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Nkosi Tafari Burgess (born March 23, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club FC Dallas.

Nkosi Tafari

Tafari with FC Dallas in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Nkosi Tafari Burgess
Date of birth	(1997-03-23) March 23, 1997 (age 25)
Place of birth	Manhattan, New York, United States
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	FC Dallas
Number	17
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2018	UConn Huskies	46	(1)
2019	Seattle Redhawks	20	(1)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–	FC Dallas	49	(1)
2020–	North Texas SC	8	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 15, 2022

Career

College

Tafari began playing college soccer at the University of Connecticut in 2015. He redshirted his Freshman season, before going on to make 46 appearances for the Huskies, scoring 1 goal and tallying 1 assist between 2016 and 2018.[2] In 2019, Tafari played his senior season at Seattle University, making 20 appearances and again tallying a single goal and an assist on his way to been named WAC Defensive Player of the Year and United Soccer Coaches All-Region First Team.[3][4]

Professional

On January 9, 2020, Tafari was selected 14th overall in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft by FC Dallas.[5] He signed with the club on February 18, 2020.[6]

He made his professional debut on October 3, 2020, starting for Dallas' USL League One affiliate side North Texas SC in a fixture against Fort Lauderdale CF.[7]

He scored his first professional goal with FC Dallas on August 21, 2021, against the Houston Dynamo.

Personal

In 2021, Tafari announced he would go by his middle name Tafari instead of Burgess, choosing to distance himself from the name that been "passed down from master to slave" and saying "I want to get back to my own roots and be proud of being African".[8]

References

External links

• Nkosi Tafari | FC Dallas FC Dallas bio
• Nkosi Tafari - 2019 - Men's Soccer University of Seattle bio
• Nkosi Tafari - Men's Soccer UConn bio
• Nkosi Tafari at Major League Soccer

На других языках

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- [en] Nkosi Tafari

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[es] Nkosi Tafari

Nkosi Tafari Burgess (Manhattan, Nueva York, 23 de marzo de 1997), conocido simplemente como Nkosi Tafari, es un futbolista estadounidense que se desempeña como defensa, actualmente juega en el Football Club Dallas de la Major League Soccer de los Estados Unidos.

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[it] Nkosi Tafari

Nkosi Tafari Burgess (New York, 23 marzo 1997) è un calciatore statunitense, difensore dell'FC Dallas.

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