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Alecko Eskandarian
Personal information
Date of birth	July 9, 1982 (age 24)
Place of birth	Montvale, NJ, United States
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nickname	Esky
Playing position	forward
Club information
Current club	Toronto FC
Youth clubs
2000-02	Virginia               60 (50)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-06 2007–	D.C. United Toronto FC	81 (20) 0 (0)
National team2
2003–	United States	1 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December, 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 21 December, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Alecko Eskandarian (born July 9, 1982 in Montvale, New Jersey) is an American professional soccer player in Major League Soccer, playing for Toronto FC. He is the son of Iranian national player Andranik Eskandarian, an Iranian-Armenian who played soccer professionally for the New York Cosmos.

Prior to playing as a professional, he played three years of soccer for the University of Virginia where he was named ACC Rookie of the Year in 2000, and was both named Soccer America's College Player of the Year and awarded the Hermann Trophy in 2002 after scoring 25 goals and 4 assists for the Cavaliers. While at Bergen Catholic High School Eskandarian won the 1999-00 Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year Award.

Eskandarian has played his first four MLS seasons for D.C. United, who drafted him first overall in the 2003 MLS Superdraft. During his first season he recorded three goals and two assists in 23 games. In the 2004 season, after the replacement of coach Ray Hudson with Peter Nowak, Eskandarian saw significantly more playing time. In his sophomore campaign, Eskandarian led D.C. United in goal scoring with ten in the regular season and added two assists. He also was awarded D.C. United Coaches' Award for his play during the 2004 season.

On November 14, 2004, Eskandarian played in his first MLS Cup game. He helped D.C. United defeat the Kansas City Wizards by scoring two goals in the first half just four minutes apart — the fastest pair of goals in MLS Cup history — and was voted Most Valuable Player of the match. In 2005, Alecko's season ended early after suffering a concussion. On August 9, 2006, during the 2006 Summer Tour of Real Madrid, he scored DC United's only goal in the draw with Real Madrid.

On December 22, 2006, Eskandarian was traded from D.C. United to Toronto FC for a partial allocation.

Alecko has played one game for the United States national team, against Wales on May 27, 2003.

• Andranik Eskandarian
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