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Wilio Destin
Personal information
Full name Wilio Saul Destin
Date of birth (1993-09-20) 20 September 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Great Falls, Virginia, USA
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Lazio
Number 9
Youth career
2000–2004 Great Falls Rangers
2004–2007 Northern Virginia Royals
2007–2011 D.C. United
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 VCU Rams 28 (31)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 D.C. United 81 (69)
2014–2015 PSV Eindhoven 40 (33)
2015–2017 Marseille 72 (28)
2017–2021 Lazio 143 (63)
2021–2023 Manchester City 70 (41)
2023–2024 Real Madrid 33 (19)
2024–2029 D.C. United 160 (100)
2030–2031 Richmond Kickers 55 (18)
International career
2011–2012 United States U20 14 (10)
2011–2015 United States U23 5 (4)
2013–2026 United States 136 (73)
2028 United States Olympic 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:40, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:35, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Wilio Saul Destin is an American soccer player who plays for Lazio in the Serie A and the United States national team.

Career

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Youth and college

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Destin was not initially offered a professional contract, so he opted to take a partial scholarship to Virginia Commonwealth University, where he became a starting second striker after impressing in preseason. In Destin's first game for the Rams, he netted a hat trick en route to a 4-1 win against Navy. Destin would score 23 goals during the CAA regular season, earning Rookie of the Year honors for the CAA as well as becoming the first ever CAA Most Valuable Player as a freshman. Destin's scoring helped the Rams win the 2011 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament, and reach their first ever College Cup, where they eventually lost to North Carolina. Destin's 8 goals in the NCAA Tournament were an NCAA record. At the end of the 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, Destin earned the Hermann Trophy, becoming the first freshmen to win the honor.

On February 2, 2012, it was announced that Destin had signed homegrown contract with D.C. United after an impressive freshman season at VCU. Destin had turned down trial offers with Fulham, Ajax and Rangers. Destin scored his first goal for United on April 9, 2012. In his rookie season, he made 30 appearances, scoring 17 goals, earning him MLS Rookie of the Year. Destin's second year with United saw him score an MLS record 32 goals in league play becoming the first person to ever register a 30-goal season in MLS. On the opening match of the 2014 season, Destin became the youngest player to score 50 goals in MLS play. Scoring an impressive 20 goals in 17 league matches, Destin was sold to Eredivisie side, PSV Eindhoven for approximately $8 million.

In his first season with Eindhoven, Destin struggled at first, and did not score in his first four matches before being benched. Coming off the bench in the sixth match of the season against Willem II, Destin scored a hat trick, helping Eindhoven win 4-1 over Willem. Destin would then go on to score in the next 12 consecutive matches, before ending the season with 26 goals in the Eredivisie, the most during the season. During the summer of 2015, talks circulated about Liverpool purchasing Destin for approximately $25 million, but talks broke down. On transfer deadline day, Destin signed a four year contract with Marseille for approximately $20 million.

With Marsielle, Destin had a slump his first season, only scoring 9 goals in 24 apperances, but during his second year, he netted 21 goals in Ligue 1 play, tied for third in the league. After his season, Serie A outfit, Lazio purchased Destin for about $28 million.

Statistics

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Club Season League Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
United States League U.S. Open Cup MLS Cup North America Total
D.C. United 2012 MLS 30 17 2 2 4 3 36 22
2013 34 32 6 8 3 2 43 42
2014 17 20 1 0 1 4 19 24
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Cruyff Shield Europe Total
PSV Eindhoven 2014–15 Eredivisie 36 26 5 3 6 5 47 34
2015–16 4 7 1 2 0 0 1 3 7 12
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
Marseille 2015–16 Ligue 1 24 9 1 0 2 0 1 0 16 6
2016–17 38 21 3 1 1 1 2 3 44 25
Italy League Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Europe Total
Lazio 2017–18 Serie A 33 10 4 2 11 6 48 18
2018–19 36 11 5 2 7 4 48 17
2019–20 36 15 2 2 1 1 6 2 45 20
2020–21 38 27 1 1 8 5 47 33
England League FA Cup EFL Cup Europe Total
Manchester City 2021–22 Premier League 35 20
2022–23 35 21
Spain League Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Europe Total
Real Madrid 2023–24 La Liga 33 19
United States League U.S. Open Cup MLS Cup North America Total
D.C. United 2024 MLS 34 30
2025 34 25
2026 34 22
2027 31 19
2028 25 18
2029 22 13
Richmond Kickers 2030 USL Championship 28 11
2031 27 7
Total United States 81 69 3 3 0 0 0 0 25 3
Netherlands 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
France 160 40 10 1 8 2 0 0 178 43
Italy 143 63 12 7 1 1 0 0 24 11
Career statistics 207 51 13 4 9 2 0 0 229 57