Andy Najar

Club

As of 17 April 2025

International

As of match played 18 November 2025

Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Najar goal.

D.C. United

Najar signed a professional Generation Adidas contract with D.C. United on 22 March 2010. Once part of MLS, the league and his team became responsible for his education. He became the second player to graduate directly from United's Academy to the first team, following goalkeeper Bill Hamid, who signed in September 2009. Najar made his professional debut on 27 March 2010, in DC's opening game of the 2010 MLS season against the Kansas City Wizards. He scored his first professional goal on 28 April 2010 in a US Open Cup game against FC Dallas. His impressive performance throughout the 2010 season earned him the MLS Rookie of the Year, ahead of Tim Ream and Danny Mwanga. Najar was considered by pundits such as Soccer America's Paul Gardner to be one of D.C. United's top players at the age of 17. He received interest from European clubs, according to his agent, and was expected to move there later in his career, possibly at the end of the 2010 season. However, it was announced in December 2010 that Najar had signed a multi-year contract with D.C. United. Najar was the only player from the D.C. United's Academy to be called up for the 2012 Olympics.

Anderlecht

On 7 January 2013, Najar moved to Belgian Pro League champions Anderlecht on a one-month loan. On 30 January 2013, Anderlecht finalised the full transfer of Najar. The reported transfer fee was $3 million. He made his debut against Cercle Brugge on 2 August 2013 as a substitute in the 79th…

On 6 April 2011, Najar formally announced that he would play for the Honduras national team, choosing his birth nation over the United States, from which he had yet to receive citizenship. He made his first appearance for Honduras on 3 September 2011 against Colombia, entering in the 67th minute. Najar was called up to the Honduras U23 national team in the 2012 Olympics. On 21 July 2013, Najar scored his first international goal for Honduras in the knockout stages of the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup vs Costa Rica in a 1–0 victory that advanced Honduras to the semi-finals. In June 2025, Najar announced that he would retire from the national team following the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, or potentially after the 2026 FIFA World Cup. On 19 November 2025, Najar retired from the national team after Honduras drew with Costa Rica and failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup.

Najar moved with his family from Honduras to the United States at the age of thirteen, settling in the Washington metropolitan area. Najar attended Thomas A. Edison High School in Alexandria, Virginia and joined D.C. United's youth academy in 2008. During his time with the academy program, Najar received numerous awards and honours for his outstanding play at right back, being named to the USSF Development Academy Starting XI in 2009. He was also the leading scorer of the 2009 US Developmental Academy Finals in Los Angeles.