_(cropped).jpg) Sargent with theUnited States at the2022 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Joshua Thomas Sargent[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2000-02-20)February 20, 2000 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | O'Fallon, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Norwich City | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2016 | St. Louis Scott Gallagher | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | IMG Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Werder Bremen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Werder Bremen II | 12 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Werder Bremen | 72 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Norwich City | 140 | (51) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | United States U17 | 48 | (30) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | United States U20 | 6 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | United States U23 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | United States | 29 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 02:07, 24 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of September 6, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Joshua Thomas Sargent (born February 20, 2000) is an American professionalsoccer player who plays as aforward forEFL Championship clubNorwich City and theUnited States national team.
In May 2017, at age 17, Sargent became the youngest U.S. player to score at theFIFA U-20 World Cup.[3]
Sargent was born inO'Fallon, Missouri, to Jeff and Liane Sargent, both of whom played college-level soccer. Sargent joined the Scott Gallagher Soccer Club at eight years old.[4] He attendedSt. Dominic for part of his high school years before moving to Florida to join the U.S. residency program.[5] He was ranked as the No. 2 high school soccer player in the country.[5]
Sargent played for Scott Gallagher Missouri, aU.S. Soccer Development Academy club fromSt. Louis,Missouri.[6] After his impressive performance at the 2016 Nike International Friendlies, he spent two weeks training withSporting Kansas City in the summer of 2016 and theMLS club acquired the player's acquisition rights,[7] as St. Louis was previously in Sporting Kansas City's homegrown player territory.[8] In October of the same year, Sargent spent a week-long training spell with Dutch clubPSV Eindhoven. In January 2017, after being called for theUnited States U20 team, he trained with German clubFC Schalke 04.[9][10][11]
On September 20, 2017,Werder Bremen announced that Sargent would join the club on January 1, 2018, and then sign a professional contract on his 18th birthday, per FIFA rules.[12] He played with the club's under-23 squad in a friendly match and signed his contract on February 20, 2018, making him eligible to join the first team for the 2018–19 season.[13]
On December 7, 2018, Sargent made his debut for theWerder Bremen first team, coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute in a match againstFortuna Düsseldorf. He scored with his first touch of the match in the 78th minute, the fastest goal by a debutant in club history.[14]
In February 2019, Sargent agreed to a "long-term" contract extension with the club.[15]
On August 9, 2021, Sargent left Werder Bremen to joinPremier League clubNorwich City on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee,[16] reported as in the region of €9.5 million.[17] Five days later, he made his debut in a 3–0 home defeat againstLiverpool after coming on as a substitute at 77th minute in place of his former Werder Bremen teammateMilot Rashica.[18] He scored his first two goals for the club on August 24, in an emphatic 6–0 victory overBournemouth in the second round of theEFL Cup.[19]
On January 21, 2022, Sargent scored his first league goals of the season, one of them ascorpion-kick, in a 3–0 win over fellowPremier League relegation battlersWatford.[20]
Sargent remained at Norwich following their relegation. Sargent scored his first goal of the season in Norwich's first league win of the season againstHuddersfield Town.[21] Three days later, he notched a brace in a 2–0 win againstMillwall.[22] Sargent continued his goal-scoring form, netting the winner for Norwich away toSunderland,[23] before netting in back-to-back games for the second time of the season in victories againstCoventry City[24] andBristol City[25] respectively. He scored in back-to-back games again, this time in defeats at home againstPreston North End,[26] and away toWatford.[27] He scored again in a 2–1 home defeat against Middlesbrough, in Norwich's final match before the2022 FIFA World Cup.[28]
After returning from representing the United States at the World Cup, Sargent's goal scoring form slowed, however he still netted in Norwich's 4–2 away win against Coventry,[24] and again two weeks later in a 3–1 home win overHull City.[29] However Sargent suffered an ankle injury in a goal-less draw away toWigan Athletic, and would miss the next three games.[30]
At theEFL awards for the2024–25 season, Sargent was named in the EFL team of the season.[31] He was also voted by Norwich City supporters as the club'splayer of the season for2024–25, after scoring fifteen league goals.[32]
Following an impressive start to the2025–26 season, Sargent was namedEFL Championship Player of the Month for August 2025 after scoring five goals in four matches.[33]
Sargent first appeared in a United States under-14 camp in 2013. In the same year, he was called up to the United States under-15 team.
In 2015, he joined theUnder-17 MNT Residency Program inBradenton, Florida. He was a key part of the team that won the 2016 Nike International Friendlies, scoring four goals and notching two assists in three matches.[9]
On April 17, 2017, Sargent was included by coachJohn Hackworth in the 20-man squad chosen to represent United States at the2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.[34] He scored five goals in the tournament, including two goals in a victory over Mexico.[35] He led the United States as they reached the final and qualified for the2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Only two days later, Sargent was surprisingly included by coachTab Ramos in the 21-man squad called to represent United States at the2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[36] On May 22, the Americans debuted in the tournament againstEcuador. Sargent started the match and scored two goals, helping his team to tie the match 3–3, and becoming the youngest American player to ever score at the under-20 World Cup.[3][37][38] Sargent is the second American player, afterFreddy Adu, to play in both the under-17 and under-20 World Cups in the same year.[39] On June 1, after scoring againstNew Zealand, Sargent joinedJozy Altidore,Eddie Johnson andTaylor Twellman, becoming one of the United States's all-time leading goalscorers at the under-20 World Cup.[40]
On November 7, 2017, Sargent received his first senior call up for a friendly againstPortugal. He thus became the only American player ever to appear in an under-17, under-20, and senior camp in the same calendar year.[41] On May 28, 2018, Sargent earned his first cap for the senior team in a friendly againstBolivia and scored his first international goal. He became the fourth-youngest player to score for the United States, untilTimothy Weah, two days younger than Sargent, scored his first goal minutes later.[42][43]
On November 9, 2022, Sargent was named in theUnited States 26-man squad for the2022 FIFA World Cup. He would play in all 3 of the United States' group matches, starting the games againstWales andIran. Sargent hit the post with a header early in the match against Wales.[44] He was substituted after picking up an ankle injury against Iran, ruling him out of the United States'round of 16 clash against theNetherlands.[45]
Sargent is married to Kirsten Lepping. They were engaged in August 2020. He has one daughter who was born on January 13, 2022.[46]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Werder Bremen II | 2018–19 | Regionalliga Nord | 12 | 7 | — | — | — | 12 | 7 | |||
| Werder Bremen | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 34 | 4 | ||
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 32 | 5 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 37 | 7 | |||
| 2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 2 | |||
| Total | 72 | 13 | 9 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 83 | 15 | |||
| Norwich City | 2021–22 | Premier League | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 29 | 4 | |
| 2022–23 | Championship | 40 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 41 | 13 | ||
| 2023–24 | Championship | 26 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 30 | 16 | |
| 2024–25 | Championship | 32 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 15 | ||
| 2025–26 | Championship | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 16 | 6 | ||
| Total | 139 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 149 | 54 | ||
| Career total | 223 | 71 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 244 | 76 | ||
| National Team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| United States | 2018 | 6 | 2 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 5 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | May 28, 2018 | Talen Energy Stadium,Chester, United States | 1 |  Bolivia | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | October 16, 2018 | Pratt & Whitney Stadium,East Hartford, United States | 5 |  Peru | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 3 | October 11, 2019 | Audi Field,Washington, D.C., United States | 10 |  Cuba | 6–0 | 7–0 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A |
| 4 | November 19, 2019 | Truman Bodden Sports Complex,George Town, Cayman Islands | 12 | Cuba | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A |
| 5 | 4–0 |
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