{{short description|American soccer player (born 1992)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Stefan Jerome | image = Stefan Jerome.jpg | image_size = 175 | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|8|11}} | birth_place = Davie, Florida, United States | height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}} | position = Forward | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2007–2009 | youthclubs1 = IMG Academy | years1 = 2010–2012 | clubs1 = Fort Lauderdale Strikers | caps1 = 7 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2011 | clubs2 = → Sigma Olomouc (loan) | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2012 | clubs3 = → Nyköpings BIS (loan) | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2009 | nationalteam1 = United States U17 | nationalcaps1 = 16 | nationalgoals1 = 5 | medaltemplates = | club-update = June 28, 2013 | nationalteam-update = October 21, 2010 }}
'''Stefan Jerome''' (born August 11, 1992, in Davie, Florida) is an American soccer player. He played for Sigma Olomouc in the Gambrinus Liga in 2011.
==Background== Jerome was born in Davie, Florida and is of Haitian descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://westpinesunited.org/archives/377662.html |title=WPU's Stefan Jerome a Rising Star in US Soccer|accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref>
==Career==
===Club=== Jerome attended American Heritage High School, who he led to the 2007 Florida High School Athletic Association's Class 3A title game, played club soccer for West Pines FC in Pembroke Pines, Florida and Schulz Academy program in Boca Raton Florida until he was invited to attend the residency program,<ref>[http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/16/1684079/miami-fc-adding-17-year-old-forward.html Miami FC adding 17-year-old forward Stefan Jerome]</ref> and spent two years in US soccer residency program at the famed IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, before being signed by Miami FC in June 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.miamifc.com/article/miami-fc-signs-u-20-stand-out |title=Miami FC |website=www.miamifc.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807032224/http://www.miamifc.com/article/miami-fc-signs-u-20-stand-out |archive-date=2010-08-07}}</ref> At the time of his signing he was the youngest player in Miami FC team history.{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}
He made his professional debut on June 19, 2010, as a substitute in a 3–1 loss to the Austin Aztex.<ref name="demosphere">{{cite web|url=http://ussf.demosphere.com/stats/2010/1634210.html|title=USSF Division-2 Pro League|publisher=ussf.demosphere.com|accessdate=2014-05-02}}</ref>
After trialling with Sigma Olomouc in January 2011, Jerome signed on loan with the club until the end of the 2010–11 season.<ref name="yanks-abroad">{{cite web|url=http://yanks-abroad.com/get.php?mode=content&id=7361|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718135810/http://yanks-abroad.com/get.php?mode=content&id=7361|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 18, 2011|title=.:: Yanks Abroad ::.|author=.:: chastroD ::.|publisher=yanks-abroad.com|accessdate=2014-05-02}}</ref>
===International=== Jerome has been an active member of the US youth national teams and was on the team that played at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria. He has also received callups for the U-20 team camp and also played with the U-20 men's at the 2010 Copa Chivas tournament.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.ussoccer.com/Teams/U-20-MNT/J/Stefan-Jerome.aspx US Soccer profile] *{{Fotbal DNES|id=3010762}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jerome, Stefan}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:American men's soccer players Category:American people of Haitian descent Category:Sportspeople of Haitian descent Category:Fort Lauderdale Strikers (2006–2016) players Category:Fort Lauderdale Strikers players Category:Czech First League players Category:SK Sigma Olomouc players Category:USSF Division 2 Professional League players Category:United States men's youth international soccer players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Sportspeople from Davie, Florida Category:Sportspeople from Pembroke Pines, Florida Category:Soccer players from Broward County, Florida Category:21st-century American sportsmen