan in March 2001.

National Team

Donovan is the all-time leader in goals with the U.S. National Team, scoring 37 goals in his 108 games with the Red, White and Blue. A five-time Honda Player of the Year and two-time U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year, he scored his record breaking 35th goal in the 2-0 win over Sweden at The Home Depot Center on 1/19/08. Donovan had his best season for his country in 2007 when he set a National Team record for points in a year by tallying 22 points on nine goals, including a hat trick against Ecuador in March, and four assists in 12 games. A fixture in the starting XI under Bruce Arena and Bob Bradley, Donovan appeared in and started every game during both the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups, scoring in the 2-0 Quarterfinal win over Mexico in 2002. He made his National Team debut on October 25, 2000, coming on as a second half substitute and scoring in a 2-0 win over Mexico. Donovan also represented the U.S. at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, scoring one goal to help lead the U.S. to a fourth place finish. Donovan also helped the U.S. to a fourth place finish in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand. He claimed the Golden Ball as the tournament's most valuable player after scoring three goals in six games. Made his first-ever appearance for the U.S. at any level on Feb. 13, 1998 when he scored in a 2-1 loss to Mexico with the U-17's.

Personal

The only five-time winner of the Honda Player of the Year Award (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008) in the award's history, a two-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year (2003 and 2004) and the 2000 winner of the U.S. Soccer Young Male Athlete of the Year. Donovan has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, ESPN The Magazine and numerous other publications. A Southern California native, Donovan has a twin sister Tristan. He married his wife Bianca Kajlich in January 2007.