{{short description|American soccer player (born 1984)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Floyd Franks | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|5}} | birth_place = Vestavia Hills, Alabama, United States | height = {{convert|1.80|m|abbr=on}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 2002–2005 | youthclubs1 = Charlotte 49ers | years1 = 2005 | clubs1 = Carolina Dynamo | caps1 = 10 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2006–2007 | clubs2 = Chicago Fire | caps2 = 16 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2008 | clubs3 = Cleveland City Stars | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2008–2009 | clubs4 = Blokhus | caps4 = 33 | goals4 = 4 | years5 = 2010–2011 | clubs5 = Carolina RailHawks | caps5 = 50 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2012 | clubs6 = Vancouver Whitecaps FC | caps6 = 2 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2012–2013 | clubs7 = Carolina RailHawks | caps7 = 21 | goals7 = 3 | years8 = 2013–2014 | clubs8 = Minnesota United | caps8 = 23 | goals8 = 1 | pcupdate = December 13, 2014 }} '''Floyd Franks''' (born April 5, 1984) is an American soccer player.
==Career== ===College and amateur=== Franks attended Vestavia Hills High School and played four years of college soccer at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, finishing his career with 18 goals and 15 assists in 71 matches. He two-time all-Conference USA selection after his sophomore and junior seasons and an all-Atlantic 10 Conference selection after his senior season.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
During his college years Franks also played with Carolina Dynamo in the USL Premier Development League.<ref>{{cite web| title = Carolina Dynamo All-Time Player Stats 1993–2006| publisher = Carolina Dynamo| url = http://www.carolinadynamo.com/06_Alltime_player_stats.doc| accessdate = January 8, 2008| archive-date = July 10, 2012| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120710175602/http://www.carolinadynamo.com/06_Alltime_player_stats.doc| url-status = dead}}</ref>
===Professional=== Franks was selected in the first round (10th overall) of the 2006 MLS Supplemental Draft by Chicago Fire; he scored his first career professional goal on July 29, 2007, against Toronto FC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carolinarailhawks.com/index.php?id=115&playerID=72 |title=Roster |publisher=Carolina RailHawks |date= |accessdate=September 12, 2012 |archive-date=January 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125104939/http://carolinarailhawks.com/index.php?id=115&playerID=72 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
After being released by Chicago at the end of the 2007 season, Franks signed with Cleveland City Stars in April 2008,<ref>[http://clevelandcitystars.com/news/85-mls-veteran-floyd-franks-to-join-stars-roster MLS Veteran Floyd Franks to Join Stars Roster] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708165733/http://clevelandcitystars.com/news/85-mls-veteran-floyd-franks-to-join-stars-roster |date=July 8, 2011 }}</ref> and spent a year playing in the USL Second Division before moving to Denmark to play with Blokhus in the fully amateur Danish 2nd Division West. He played 33 games and scored 4 goals for the Danes before leaving at the end of the 2008/09 season.
On February 15, 2010, the Carolina RailHawks announced that they had signed him for the 2010 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasl.com/news.php?id=60 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200034/http://www.nasl.com/news.php?id=60 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |title=RailHawks bolster midfield with addition of Floyd Franks|accessdate=February 24, 2010 |work=NASL.com }}</ref>
Franks was signed by Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer on March 6, 2012<ref>{{cite web|title=Vancouver Whitecaps FC add midfielder Floyd Franks|url=http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2012/03/vancouver-whitecaps-fc-add-midfielder-floyd-franks|publisher=Whitecapsfc.com|accessdate=March 6, 2012|date=March 6, 2012}}</ref> and waived on June 28.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2012/06/whitecaps-fc-trade-lt-waive-franks |title=Whitecaps FC trade Long Tan to D.C. United and waive Floyd Franks | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |publisher=Whitecapsfc.com |date=June 28, 2012 |accessdate=September 12, 2012}}</ref> He later returned to the RailHawks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carolinarailhawks.com/index.php?id=111&newsid=2857 |title=News |publisher=Carolina RailHawks |date= |accessdate=September 12, 2012 |archive-date=January 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125104716/http://carolinarailhawks.com/index.php?id=111&newsid=2857 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On July 25, 2013, Midway through the 2012, Franks was traded by the RailHawks to the Minnesota United FC.
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==External links== * {{MLS player|floyd-franks}}
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