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Boyd Okwuonu
Personal information
Full name	Boyd Obunikechukwu Okwuonu
Date of birth	February 24, 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Lagos, Nigeria
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
2008–2009	IMG Academy
2009–2011	FC Dallas
College career
Years	Team
2011–2014	North Carolina Tar Heels
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012	Carolina Dynamo
2014	Orlando City U-23
2015–2016	Real Salt Lake
2015–2016	→ Real Monarchs (loan)
International career‡
2009	United States U17
2010–2011	United States U18
2012–2013	United States U20
2015	United States U23
Medal record
Representing United States
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 16, 2016; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 15, 2015

Boyd Obunikechukwu Okwuonu (born February 24, 1993) is an American soccer player.

Career

Youth, college and amateur

Okwuonu was a member of both the U.S. Soccer Residency program and the FC Dallas Development Academy program before spending his entire college career at the University of North Carolina. He made a total of 89 appearances for the Tar Heels and was named to the All-ACC First Team three years in a row. Okwuonu also played in the Premier Development League for Carolina Dynamo and Orlando City U-23.^[1]^[2]

Professional

On January 15, 2015, Okwuonu was selected in the second round (27th overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by Real Salt Lake.^[3] On March 20, he was sent on loan to USL affiliate club Real Monarchs SLC.^[4] He made his professional debut two days later in a goalless draw on the road against LA Galaxy II.

International

Okwuonu was a member of the U.S. under-17 national team at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He also represented the U.S. at the U18, U20 and U23 level.

References

^ "2012 Carolina Dynamo stats". USLPDL.com. Premier Development League. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
^ "2014 Orlando City U-23 stats". USLPDL.com. Premier Development League. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
^ "Real Salt Lake selects Boyd Okwuonu in the MLS SuperDraft". RealSaltLake.com. RSL Communications. January 15, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
^ Montgomery, Matt (March 20, 2015). "Seven RSL players loaned to Monarchs for debut against LA Galaxy II". RSLSoapBox.com. Retrieved March 23, 2015.