American soccer players in Germany: The 2026/27 edition
A healthy number of American nationals are currently on the books of soccer teams in Germany, including USMNT regulars Malik Tillman and Joe Scally, plus talented youngsters like Cole Campbell and Mathis Albert. Find out how they are faring during the 2026/27 Bundesliga campaign...
Club: Bayer Leverkusen
Position: Midfield
Age: 24 (born May 28, 2002)
Games played: 7
Starts: 2
Last season:
A Bayern Munich academy graduate, Tillman scored six goals in 29 appearances over the course of his first Bundesliga season at Leverkusen, before representing his country at the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Last matchday:
Tillman came off the bench with 15 minutes left to play of Leverkusen's 4-2 defeat to VfB Stuttgart on Matchday 8.
Club: Borussia Mönchengladbach
Position: Full-back
Age: 23 (born December 31, 2002)
Games played: 8
Starts: 7
Last season:
Scally has been a regular at Gladbach for several seasons now and was a virtual ever-present during the 2025/26 campaign. The US World Cup representative registered two goals and three assists in 32 matches.
Last matchday:
Scally played the full 90 minutes of Gladbach's Matchday 8 0-0 draw with Paderborn, having a goal chalked off in the first half.
Cole Campbell
Club: Elversberg
Position: Forward
Age: 20 (born February 20, 2006)
Games played: 7
Starts: 4
Last season:
After being loaned out by Borussia Dortmund for the second half of the season, Campbell made five substitute appearances for Hoffenheim in an injury-riddled spell. The young forward also played once for the BVB first team earlier in the campaign.
Last matchday:
While Campbell was only introduced in the 75th minute of his Elversberg's 4-1 win over Mainz, he still managed to get on the scoresheet, netting his team's final goal in stoppage time courtesy of an acrobatic volley.
Watch: Campbell nets fantastic strike as Elversberg down Mainz
Noahkai Banks
Club: Augsburg
Position: Defender
Age: 19 (born December 1, 2006)
Games played: 4
Starts: 4
Last season:
Honolulu-born Banks enjoyed a breakout 2025/26. He was a regular in defence between Matchdays 6-25, but fell out of starting favour towards the end of the season.
Last matchday:
Banks did not play any part in Augsburg's defeat to Freiburg on Matchday 8 due to injury.
Santiago Castaneda
Club: Paderborn
Position: Midfielder
Age: 21 (born November 13, 2004)
Games played: 8
Starts: 8
Last season:
Castaneda was an integral part of Paderborn's promotion push last term, making 31 total appearances in Bundesliga 2 in 2025/26, before playing every minute across both legs of Paderborn's play-off victory over Wolfsburg.
Last matchday:
Castaneda again started and played the full 90 minutes as Paderborn draw at Gladbach.
Lennard Maloney
Club: Mainz
Position: Midfielder
Age: 27 (born October 8, 1999)
Games played: 4
Starts: 0
Last season:
Maloney was largely used as a second-half substitute in 2025/26, a role he played as Mainz confirmed his former team Heidenheim's relegation to the second tier on Matchday 34.
Last matchday:
Maloney came on in the 62nd minute on Matchday 8 but could not prevent his side's defeat to Elversberg.
Mathis Albert
Club: Borussia Dortmund
Position: Forward
Age: 17 (born May 21, 2009)
Games played: 1
Starts: 0
Last season:
Aged 16, Albert made his Bundesliga debut last season - a two-minute cameo in the 4-0 victory over Freiburg on Matchday 31. The youngster has been tipped to appear more frequently for Die Schwarzgelben this term.
Last matchday:
Albert wasn't named in the matchday squad for Dortmund's Klassiker draw against Bayern Munich.
Timothy Chandler
Club: Eintracht Frankfurt
Position: Full-back
Age: 36 (born March 29, 1990)
Games played: 2
Starts: 0
Last season:
Chandler made a late cameo on Matchday 34 of his 12th season with Frankfurt. The veteran full-back has made 200 appearances for the club.
Last matchday:
Chandler was an unused substitute in Frankfurt's 3-1 win over Hamburg.
Montrell Culbreath
Club: Bayer Leverkusen
Position: Right winger
Age: 19 (born August 29, 2007)
Games played: 0
Starts: 0
Last season:
A German-American dual national, Culbreath started nine of Leverkusen's last 11 league games of the season. The teenager famously scored a debut goal in Leipzig just before Christmas.
Last matchday:
Culbreath was on the bench for Leverkusen against Stuttgart on Matchday 8 for the first time this Bundesliga season, having recovered from injury. However, he did not get on to the field of play.
Americans in Bundesliga 2
Jonathan Gómez (VfL Osnabrück)
John Tolkin (Holstein Kiel)
Grayson Dettoni (Darmstadt)
Isaiah Young (Arminia Bielefeld)
Ryan Malone (Energie Cottbus)
