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name: Frankie Hejduk
position: D height: 5-8 weight:155 Birthdate: August 05, 1974 Hometown: Cardiff, CA last club: St. Gallen (Switzerland) |
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| 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 | Columbus | 14 | 14 | 1,258 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| Career | 177 | 171 | 15,368 | 12 | 23 | 179 | 83 | 241 | 276 | 50 | 4 | |
| Most Recent Video Highlights |
| date | clubs | video description |
| 11/23/08 | Red Bulls @ Crew |
 Hejduk caps win
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| 09/18/08 | Red Bulls @ Crew |
CLB: Frankie Hejduk equalizer
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| 05/24/08 | Revolution @ Crew |
Hejduk half-time interview
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MLS Experience
Had appeared in 139 MLS games, with 133 starts, entering this season... Accumulated 10 goals and 16 assists in that time... A versatile flank player, who can play either midfielder or defender, in his second MLS tour of duty... In his sixth season with the Crew, having signed with the Black & Gold on 3/7/03... Spent the 1996-98 seasons with the Tampa Bay Mutiny, where he was an All-Star in 1998... Is now a five-time MLS All-Star, with selections in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007 as a member of the Crew… Originally selected in the seventh round (No. 67 overall) of the 1996 MLS Draft by Tampa Bay...MLS Career Playoff Highlights: Had seen action in nine career playoff matches, eight of them starts, entering this season… Notched one assist in seven postseason games with Tampa Bay from 1996-97...
U.S. Open Cup Career Highlights: Had appeared in nine career Open Cup matches entering this season and had one goal (7/20/04) and one assist (8/3/05) to his credit.
MLS Career Playoff Highlights: Had seen action in nine career playoff matches, eight of them starts, entering this season… Notched one assist in seven postseason games with Tampa Bay from 1996-97...
U.S. Open Cup Career Highlights: Had appeared in nine career Open Cup matches entering this season and had one goal (7/20/04) and one assist (8/3/05) to his credit.
2007: Returned to action after missing most the 2006 season with a torn right ACL and started all 24 games in which he appeared, while wearing the captain's armband in each... Had three assists on the season (4/19 vs. N.E., 7/22 vs. Toronto and 9/22 at Toronto)... Was named as the Crew's Defender of the Year and Comeback Player of the Year at season's end... Named to MLS inactive All-Star roster on 7/18... Missed games on 6/10, 6/16, 6/20 and 6/23 due to U.S. national team call-up for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
2006:Started all four games in which he appeared before suffering a season-ending injury... Wore the captain's armband for three games (4/15, 4/22 and 4/29)... Was named to his third U.S. World Cup team on 5/2 and was diagnosed the next day with a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, suffered 4/29 vs. K.C., that kept him out for the rest of the year.
2005: Appeared in 18 games, 15 of them starts, and scored three goals (5/12-2 and 9/10)... An MLS Eastern Conference All-Star reserve… 2005 U.S. Open Cup: Started and played 103 minutes in the Crew's 3-1 overtime loss to FC Dallas in the round of 32... Assisted on the lone Columbus goal.
2004: Appeared in 20 games, 19 of them starts, and scored two goals (4/3 and 6/6)... Scored the Crew's first goal of the season in the opener on 4/3... An MLS Eastern Conference All-Star starter… Missed 4/24 game at L.A. after getting a red card on 4/17 at K.C. ... Missed games on 6/12, 6/19, 8/18, 9/4, 9/8, 10/6 and 10/9 while with the U.S. National Team for World Cup qualifying... Missed 7/3 game vs. Chicago with right ankle sprain... 2004 MLS Playoffs: Started both games of the Eastern Conference Semifinal series vs. N.E. ... 2004 U.S. Open Cup: Started and scored the Crew's lone goal in the 2-1 OT loss to Chicago in the Round of 16 on 7/20.
2003: Started all 23 games in which he appeared and was selected to play in his second MLS All-Star Game in his return to the league after a four-season hiatus spent in Europe… Collected four assists, including one-game-winner… Assisted on game-winning goal 4/12 at N.Y. ... Picked up a pair of assists in his home state, 5/17 at S.J. and 7/30 at L.A…. Assisted on the Crew's lone goal in a 1-1 tie vs. D.C. on 10/4… Missed time in June and July while on U.S. National Team duty at the FIFA Confederations Cup and CONCACAF Gold Cup.
1998: Appeared in 18 games for the Tampa Bay Mutiny, scoring three goals and an assist, while missing significant time for World Cup duty... Scored career-high two goals in a game 4/11 vs. Dallas... Had one game-winning goal.
1997: Had one goal - a game-winner - and six assists in 23 appearances for the Mutiny, while emerging as one of the league's up-and-coming stars... Had one game-winning assist... 1997 MLS Playoffs: Started both Mutiny postseason matches against the Crew.
1996: Tallied a goal and two assists in nine games with the Mutiny in 1996, helping it to the Eastern Conference Finals and the league's best regular-season record... Missed much of the season while playing with the U.S. Olympic Team... Joined the club on 8/3, following the Olympics, and made his MLS debut on 8/10 at Dallas... Scored his first MLS goal - the game-winner - and added his first career assist on 9/4 at N.Y. ... Picked up an assist on 9/14 vs. D.C. United... 1996 MLS Playoffs: Started four of five Mutiny matches, including two vs. the Crew, and contributed one assist.
Other Pro Experience
Signed a three-year guaranteed contract with Bayer Leverkusen immediately after the 1998 World Cup, leaving MLS at the conclusion of the 1998 regular season... Stayed with Bayer for four years until transferring to FC St. Gallen of the Swiss First Division in September 2002…2002-03: Made seven appearances for St. Gallen in the first half of the season, debuting against Grasshoppers on 9/11…
2001-02: In his fourth season with Bayer Leverkusen, he did not make a first-team appearance prior to his transfer… Listed as a substitute many times through Leverkusen's journey through the UEFA Champions League… Broke his shoulder blade over the summer, sidelining him for nearly two months...
2000-01: Made just four appearances for Bayer Leverkusen, including three in league action and one on 11/7 at Sporting Lisbon in Champions League play...
1999-2000: Appeared in five of six Champions League games for Bayer Leverkusen, including three starts... Twice earned Man of the Match honors in UEFA Champions League play (9/15 vs. Lazio and 11/2 vs. Maribor)...
1998-99: Did not appear in any Bundesliga games for Bayer Leverkusen in the first half of the 1998-99 season, but starred for the team's developmental third division club and worked his way onto the team's active roster by January 1999... Started 10 of the last 11 games and was named Man of the Match three times... Scored his first goal in a 2-0 win against Vfl Bochum on May 9, 1999... Helped the team to a strong second place finish and a berth in the 2000 UEFA Champions League.
International
The only U.S. player to see action in the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups and 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games... Had earned 75 caps, and scored six goals through March 2008...2007: Was named to the U.S. roster for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, where he started all three matches he appeared... Scored the first U.S. goal in its 2-1 semifinal victory over Canada on 6/21... Helped lead the U.S. to the tournament title and was named to the 2007 Gold Cup All-Tournament team...
2006: Was named to the 2006 World Cup squad, but was diagnosed with a right ACL tear that prevented him from competing...
2005: Started five games, while appearing in seven overall… Made three starts while playing in four games for the USMNT in the CONCACAF Gold Cup… Started in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches on 6/8 and 9/3, also coming into the game on 6/4 as a sub… 2004: Appeared in eight matches overall, seven of them starts… Started five matches in the semifinal round of CONCACAF qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup…
2003: One of only two players to appear in every CONCACAF Gold Cup match in both 2002 and 2003… Wore the captain's armband in the U.S.'s Confederations Cup opener vs. Turkey… Earned his 50th cap on 7/14 in a 2-0 Gold Cup victory over Martinique… Made nine appearances, including eight starts…
2002: A resurgent player for the U.S. in 2002, he claimed the starting left back spot in the World Cup… Started four of five matches for the U.S. in the World Cup, serving a one-match suspension during the Mexico match for yellow card accumulation… A member of the CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning side… Played every minute of the Gold Cup… Assisted on Josh Wolff's game-winner in the Gold Cup final… Played in eight of the team's first 11 games, starting six… Made one appearance for the U.S. side, starting at right back in a 2-1 loss to Brazil on 3/3… A broken shoulder blade sidelined him for nearly two months...
2000: Made six appearances for the U.S. in 2000... Scored the second goal in the Nike U.S. Cup-clinching victory over Mexico at Giants Stadium in June... Saw action in the U.S.'s first two qualifying games in 2000, at Guatemala and Costa Rica... Competed with the U.S. Olympic Team in Sydney as an overage player... Started all six games for head coach Clive Charles at right back... Played all 540 minutes of the Olympics, helping the team to a fourth-place finish...
1999: A member of the bronze medal-winning squad at the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup in Mexico... Scored two goals on the year, both during Nike U.S. Cup '99... Netted a late header against Guatemala, then found the target against Mexico...
1998: One of the biggest surprise stories on the U.S. World Cup Team, he went from borderline National Team pool player to starting in two of the U.S.'s three games in the 1998 World Cup... Scored the winning goal and had another called back in a 3-0 thrashing of Austria in Vienna... Helped the U.S. National Team reach the finals of the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup, playing a full 90 minutes in the team's historic 1-0 victory over Brazil...
1997: Played in two of three U.S. Cup '97 games...
1996: In his first international start, he scored the game-tying goal for the U.S. in a 2-2 tie with Guatemala in World Cup qualifying on 12/21/96... Earned his first cap on 8/30/96 vs. El Salvador... A member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic soccer team that finished ninth at the Centennial Olympic Games, playing every minute for the U.S. ... Scored a goal and added an assist in 2-1 U.S. Olympic Team win over Denmark in La Jolla, California, played 10 minutes away from his home ... Started all seven games on pre-Olympic tour, missing only 58 minutes of playing time... Added to the U.S. National Team's 1996 Gold Cup roster after Earnie Stewart was dropped due to injury...
1995: Played full-time with the Under-23 National Team from 10/1/95, until the end of the Olympics.
College
Spent three seasons at UCLA (1992-94) and was named a NSCAA second-team All-American and first-team All-Far West as a Bruin in 1994... Was the only defender named to the MPSF All-Federation first team ... Finished his career with 20 points, on six goals and eight assists, in 60 games (51 starts)... His six goals in 1994 tied for second on the team (four on penalty kicks).
Personal
Married Elissa Zurcher on 12/31/05... Enjoys surfing, playing golf and sipping espresso... Has two sons, Frankie Nesta, born 2/25/98, and Coasten Daniel, born on 1/2/08... After scoring, he breaks out into a unique reggae dance to honor Bob Marley, one of his idols... His favorite soccer team is Boca Juniors and his favorite player was Claudio Caniggia... Favorite non-soccer team is the San Diego Chargers... Was a member of San Dieguito High School's state and national championship surfing team and was a 1988 National Junior High School Surfing Champion... Qualified for the 1989 U.S. Amateur Surfing Team by finishing 10th overall.
