Bayern Munich youth player Grayson Dettoni has been called up to represent the USA U19s. bundesliga.com profiles the teenaged defender…
Data correct as of 8 January 2023
Grayson Dettoni
Age: 17
Club: Bayern Munich (U19s)
Position: Centre-back
Country: USA
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Virginia-born Dettoni started out at Californian youth outfit San Diego Surf, before moving to Germany at the age of 10. After roughly two years in the youth ranks of 1860 Munich, the American joined Bayern, where he has worked his way up the ladder from the U13s team, via the U16s and 17s, to the U19s.
Dettoni had made eight appearances in the U19s Bundesliga, as well as a further two in the UEFA Youth League, prior to his call-up to the US U19s’ January 2023 training camp in Miami, Florida. Like all his teammates on the roster, he is age-eligible for the 2023 FIFA U20 World Cup in Indonesia. The 6’3″ right-footed defender, who is of Italian descent, has a contract with Bayern through to summer 2024.
Translation: Bayern have extended the contracts of three youth players. Leon Markert (17) and Grayson Dettoni (17) are tied to FCB until 2024, Liul Broke Alemu (17) will stay a Munich player until 2025.
Plays a bit like: Niklas Süle
Tall and physical, a good reader of the game and comfortable moving the ball out from the back, there’s a touch of Borussia Dortmund and Germany international defender Niklas Süle about young Dettoni. The American’s career has taken a similar path to the former Bayern sentry, too…
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