German-American soccer player Noahkai Banks has chosen to play for Germany, coach says

FRANKFURT: (Sep 18)  German-American defender Noahkai Banks has decided to play for Germany in future, the country’s national under-21 coach Antonio Di Salvo said Friday.

Banks, who has dual citizenship, was called up by the U.S. men’s national team last year but was only an unused substitute in a friendly loss to Japan in October.

The 19-year-old central defender was born in Hawaii and grew up in Germany, where he plays in the Bundesliga with Augsburg.