Thomas Janjigian (born November 10, 1994) is an American soccer player. He is of Armenian descent.

Career

Amateur and college

Janjigian played high school soccer from 2009 to 2011 at

Amador Valley High School Amador Valley High School is a comprehensive public high school in Pleasanton, California. It is one of three high schools in the Pleasanton Unified School District, along with Foothill High School and Village High School. Founded as Ama ...

. He spent four years playing

college soccer College soccer is played by teams composed of soccer players who are enrolled in colleges and universities. It is very prominent in United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada, and as well as in South Africa and Philippines, the Philippines. Th ...

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between 2013 and 2016, where he scored 3 goals in 74 appearances. Janjigian also appeared for

USL PDL USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league sys ...

sides

OC Pateadores Blues Orange County SC U-23 is an American soccer team based in Irvine, California. Founded in 2011 as the Los Angeles Blues 23, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games at the ...

and

FC Golden State Force FC Golden State Force is an American soccer team based in Whittier, California, United States that currently plays in USL League Two. The club currently plays at Rio Hondo College. In mid-2019, the club announced Los Angeles Force, a professi ...

Professional

Reno 1868

On March 24, 2017, Janjigian signed with

USL Championship The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, p ...

club

Reno 1868 FC Reno 1868 FC was an American professional soccer team based in Reno, Nevada. Founded in 2015, the team made its debut in the USL Championship in March 2017 and ceased operations after the 2020 season. History Previously, northern Nevada has ...

. He made his professional debut the following day in a 2–0 loss to

Orange County SC Orange County Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in the Orange County, California city of Irvine. Founded in 2010 as the Los Angeles Blues, the team currently plays in the second tier USL Championship. The team plays its home games ...

. Janjigian made his first appearance for Reno's

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Cana ...

affiliate, the

San Jose Earthquakes The San Jose Earthquakes are an American professional soccer team based in San Jose, California. The Earthquakes compete as a member club of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). Originally as the San Jose Clash, the franchis ...

, on June 14, 2017, coming on for the injured

Florian Jungwirth Florian Jungwirth (born 27 January 1989) is a German professional former footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. Club career 1860 Munich Jungwirth began his career as a defender with his hometown club TSV Eintracht Karlsfeld whe ...

in the 73rd minute of San Jose's 2–0

U.S. Open Cup The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a knockout cup competition in men's soccer in the United States of America. It is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in that country. The 2023 U.S. O ...

victory over the

San Francisco Deltas The San Francisco Deltas were an American professional soccer team based in San Francisco, California, United States. Founded in 2016, the team made its debut in the North American Soccer League in 2017. The franchise played its home games at ...

. He was also one of five Reno players called up to play in the Earthquakes' July 14 friendly against

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

, and substituted on during the 4–1 victory for

Cordell Cato Cordell Cato (born July 15, 1992) is a Trinidadian footballer who last played for Oklahoma City Energy FC in the USL Championship. Career On January 17, 2012 it was announced that Cato had signed with Seattle Sounders. After making 8 compet ...

in the 33rd minute. Reno folded their team on November 6, 2020, due to the financial impact of the

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Hartford Athletic

On January 22, 2021, Janjigian signed with

team

Hartford Athletic Hartford Athletic is an American professional soccer team based in Hartford, Connecticut. The club was founded in 2018 and started play in the USL Championship in 2019. It is the only pro soccer team in Connecticut. History On June 8, 2021, ...

. He made his debut for Harford on April 30, 2021, in a win vs.

New York Red Bulls II New York Red Bulls II is an American professional soccer team based in Montclair, New Jersey. They are the reserve team of the New York Red Bulls and play in MLS Next Pro, the third tier in the American soccer pyramid. History Red Bull New Y ...

References

External links

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UC Irvine bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Janjigian, Thomas 1994 births Living people American men's soccer players Men's association football defenders FC Golden State Force players Hartford Athletic players OC Pateadores Blues players Sportspeople from Pleasanton, California Soccer players from Alameda County, California Reno 1868 FC players UC Irvine Anteaters men's soccer players USL Championship players USL League Two players De Anza Force players Amador Valley High School alumni