Freddy Kleemann
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frederik Gerd Kleemann | ||
| Date of birth | March 19, 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Newbury Park, California, United States | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sacramento Republic | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2015 | Eastside FC | ||
| 2015–2017 | Real So Cal[1] | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | Washington Huskies | 28 | (1) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019 | Ventura County Fusion | 7 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Austin FC | 3 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Birmingham Legion (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Birmingham Legion (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 55 | (1) |
| 2025– | Sacramento Republic | 28 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 30, 2025 | |||
Frederik Gerd Kleemann (born March 19, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender who currently plays for Sacramento Republic in the USL Championship.
Frederik "Freddy" Kleemann was born to Gerd and Doris Kleemann, German immigrants from Großheide. His father Gerd is one of the co-founders, of FC Hasental.[2] Freddy Kleemann played club soccer as a Center Midfielder and Captain with Eastside FC[3] in the Washington State Regional Club League (RCL) Division 1 [4] for 6 years from 2008 to 2015. During the 2013–2014 season, he led his team to the Nike Crossfire Challenge Championship, winning the Regional Club League (RCL), and Quarterfinalist in the Washington State Cup. During the 2014–2015 season, he led his team to San Diego Surf Cup Championship, winning the Presidents' Day Tournament (PDT) in Phoenix, to second place in the Far West Regional League (FWRL) and Regional Club League (RCL) Division 1, and to the semi-final in the Washington State Cup. He was selected twice for the Elite Player Development (EPD) program, representing Washington State at the Region IV Olympic Development Program (ODP) Championships in 2014 (finalist) and 2015 (3rd place) and was invited to the Sounders FC Discovery Camp in April 2015. He was also a two-year letter winner at Mercer Island High School, helping the team as a Freshman to the Washington State final in 2014 after a 12–0 season and the Washington State KingCo Championship as a Sophomore in 2015. After relocating to Newbury Park in California in 2015, he joined the Real So Cal academy (now LAFC So Cal Youth) [5] as a Center Back, making it to the Elite 8 in the national playoffs. Outside of soccer, in 2010 he became the 800-meter champion at the USATF Junior Olympics State and Regional Championships and finished second in both in 2011. In 2012 he finished No. 12 in the nation in the 800-meter dash.[6]
College career
In 2017, Freddy Kleemann joined the Washington Huskies men's soccer program while attending the University of Washington to play college soccer. He went on to make 28 appearances for the Huskies. In 2018, Freddy Kleemann helped Washington to take home the gold medal with a 1–0 victory over Brazil while representing the United States in the FISU (International University Sports Federation) America Games in São Paulo, Brazil.[7] In 2019, as a Redshirt Sophomore, he helped Washington to the PAC-12 Championship and the quarterfinal game in the NCAA tournament where they lost 2:1 against the later NCAA Champions Georgetown. During this 2019 season, Freddy Kleemann appeared in 19 matches and made 16 starts while playing the fourth-most minutes on the team (1,653 minutes). He helped anchor Washington's defense which recorded 12 shutouts, surrendered just 14 goals, and finished ninth in NCAA with a 0.66 goals against average, He scored his first collegiate goal against UCLA (9/22/2019), heading home a corner for the match's second goal in a 5–0 win and recorded his first assist with a helper on Washington's lone goal at CSUN (9/12/2019). winning the 2019 Pac-12 Championship, scoring a single goal, and tallying a single assist. He was named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll in 2019. He did not play college soccer the entire 2020 Pac-12 Conference season because it was canceled as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
In 2019, Kleemann also spent the summer playing in the USL League Two for Ventura County Fusion, making a single appearance for the club.[9]