PLAYER PROFILE / Defensive Midfield
James Sands.
New York City FC · United States
TM 393321 · Current player profileAge today26
Recorded moves8
Peak recorded value€5.00m
Current market value€5.00m
01 / PLAYER DETAILS
At a glance
- Full name
- James Hoban Sands
- Born
- 06 Jul 2000
- Nationality
- United States
- Position
- Defensive Midfield
- Preferred foot
- right
- Height
- 186
- Joined current club
- 01 Jul 2017
- Contract expires
- 30 Jun 2030
02 / THE JOURNEY
Previous clubs
- FC St. PauliLast recorded move · 30 Jun 2026
- Rangers FCLast recorded move · 01 Mar 2023
- Louisville City FCLast recorded move · 30 Nov 2018
- New York City FC AcademyLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2017
- New York Soccer ClubLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2015
Clubs from completed, dated transfers, most recent first. Repeat spells are listed in the full transfer history.
03 / VALUE OVER TIME
Market value history
| Valuation date | Age then | Club at the time | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May 2026 | 25 | FC St. Pauli | €5.00m |
| 20 Mar 2026 | 25 | FC St. Pauli | €5.00m |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 25 | FC St. Pauli | €4.00m |
| 14 Oct 2025 | 25 | FC St. Pauli | €4.00m |
| 05 Jun 2025 | 24 | FC St. Pauli | €3.00m |
| 12 Dec 2024 | 24 | New York City FC | €3.00m |
| 13 Jun 2024 | 23 | New York City FC | €3.00m |
| 18 Dec 2023 | 23 | New York City FC | €2.50m |
| 22 Aug 2023 | 23 | New York City FC | €2.50m |
| 13 Dec 2022 | 22 | Rangers FC | €2.50m |
| 27 Jun 2022 | 21 | Rangers FC | €3.00m |
| 09 Nov 2021 | 21 | New York City FC | €4.00m |
| 09 Jul 2021 | 21 | New York City FC | €4.00m |
| 18 Dec 2020 | 20 | New York City FC | €2.50m |
| 13 Nov 2020 | 20 | New York City FC | €2.50m |
| 26 Aug 2020 | 20 | New York City FC | €2.00m |
| 08 Apr 2020 | 19 | New York City FC | €1.00m |
| 30 Nov 2019 | 19 | New York City FC | €1.20m |
| 27 May 2019 | 18 | New York City FC | €800k |
| 15 Dec 2018 | 18 | New York City FC | €200k |
| 02 May 2018 | 17 | New York City FC | €100k |
| 05 Dec 2017 | 17 | New York City FC | €100k |
Each row is a dated valuation. The bar shows its share of the player’s peak recorded value. — means not recorded.
04 / EVERY MOVE
Full transfer history
| Date | From | To | Move | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun 2026 | FC St. Pauli | New York City FC | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 01 Jan 2025 | New York City FC | FC St. Pauli | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 01 Mar 2023 | Rangers FC | New York City FC | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 05 Jan 2022 | New York City FC | Rangers FC | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 30 Nov 2018 | Louisville City FC | New York City FC | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 15 Aug 2018 | New York City FC | Louisville City FC | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 01 Jul 2017 | New York City FC Academy | New York City FC | Internal move | — |
| 01 Jul 2015 | New York Soccer Club | New York City FC Academy | Transfer | Free |
Includes loans, loan returns, internal moves and scheduled transfers. Free means a recorded €0 fee; — means no figure was recorded.