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Full name
  
Garret Andrew Kusch

1995–1997
  
Position
  
Forward

Years
  
Team

Height
  
1.89 m

Playing position
  
Striker

Role
  
Soccer player

Place of birth
  
Richmond, Canada

Name
  
Garret Kusch


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Date of birth
  
(1973-09-26) 26 September 1973 (age 42)

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Garret Andrew Kusch (born 26 September 1973) is a Canadian former soccer player who played at both professional and international levels as a striker. After retiring as a player, Kusch became a Chiropractor.

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Club career

Born in Richmond, British Columbia, Kusch started his career at local side Vancouver 86ers and then played successfully in a Belgian lower division with Mons. Injury-hit, he then only featured twice for Mechelen in the Belgian First Division in the 1999/2000 season. He revived his career after a foot injury at Swedish second division side Mjällby only to finish the first of his two years-contract at Norwegian second division outfit Hønefoss to quit professional soccer aged just 28 in 2001 to continue his studies.

Kusch briefly came out of retirement in 2007 to play for Columbus Clan FC; earning a silver medal in the Open Canada Cup.

International career

Kusch made his debut for Canada in an April 1997 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador and earned a total of 21 caps, scoring 1 goal. The shaven-headed striker has represented Canada in 5 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and participated in the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup, where he played his final international against Cameroon.

Personal life

Kusch currently works for the Canadian national team as a chiropractor.

References

Garret Kusch Wikipedia