American soccer player

Clint Dempsey

Clinton Drew Dempsey is an American former professional soccer player who is a sports analyst on the television program Soccer on CBS Sports. He played as a forward and midfielder for Premier League clubs Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur and in Major League Soccer for clubs New England Revolution and Seattle Sounders FC. Widely considered as one of the greatest American players of all time, he is one of his country's most successful players in Europe, and is tied with Landon Donovan for the record of most international goals scored by an American player (57).

Born

1983

March 9

Died

Living

Era

1980s

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Clint, in brief

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Key dates

1983 Born

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-141 Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.
1009 First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
1044 The people of Constantinople riot against emperor Constantine IX Monomachos, whose preference of his mistress Maria Skleraina over empress Zoe Porphyrogenita is seen as an insult.
1226 Khwarazmian sultan Jalal ad-Din conquers the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.

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The world in 1983

When Clint arrived

april 12 Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
april 25 Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
april 25 Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
april 28 The West German news magazine Stern begins publishing excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on March 9

Brent Burns 1985– Canadian ice hockey player Bryan Bickell 1986– Canadian ice hockey player Daniel Hudson 1987– American baseball player Jackie Jensen 1927– American baseball player (died 1982) Josef Mysliveček 1737–1781 Czech composer (born 1737) Samuel Barber 1910–1981 American pianist and composer (born 1910) Suga 1993– South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer YG 1990– American rapper Yuri Gagarin 1934–1968 Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1934)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1983

Aaron Peirsol 1983– American swimmer Amber Tamblyn 1983– American actress, author, model, director Ashleigh Ball 1983– Canadian voice actress and musician Brent Hayden 1983– Canadian swimmer Cheryl 1983– English singer and TV personality Chris Higgins 1983– American ice hockey player Flying Lotus 1983– American rapper, DJ, and producer James Wade 1983– English darts player Jarrett Jack 1983– American basketball player

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