Noahkai Banks
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.jpg) Banks in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Noahkai Dominic Banks | ||
| Date of birth | 1 December 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Augsburg | ||
| Number | 40 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | TSV Dietmannsried | ||
| 2015–2024 | FC Augsburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024–2025 | FC Augsburg II | 18 | (2) |
| 2024– | FC Augsburg | 35 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | United States U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2024 | United States U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2024 | United States U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2026– | Germany U21 | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 September 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 September 2026 | |||
Noahkai Dominic Banks (born 1 December 2006) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg. Born in the United States, he represented his country of birth at youth level before switching allegiance to Germany in 2026.
Early life
Banks was born on 1 December 2006, in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.[1]
Club career
As a youth player, Banks joined the youth academy of German side TSV Dietmannsried. In 2015, he joined the youth academy of Bundesliga side FC Augsburg at under-10 level and was playing for the club's under-17 team at the age of fourteen.[2] By 2024, he was promoted to FC Augsburg II, the system's professional reserve team, before earning a place on the senior team later that year. On 12 January 2025, he made his senior debut in a 0–1 home loss to VfB Stuttgart in the 2024–25 Bundesliga. Shortly thereafter, American newspaper USA Today wrote that he was "one of the U.S. men's national team's biggest prospects".[3]
In the 2025–26 Bundesliga season, Banks established himself in Augsburg's starting lineup.[4] He also scored his maiden goal for the senior team via a volley in a 3–1 win over VfL Wolfsburg.[5][6] During a 2–0 home win against 1. FC Köln on matchday 24, Banks was named the player of the match by German football magazine Kicker.[7]
International career
Banks was a youth international for the United States, having been called up to the United States U20s.[8]
In September 2025, Banks was called up to the senior United States squad for a friendly against Japan.[9]
However, on 18 September 2026, Banks filed for a one-time switch to Germany, cap-tying him to the European nation.[10][11][12][13][14] Later that day, he was called up to the Germany under-21 national team for the 2027 European Under-21 Championship qualificaton matches.[15]
Personal life
Banks was born to an American father and German mother, and was therefore eligible to represent either the United States or Germany.[16][17]
Career statistics
- As of 19 September 2026
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Augsburg II | 2023–24 | Regionalliga Bayern | 6 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga Bayern | 11 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 17 | 2 | — | — | 17 | 2 | ||||
| FC Augsburg | 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 8 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2026–27 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 51 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 2 | ||
References
- ↑ "Warten auf das Profi-Debüt: So läuft es für Noahkai Banks beim FC Augsburg" [Waiting for his professional debut: This is how things are going for Noahkai Banks at FC Augsburg] (in German). Allgäuer Zeitung. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ↑ "Noahkai Banks: Who is the USA youth international climbing the Augsburg ranks?". Bundesliga. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ↑ "USMNT prospect Banks makes pro debut for Augsburg". USA Today. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ↑ "FCA-Profi Noakhai Banks ist jetzt hundertmal so viel wert". augsburger-allgemeine (in German). 19 December 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ↑ "Kömür und Fellhauer konsequent: FCA stößt den Bock um". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ↑ Journal, Augsburg (1 December 2025). "Noahkai Banks: "Der schönste Moment meiner Karriere"". Augsburg Journal (in German). Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ↑ "Ribeiro-Traumtor leitet ein: Augsburg holt gegen Köln dritten Sieg in Serie". kicker (in German). Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ↑ "Mit den US-Boys: Noahkai Banks bei der U17-WM in Indonesien dabei". FC Augsburg. 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "USA 2-0 Japan". BBC. 10 September 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
- ↑ https://knowledge.fifa.com/change-of-association-platform
- ↑ https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49974049/noahkai-banks-germany-usa-augsburg
- ↑ https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/d-noahkai-banks-chooses-germany-over-us--flm-2026-09-18/
- ↑ https://apnews.com/article/noahkai-banks-germany-usmnt-acc65c29f60f102ed089d894755cc608
- ↑ "Ex-U.S. youth defender Noahkai Banks picks Germany over USMNT". ESPN. 18 September 2026. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
- ↑ "Di Salvo names seven debutants in Germany U21 squad for final U21 EURO qualifiers". DFB. 18 September 2026.
- ↑ "'I'm very torn' - USMNT rising star Noahkai Banks mulling over international future as Augsburg defender remains eligible for Germany switch | Goal.com US". www.goal.com. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ↑ Espn (1 March 2026). "USMNT starlet Noahkai Banks still weighing Germany switch". ESPN.com. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
External links
- Noahkai Banks at FC Augsburg (in German)
- Noahkai Banks at Kicker (in German)
- Noahkai Banks at Soccerway
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