Biography and the life story of Cristian Mate Pulisic "Joining Borrusia Dortmund became the beginning for Pulisic to introduce his talent to the world"

Cristian Mate Pulisic was born on September 18, 1998 in Hersey, Pennsylvania, United States, he was born to Mark Pulisic and Kelley Pulisic. Both of his parents are former soccer players at George Mason University. The father then continued his professional career as a futsal player at the Harrisburg Heat around the 90s.

Pulisic grew up together with his sister, DeeDee. As if he inherited the talent from his parents, little Pulisic had often played soccer. Pulisic cannot be kept away from the round skin even when the father had time to test it by diverting pulisic out of the game, Pulisic still could not part with the ball.

His love for football increased in 2005 when his mother, Kelly, was offered a scholarship to work abroad in a teacher exchange program in the UK for one year.

The moment was not wasted by Pulisic to join his mother and go to England to hone more abilities in processing the round leather.

Upon arrival in the land of the queen of Elizabeth, Pulisic and her parents lived in Oxfordshire, Tackley, an area where the atmosphere was quite calm. While there Pulisic's father wasted no time registering his son at the football academy in the city of Brackley, which was about 30 minutes from the village by vehicle.

It was in the city of Brackley that Pulisic felt his first competitive football for a year. He almost played football with the team he defended every day, before or after school. If on weekends Pulisic will spend a lot of time in the park with his parents.

After the teacher exchange program was completed, Pulisic and his parents had to return to America and settle in Michigan. But his desire to play football never faded. In 2006, Pulisic joined Michigan Rush.

After a few months playing there, Pulisic then strengthened PA Classics as his family moved to his old city, Pennsylvania. At the club Pulisic thrived, although playing with older children he was not burdened at all.

During his seven years studying at PA Classics, Pulisic has gained a lot of progress. In 2014 it was an important year for Pulisic, where his neat performance was glimpsed by several European clubs including Borrusia Dortmund.

And in January 2015 he officially signed a contract with the club based in Signal Iduna Park. His move from the United States to Germany did not have many obstacles, the article Pulisic has US and Croatian citizenship. Got from Croatia from the Grandfather, Mate who made it easy to obtain EU citizenship.

Joining Borrusia Dortmund became the beginning for Pulisic to introduce his talent to the world. There Pulisic also believes highly to reap success.

Together with Dortmund, Pulisic first played in the u-17 and u-19 squad. After scoring 10 goals and making 8 assists from 15 matches with the Borrusia Dortmund junior team. In January 2016 Pulisic was drawn to the first team by the coach, Thomas Tuchel.

Pulisic made his Bundesliga debut as a substitute against FC Ingolstadt on 30 January 2016, in which Dortmund won 2-0. Three weeks later, Pulisic made his Europa League debut as a second-half substitute in the 2-0 win against FC Porto.

On April 17 2016 Pulisic scored his first Bundesliga goal with Borussia Dortmund, he opened the scoring in a 3-0 home win against Hamburger SV. That achievement made him the youngest and fourth youngest non-German player to score in the Bundesliga, who was only 17 years and 212 days old.

A week later, with his two goals against VfB Stuttgart, Pulisic broke another Bundesliga record by becoming the youngest player to score two goals in the top flight. The match also marked his first yellow card in the Bundesliga.

The second half of the 2015/16 season, Pulisic recorded 12 appearances and 2 goals in all competitions. The following season with Dortmund, Pulisic became the youngest player to ever play in the European Champions League. His debut in the champions league took place in a match against Legia Warsaw in September 2016.

While the inaugural goal at the event took place in the last 16 against Benfica, which Dortmund won 4-0. Pulisic became Dortmund's youngest goalscorer to score in the champions league which is 18 years, 5 months and 18 days. In that season Pulisic appeared 43 times and scored 5 goals and helped Dortmund win the DFB-Pokal title.

For her glorious performance in 2017, Pulisic was awarded as a Player of the Year in the United States. One year before he had won the title of the youngest best US player.

In the 2017/18 season Pulisic again presented a positive impression for the Dortmund fans. In addition to being blessed with the speed and ability to carry a good ball, Pulisic is also able to play on both sides of the wing. Foresight to see space makes Pulisic often scored from the second line. In that season Pulisic scored another 5 goals, this time from 42 matches.

In the 2018/19 season, Pulisic's performance was slightly disrupted by physical conditions. Although the minutes of playing Pulisic in that season were interrupted by a number of minor injuries he suffered, he still managed to appear 30 times and pack 7 goals, one of which was a winning goal when he beat Club Brugge in the Champions League in December 2018.

In early January 2019, Pulisic signed a contract with Chelsea at a cost of 64 million euros. But he still played for Dortmund until the 2018/19 season finished.

Pulisic's debut in the primary league was not very smooth, his team defeated Manchester United with a score of 0-4 at old trafford in its inaugural week.

At the International Level, Pulisic defended uncle Sam in a number of matches. Pulisic underwent several matches with the United States u15 and u17, where he briefly appeared as captain in the u17 world cup championship in Chile in 2015.

In March 2016 Pulisic made his debut with the senior national team against Guatemala. on 20 November 2018, he became the youngest player to captain the United States national team in a friendly against Italy. Pulisic was 20 years old and 63 days old. Until now he has defended uncle Sam 31 times and scored 13 goals.

On the other hand, Pulisic claimed to idolize NBA basketball player Lebron James. Even LeBron James had posed with the number 10 American national team uniform named Pulisic.

For green field idols, Pulisic is fond of Luis Figo. Figo's great ability to dribble and his courage to beat past opponents makes Pulisic unnerved. His father also called him 'Figo', because their family really likes watching Real Madrid in the Los Galacticos era with Figo in it.

Now, from all track records, childhood ideals, and the support of many parties, Pulisic must be optimistic that his career is uphill. Through all these aspects, Pulisic is ready to continue serving and protecting the club he defends by making a real contribution on the gridiron.