Malik Tillman
USA
MID
Age
24
Appearances
0
Goals
0
About Malik Tillman
Malik Tillman is a midfielder in the USA's final 26-man squad for the 2026 World Cup, named in the squad roster confirmed on 26 May 2026. The attacking midfielder is 24 at kick-off and carries 28 senior caps and three international goals for the hosts, built up across recent USA squads.
Tillman plays his club football for Bayer Leverkusen in Germany, the side he joined from PSV Eindhoven in July 2025, his latest move within European club football. He is named among the USA's midfielders for a home World Cup that opens in Group D against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on 12 June, with later group games against Australia and Turkey, all on home soil for the hosts.
Tillman plays his club football for Bayer Leverkusen in Germany, the side he joined from PSV Eindhoven in July 2025, his latest move within European club football. He is named among the USA's midfielders for a home World Cup that opens in Group D against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on 12 June, with later group games against Australia and Turkey, all on home soil for the hosts.
World Cup 2026 Stats
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Playing Style
Tillman is a creative attacking midfielder, an option in behind the forwards rather than a defensive one. That advanced role, in behind the front line, is where his game lives.
At 24 he has already moved between European clubs, joining Bayer Leverkusen from PSV Eindhoven in 2025, and built up 28 caps for the USA. He heads into a first senior World Cup as an attacking-midfield option for the hosts.
At 24 he has already moved between European clubs, joining Bayer Leverkusen from PSV Eindhoven in 2025, and built up 28 caps for the USA. He heads into a first senior World Cup as an attacking-midfield option for the hosts.
World Cup History
The 2026 World Cup is set to be Tillman's first on the senior stage. His international career to date runs to 28 caps and three goals for the USA, all of it built outside the World Cup finals.
He goes into a home tournament with no senior World Cup minutes behind him, named in Mauricio Pochettino's final 26 as one of the attacking-midfield options. At 24, a World Cup on home soil is the biggest stage his USA career has reached so far.
He goes into a home tournament with no senior World Cup minutes behind him, named in Mauricio Pochettino's final 26 as one of the attacking-midfield options. At 24, a World Cup on home soil is the biggest stage his USA career has reached so far.
National Team
USA
Tier 3
£17m
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Goal Rush Impact
The Goal Rush draw with Tillman is a strong recent run: in 2025 he scored three times and added two assists for the USA, form that brought a tournament Best XI place. That creative output from an advanced role is his pitch.
The USA's Goal Rush price is Tier 3 at £17m, within the game's £200m card budget. He offers a creative attacking midfielder for the host nation at a mid-tier outlay.
The USA's Goal Rush price is Tier 3 at £17m, within the game's £200m card budget. He offers a creative attacking midfielder for the host nation at a mid-tier outlay.
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Malik Tillman at the 2026 World Cup
Tillman reaches his first senior World Cup at 24, an attacking midfielder now with Bayer Leverkusen. He is named in Mauricio Pochettino's final 26 for a tournament the USA is hosting on home soil this summer.
Picking USA in Goal Rush
The USA's Tier 3, £17m valuation puts them mid-card before a home Group D run. Tillman features in that 26 as a creative midfield option for the host nation.
Malik Tillman World Cup 2026 FAQs
The USA's Tier 3, £17m valuation puts them mid-card, and Tillman is among the squad's midfielders, a creative option rather than a defensive or a premium one for managers weighing it.
Tillman is a midfielder for the USA, a creative attacking midfielder who plays in behind the forwards. He works in the spaces between the opposition's midfield and defence rather than in a holding role.
No. The 2026 World Cup is set to be Tillman's first. His 28 caps and three goals for the USA have come outside the finals, and he is named in Mauricio Pochettino's final 26 for the home tournament.
Tillman plays for Bayer Leverkusen in Germany. He joined the club from PSV Eindhoven in July 2025 and is named in the USA's final 26 for the home World Cup as an attacking-midfield option.
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