Full name Alexander Bunbury 1987–1990 Hamilton Steelers Years Team Height 1.86 m | Playing position Role Footballer Place of birth Plaisance, Guyana Name Alex Bunbury Position Forward | |
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Date of birth (1967-06-18) 18 June 1967 (age 48) Children Teal Bunbury, Kylie Bunbury Similar People Teal Bunbury, Kylie Bunbury, Lyndon Hooper, Craig Forrest, John Catliff | ||
Current team Minnesota Twin Stars | ||
2006 canadian soccer hall of fame player alex bunbury
Alexander "Alex" Bunbury (born 18 June 1967) is a Canadian retired footballer who played as a striker.
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- 2006 canadian soccer hall of fame player alex bunbury
- Alex bunbury selected best x1 in 50 years in canadian soccer
- Club career
- International career
- International goals
- Personal life
- Club
- Individual
- References
He played mainly for Marítimo in Portugal during a 13-year professional career, and represented the Canadian national team during 11 years.
In 2000, Bunbury became a manager.
Alex bunbury selected best x1 in 50 years in canadian soccer
Club career
Born in Plaisance, Guyana, Bunbury started playing professionally with the Hamilton Steelers where he was managed by John Charles, also having one-year spells in the Canadian Soccer League with the Toronto Blizzard and Montreal Supra.
In 1993, after an unassuming season for West Ham United (only six appearances overall), he moved to Portugal's C.S. Marítimo, going on to become the club's all-time leading goalscorer in the Primeira Liga with 59 goals. In his second season, he won the Foreign Player of the Year award, and he scored a career-best 15 goals in the 1998–99 campaign, helping his team to the tenth position in what was his final year in Madeira.
In early 1999, after requesting a move to play closer to his hometown of Montreal, Bunbury returned to North America, and retired after two seasons with the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer. Subsequently he took up coaching, first with Bangu FC then at the Minnesota Thunder Academy.
Bunbury was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in April 2006. In 2012, as part of the Canadian Soccer Association's centennial celebration, he was named to the all-time Canada XI men's team.
International career
Bunbury played in all three of Canada's games at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Soviet Union. He made his debut with the senior side in an August 1986 Merlion Cup match against Singapore, and went on to earn 65 caps and score 16 goals during 11 years.
Bunbury ranked fourth in the all-time scorer's list in June 2008, and eighth in appearances. He represented the nation in 30 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and played at the inaugural 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship.
Bunbury's final international was a November 1997 World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica, a game after which Paul Dolan, Geoff Aunger, Frank Yallop and Colin Miller also said farewell to the national team.
International goals
Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.Personal life
After his retirement, Bunbury made Prior Lake, Minnesota his home, where he worked as a youth soccer coach and trainer. He is the father of Teal Bunbury, a 2010 Hermann Award winner for soccer who also played for Sporting Kansas City in MLS.
With wife Kristi, he also has another son, Logan, an aspiring rapper, and one daughter, Kylie, an actress.