Kamani Hill

Kamani Helekunihi Hill (born December 28, 1985 in Berkeley, California, California) is an American professional soccer player. He currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg of the German Bundesliga (football).

Hill was born in Berkeley, California, California to a Trinidadian father and an American mother of Hawaiian origin. He grew up playing in various Bay Area youth leagues and attended Berkeley High School (Berkeley, California), where he was a star forward on their soccer team. He then attended UCLA, where he played in 40 games (32 starts), scored 9 goals and assisted on 13 more in his two seasons with the team. During his college years he also played with Orange County Blue Star and San Fernando Valley Quakes in the USL Premier Development League.

Hill played for the U.S. United States men's national soccer team at the U-20 level in the Suwon Youth Tournament in South Korea in 2005, where he ended up scoring a game-winning goal against Argentina.

At the beginning of October 2006 Hill went to Germany for a trial with Bundesliga (football) team VfL Wolfsburg, and in November he signed a two-and-a-half year contract with the team. He made his first-team debut on 27 January 2007, as a substitute in a 2-1 defeat against Hertha Berlin.

Hill made his debut for the senior United States men's national soccer team on June 2, 2007 as a substitute in a 4-1 friendly match victory over China in San Jose, California.