Brendan Hines-Ike

Brendan Hines-Ike (born November 30, 1994) is an American soccer player who plays for KV Kortrijk as a defender.[1]

Brendan Hines-Ike
Personal information
Full name Brendan Daniel Hines-Ike
Date of birth (1994-11-30) November 30, 1994
Place of birth Denver, Colorado, United States
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 KV Kortrijk
Number 3
Youth career
2011–2012 Chivas USA
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Creighton Bluejays 50 (2)
2015 South Florida Bulls 20 (2)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Ocean City Nor'easters 9 (1)
2016–2018 Örebro SK 70 (2)
2018– KV Kortrijk 44 (1)
National team
2011-2012 United States U-18 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 6, 2020

Club career

Youth and College

Hines-Ike started out playing as a forward when he was a kid. He played for his local club named Chivas Denver and credits many of his early successes to them. After playing for two more different clubs he was recruited to join his older brother in the youth ranks of Major League Soccer side Chivas USA.[2] Hines-Ike played for the Chivas USA U-18 team from 2011–12, as team captain he led the team with 25 matches started, playing the most minutes on the squad. Hines-Ike along with Chivas USA U-18 teammates Marky Delgado (who played for Chivas USA and currently for Toronto FC), and Jake McGuire (who currently plays for Örebro SK), among others, signed pro deals after playing for Chivas USA youth academy and college thereafter.[3]

Hines-Ike then went on to play in college where he spent three years with Creighton Bluejays going to one College Cup and one Elite Eight. Hines-Ike trained with MLS Club Chivas USA Reserves and first team during summer offseason as well as captained Chivas USA U-23 PDL team.[4] Selected as one of two team captains to start the season at USF, the 21-year-old started all 20 games in his first and only season as a Bull. He was named to the American Athletic Conference First Team, recording two goals on the season.[5] In 2013, he was also named to the All-Big East Second Team while at Creighton.[6] From there he went on to play one season with South Florida Bulls before signing with Swedish Allsvenskan club Örebro SK before the start of the 2016 Allsvenskan season.[7]

Örebro SK

After signing a four-year contract with Örebro, Hines-Ike was drafted by the Montreal Impact in the third round of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft.[8] Hines-Ike made his full professional debut in the Allsvenskan against Djurgården on April 3, 2016. Hines-Ike scored his first professional goal in the 69th minute in a 3:2 win against Hammarby IF. On October 2, 2016, Hines-Ike recorded his first professional assist in a loss against Djurgården.

K.V. Kortrijk

In July 2018, Hines-Ike was transferred to K.V. Kortrijk.[9] The fee was reportedly set at $750K USD, making it the biggest sale in the history of Örebro SK and biggest purchase of KV Kortrijk's.[10] On August 25, 2018, Hines-Ike recorded his first Jupiler Pro League assist for K.V. Kortrijk in the 9th minute against RSC Charleroi. On September 2, 2018, Hines-Ike recorded his first multi-assist game against KRC Genk tallying two assists. On April 2, 2019, Hines-Ike recorded his first career Jupiler Pro League playoff goal scoring in the 57th minute against Waasland-Beveren.

International career

Hines-Ike played in five United States men's national under-18 soccer team training camps throughout the 2011-12 season.[11] Hines-Ike is in the process of obtaining an Irish passport as his grandparents were Irish. The Football Association of Ireland are interested in him.[12]

References
  1. "Brendan Hines-Ike – svenskfotboll.se" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  2. "Futbol Friday Presented by Sun Valley Landscaping: Meet Creighton Soccer's Brendan Hines-Ike". White and Blue Review. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  3. https://www.angelsonparade.com/2015/12/15/10220268/once-a-goat-chivas-usa-academy-player-brendan-hines-ike-signs-orebro-sweden-creighton
  4. https://gousfbulls.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/brendan-hines-ike/5041
  5. https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/brendan-hines-ike
  6. https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/brendan-hines-ike
  7. "South Florida defender Brendan Hines-Ike turns down MLS interest to join Orebro". Global Premier Management. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  8. "Impact selects defender Brendan Hines-Ike in third round of SuperDraft". Montreal Impact. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  9. "Brendan Hines-Ike lämnar ÖSK för KV Kortrijk" (in Swedish). Örebro SK. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  10. "Avslöjar: Brendan Hines-Ike klar för belgisk klubb" (in Swedish). Nerikes Allehanda. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  11. https://gocreighton.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2812
  12. https://www.balls.ie/football/brendan-hines-ike-ireland-392685
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