Kamani Hill

Infobox Football biography
playername= Kamani Hill
fullname = Kamani Helekunihi Hill
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|12|28
cityofbirth = Berkeley, California
countryofbirth = United States
height = height|ft=6|in=0
currentclub = VfL Wolfsburg
position = Forward, Right Back
youthyears =
2004-2006
youthclubs = Marin United
UCLA
years = 2005
2006
2006-
2007
clubs = Orange County Blue Star
San Fernando Valley Quakes
VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg II
caps(goals) = 07 (1)
10 (1)
09 (0)
01 (0)
nationalyears = 2007-
nationalteam = United States
nationalcaps(goals) = 2 (0)
pcupdate = 21 September 2007
ntupdate = 22 August 2007

Kamani Helekunihi Hill (born December 28, 1985 in Berkeley, California) is an American professional soccer player. He currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg of the German Bundesliga.

Hill was born in Berkeley, California to a Trinidadian father and an American mother of Hawaiian origin. He grew up playing in various Bay Area youth leagues and attended Berkeley High School, where he was a star forward on their soccer team. He then attended UCLA, where he played in 40 games (32 starts), scored 9 goals and assisted on 13 more in his two seasons with the team. During his college years he also played with Orange County Blue Star and San Fernando Valley Quakes in the USL Premier Development League.

Hill played for the U.S. national soccer team at the U-20 level in the Suwon Youth Tournament in South Korea in 2005, where he ended up scoring a game-winning goal against Argentina.

At the beginning of October 2006 Hill went to Germany for a trial with Bundesliga team VfL Wolfsburg, and in November he signed a two-and-a-half year contract with the team. He made his first-team debut on 27 January 2007, as a substitute in a 2-1 defeat against Hertha Berlin. [ cite web|title=Tactical Formation|work=Football-Lineups.com
url=http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3307.php | accessdate=January 29 | accessyear=2007]

Hill made his debut for the senior United States men's national soccer team on June 2, 2007 as a substitute in a 4-1 friendly match victory over China in San Jose, California.

References

External links

* [http://www.vfl-wolfsburg.de VfL Wolfsburg official website]
* [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/hillkamani/ Bundesliga profile at fussballdaten.de]
* [http://www.yanks-abroad.com/content.php?mode=news&id=2416 Wolfsburg announce Hill signing (Yanks Abroad)]
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/01/31/EB140551.DTL Berkeley High's Kamani Hill seen as 'the real deal' (SF Chronicle)]