Kamani Hill
Personal information
Full name	Kamani Helekunihi Hill
Date of birth	December 28, 1985 (1985-12-28) (age 23)
Place of birth	Berkeley, California, United States
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Forward, Right Back
Club information
Current club	Vitória Guimarães
Youth career
2004–2006	Marin United UCLA
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005 2006 2006–2009 2009-	OC Blue Star SF Valley Quakes Wolfsburg Vitória Guimarães	07 (1) 10 (1) 09 (0) 00 (0)
National team2
2007–	United States	02 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 21, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of August 22, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Kamani Helekunihi Hill (born December 28, 1985 in Berkeley, California) is an American professional soccer player. He currently plays for Vitória Guimarães of the Portuguese Liga.

[edit] Early years

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.^[1] 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.^[2] During his college years he also played with Orange County Blue Star and San Fernando Valley Quakes in the USL Premier Development League.

[edit] Professional career

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.^[2] He made his first-team debut on January 27, 2007 as a substitute in a 2-1 defeat away at Hertha Berlin.^[3] However, after a promising start, the arrival of coach Felix Magath at the club saw Hill relegated to the second team, where he spent most of his time at Wolfsburg. In April of 2009 he began a 10-day trial with Vitoria Guimaraes upon the recommendation of his Wolfsburg teammate Alex, and on May 8 the club announced his signing to a three-year contract.^[4]

[edit] International career

Hill played for the United States U-20 men's national soccer team in the Suwon Youth Tournament in South Korea in 2005, where he scored a game-winning goal against Argentina.

He later 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.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• VfL Wolfsburg official website
• Bundesliga profile at fussballdaten.de
• Profile at USSoccer