Rokas Pukštas

Rokas Pukštas
Personal information
Date of birth	25 August 2004
Place of birth	Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Hajduk Split
Number	21
Youth career
2018–2020	Sporting Kansas City
2020	Barça Residency Academy
2020–2022	Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years	Team
2022–	Hajduk Split
National team‡
2019	United States U15
2021	United States U20
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:47, 29 April 2022 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:47, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Rokas Pukštas (born 25 August 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Croatian First Football League club Hajduk Split.

Club career

Pukštas joined Sporting Kansas City's youth academy in 2018, and had a trial with Manchester United in 2019.[1] He moved to the Barça Residency Academy in January 2020, where he was a regular starter of their youth sides. He signed a professional contract with Hajduk Split on 10 November 2020, joining their U17 side.[2] He made his professional debut with Hajduk Split in a 2–1 Croatian First Football League win over Hrvatski Dragovoljac on 29 April 2022.[3]

Pukštas is eligible to play for the United States and Lithuania. He represented the United States U15s in 2019,[4] and the United States U20s in 2021.[5] He was approached to represent the senior Lithuania national team in March 2022.[6]

Pukštas was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma to a family of Lithuanian athletes. His father, Mindaugas Pukštas, was a Lithuanian marathon runner who came 74th in his discipline at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[7]

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