Ryan Raybould
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ryan Russell Raybould | ||
| Date of birth | May 30, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Leawood, Kansas, U.S. | ||
| Position | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2004 | Yale Bulldogs | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Kansas City Brass | 37 | (6) |
| 2005–2007 | Kansas City Wizards | 19 | (0) |
| 2008 | Sandvikens IF | ||
| 2008–2009 | Gefle IF | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of May 24, 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals as of May 24, 2007 | |||
Ryan Raybould (born May 30, 1983, in Leawood, Kansas) is an American lawyer and former soccer player. He played midfielder for the Gefle IF of Allsvenskan in Sweden. As an attorney, he was U.S. Senator John Cornyn's chief counsel and a litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis. In October 2025, Raybould was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.[1]
Soccer career
[edit | edit source]Raybould signed a developmental contract with the Wizards on March 11, 2005. He appeared in 19 games. After four seasons in MLS, Raybould signed a contract with Swedish club Gefle IF during the summer 2008.[2] His stint in Gefle was a short one, Raybould only played four games in the Swedish top-tier league, and he resigned a year later.[3]
Legal career
[edit | edit source]After retiring from professional soccer Raybould studied law at Notre Dame Law School. After graduating, he clerked for the honorable Reed O'Connor of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.[4] He has worked as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Justice Department. As of August 27, 2018, Raybould was an assistant United States attorney at the Dallas Criminal Division.[5] Raybould worked as Senator John Cornyn's chief counsel and was also the deputy chief of the white collar and public corruption unit in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas.[6]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Raybould's wife, Brooke, is a social media influencer.[7]
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External links
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- American men's soccer players
- American expatriate men's soccer players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Kansas City Brass players
- Sporting Kansas City players
- Sandvikens IF players
- Gefle IF players
- Yale Bulldogs men's soccer players
- USL League Two players
- Major League Soccer players
- Allsvenskan players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Men's association football defenders
- American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Notre Dame Law School alumni
- Soccer players from Johnson County, Kansas
- Kansas lawyers
- Assistant United States attorneys
- American soccer defender, 1980s birth stubs
- American soccer midfielder, 1980s birth stubs