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unusual facts about soccer player



Brian Levey

On March 14, 2008, Levey signed with the Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division as a back-up to Chris McClellan, and continued with the team into the 2009 season as cover for first-choice goalkeepers Caleb Patterson-Sewell and Eric Reed.

Edward Cocherari

Eduardo Andre Cocherari Cohen (Born January 23, 1980 in San Salvador) is a Guatemala professional soccer player who most recently played for Deportivo Petapa.

Hermes Martínez Misal

Hermes Martínez Misal (born September 23, 1979 in Valledupar, Colombia) is a Colombian professional soccer player.

Jon Jaqua

He is the father of American soccer player Nate Jaqua who played for Seattle Sounders FC and the United States men's national team.

Jürgen Mandl

Jürgen Mandl (born August 19, 1965 in Graz) is an Austrian footballer (soccer player), decathlete, and bobsledder who competed from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s.


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2013–14 Hidalgo La Fiera season

Legendary Mexican soccer player Cuauhtémoc Blanco was honored by the team on November 17, during the match against Saltillo Rancho Seco.

Aleksandr Zakharov

Aleksandr Viktorovich Zakharov (b. 1969), Soviet Russian football (soccer) player

Ali Rıfat Çağatay

He had three sons from his second wife, the eldest of which, Ali Cafer Çağatay, was a notable soccer player for Fenerbahçe.

Billy Joe Hobert

Hobert's first marriage ended in divorce and he then married a former college soccer player named Danielle who worked in Al Davis' Raiders office.

Boris Bandov

Boris Bandov (born November 23, 1953 in Livno, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia) is a retired Yugoslavian-American soccer player who currently coaches youth soccer.

Brecksville, Ohio

PASL Soccer player Steve Gillespie is from Brecksville and graduated from Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School

Britt McHenry

After graduating from Satellite High School in 2004, where she was teammates with professional soccer player Ashlyn Harris, McHenry attended Stetson University and played soccer for the Hatters' soccer program for two years.

Bryan Gerzicich

Bryan Gerzicich (born March 20, 1984) is an American professional soccer player who plays for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Israeli Premier League.

Chukwudi Chijindu

Chukwudi Chijindu (born February 20, 1986 in Upland, California) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Thór in the Pepsi Deild.

Coddington

John Coddington (1937–), former English footballer (soccer player)

Dejan Jakovic

Dejan Jakovic Dejan Jaković; born 16 July 1985 in Karlovac) is a Canadian international soccer player who currently plays for Shimizu S-Pulse in J. League Division 1.

Dominic Oppong

Dominic Oppong (born January 21, 1986 in Kumasi) is a Ghanaian-born Canadian soccer player, currently playing for FC Edmonton in the North American Soccer League.

Drew Helm

Drew Helm (born November 9, 1984 in Jupiter, Florida) is an American soccer player, who currently plays forward for Orlando City U-23's of the Premier Development League, a fourth-tier football league in the United States.

Dusán Sžetzetižicž

Dusán Sžetzetižicž (born 8 December 1990 in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina), is a Bosnian football (soccer) player who currently plays in Italy for Sicilian club A.S.D. Castiglione.

Erwin Wilczek

Erwin Wilczek (born November 20, 1940 in Wirek, a district of Ruda Śląska), is a retired Polish soccer player, who is most famous for his 1960s performances in both Górnik Zabrze and the Polish National Team.

Etchu Tabe

At 14, Tabe attended Baldwin High School after moving to Georgia, U.S. from Buea, Cameroon where his father was a professional soccer player.

Eun Ji-won

Eun's fiancée is sister-in-law by marriage to soccer player Lee Dong-Gook.

Farouk Janeman

Janeman was a star soccer player representing the premier Fiji Football Association team of Ba in the 1970s.

Fernando Velasco

Fernando Velasco Salazar (born 1985), Spanish football (soccer) player known as Fernando Velasco

Guillermo Rivera

José Guillermo Rivera Escobar (born November 25, 1969 in San Rafael Cedros, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football (soccer) player.

James Gallagher

Jimmy Gallagher (1901–1971), Scottish-American soccer player at the 1930 World Cup

Jens Jensen

Jens Jensen (footballer) (1890–1957), Danish football (soccer) player who played one game for the Denmark national football team

John Moriarty

John Kundereri Moriarty (born 1938), Australian football (soccer) player and artist

Josh Alcala

Joshua Vincent "Josh" Alcala (born January 5, 1984 in Austin, Texas) is an American–born soccer player of Filipino and Hispanic descent.

Kealia Ohai

Ohai, who graduated from Alta High School in June 2010, was a four-year varsity soccer player at the school.

Kevin McLoughlin

His ability to execute the 30-yard kick pass "almost to absurd perfection" has led to comparisons with soccer player Andrés Iniesta.

Kidney transplantation

At least four professional athletes have made a comeback to their sport after receiving a transplant: New Zealand rugby union player Jonah Lomu, German-Croatian Soccer Player Ivan Klasnić, and NBA basketballers Sean Elliott and Alonzo Mourning.

Mason Webb

He has played alongside twin brother, and former American professional soccer player, Nick Webb for most of his career.

Matt Van Oekel

James Matthew "Matt" Van Oekel (born September 20, 1986 in Chesapeake, Virginia) is an American soccer player currently playing for Minnesota United FC in the North American Soccer League.

Mezey

György Mezey (born 1941), former Hungarian football (soccer) player and coach

Mike Lookinland

:Not to be confused with American soccer player Mike Lookingland.

Miles Joseph

Miles Joseph (born May 2, 1974 in West Springfield, Massachusetts) is a retired U.S. soccer player who earned three caps with the United States national soccer team.

Moises Hernandez

Moises Hernandez (born March 5, 1992) is an American soccer player who currently plays for FC Dallas in Major League Soccer.

Neil Pointon

Neil Geoffrey Pointon, born 28 November 1964 in Church Warsop, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, is a former professional football (soccer) player.

Oppong

Dominic Oppong (born 1986), Ghanaian-born Canadian soccer player

Oxtoby

Tanya Oxtoby (born 1982), Australian football (soccer) player and coach

Rick Blubaugh

Rick Brian Blubaugh (born December 28, 1964, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri) is an American former professional soccer player.

Rónald González

Rónald González Brenes (born 1970), Costa Rican football (soccer) player

Rosetown, Saskatchewan

Rob Friend is a professional soccer player from Rosetown who currently plays for the German team 1860 Munich.

Salvador Mariona

Salvador Antonio Mariona Rivera (born 27 December 1943 in Santa Tecla, El Salvador) is a retired soccer player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

Soccer Central

Regularly appearing analysts include former Scottish amateur footballer Bobby McMahon, retired English footballer Danny Dichio, Dutch soccer coach Thomas Rongen, and former professional soccer player Lloyd Barker.

StudioEIS

Bronze soccer player to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the World Cup

Valentin Năstase

Vasile Valentin Năstase (born 4 October 1974 in Călineşti) is a Romanian football (soccer) player who plays as a defender.

Van Gurp

Alberto van Gurp (born 1990), United States Virgin Islands soccer player

Washington International School

The children of Johan Cruyff, a famous Dutch soccer player, attended WIS for a short time when Cruyff played for the Washington Diplomats

Willie Doonan

He was also a noted soccer player and played for Dundalk F.C. for a couple of seasons missing out on Cavan’s All Ireland final defeat to Meath in 1949.

Yorston

Harry Yorston, (1929–1992), Scottish professional soccer player

Corinne Yorston, (born 1983), English female international soccer player

Zach Scott

Zacharias "Zach" Scott (born July 2, 1980 in Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer.

Zena McNally

On 4 July 2008, McNally married the American international soccer player and current Chicago Fire Soccer Club player, Cory Gibbs, in a ceremony held in Miami, Florida.