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Rokas Pukštas

Rokas Pukštas
Personal information
Full name Rokas Pukštas[1]
Date of birth (2004-08-25) August 25, 2004 (age 20)[1]
Place of birth Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team 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 Apps (Gls)
2022– Hajduk Split 64 (12)
2022Solin (loan) 5 (3)
International career
2019 United States U15 5 (0)
2021–2023 United States U20 14 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 7, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 4, 2023

Rokas Pukštas (born August 25, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Croatian 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.[2] He moved to the Barça Residency Academy in January 2020, where he was a regular starter of their youth sides.[citation needed]

Pukštas signed a professional contract with Hajduk Split on November 10, 2020, joining their U17 side.[3] He made his professional debut with Hajduk Split in a 2–1 Croatian First Football League win over Hrvatski Dragovoljac on April 29, 2022.[4]

International career

Pukštas was born in the United States to Lithuanian parents, and is eligible to play for either nation. He represented the United States under-15 team in 2019.[5] He later represented the United States under-20 side in 2021 and at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where he scored a goal against New Zealand.[6][7][8]

He was approached to represent the senior Lithuania national team in March 2022.[9]

Personal life

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.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played December 7, 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hajduk Split 2021–22 1. HNL 1 0 1 0
2022–23 21 4 5 0 1[b] 0 27 4
2023–24 28 8 2 0 30 8
2024–25 14 0 2 1 4 0 20 1
Total 64 12 9 1 4 0 1 0 78 13
Solin (loan) 2022–23 1. NL 5 3 5 3
Career total 69 15 9 1 4 0 1 0 83 16
  1. ^ Includes Croatian Cup
  2. ^ Appearance in Croatian Super Cup

Honors

Hajduk Split

United States U20

References