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USA international striker Jozy Altidore has been signed on a season-long loan deal by Hull City. The 19 year old soccer star has made 16 international appearances for the USA scoring seven goals and will join Phil Browns Tigers for the 2009/10 premiership season.

Altidore began his football career playing for the New York Red Bulls but joined Spanish team Villarreal in 2008. This was to make him the first ever American player to score in La Liga when he scored against Athletic Bilbao. However he was soon sent to Xerez on loan for the rest of the season but put in a limited appearance due to a toe surgery.

Despite Altidores limited experience at playing in top league clubs his game was more than impressive in the Confederations Cup in South Africa earlier this year 2009. The USA reached the final but where defeated in a 3-2 by world champions Brazil. The young player will once again represent his country on the forth coming 2010 World Cup.

Hull have signed Altidore in time for their opening Premier League match against Chelsea and all eyes will be on the performance of the young American. Despite his lack of experience Hull City boss Brown, believe he has great potential. As the 2009/2010 season comes to a close Hull City has the option to purchase Altidore for a figure close to £6.5 million, which would break the clubs current transfer record of £5million for midfielder Jimmy Bullard last year. Hull suffered a series of rejections from several big name strikers such as Booby Zamora, Michael Owen, Marc-Antoine Fortune and Frazier Campbell before signing the deal with Altidore.