Last Friday, it was announced that the most expensive player in Sporting Kansas City history, center forward Alan Pulido, underwent knee surgery and would miss three to five weeks. It’s the latest in a stretch of injuries since Pulido joined ahead of the 2020 season which has left fans and pundits wondering, is he injury prone?
When I set out to look at Pulido’s injury history, both before coming to Sporting KC and after arriving, I started at Transfermarkt, but it’s woefully incomplete. It lists just one injury with his time in Kansas City, which we all know isn’t inaccurate.