Niall Thompson
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Niall Joseph Thompson | ||
| Date of birth | 16 April 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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Surrey United Firefighters (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Edmonton Brickmen | |||
| 1989 | Winnipeg Fury | ||
| 1990–1991 | PSV Eindhoven | ||
| 1991-1992 | Crystal Palace | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1994 | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Colchester United | 13 | (5) |
| 1995 | Montreal Impact | 9 | (0) |
| 1996 | Seattle Sounders | 15 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Zultse VV | 16 | (6) |
| 1998 | Brentford | 8 | (0) |
| 1998 | Vancouver 86ers | 23 | (20) |
| 1999–2000 | Airdrieonians | 25 | (5) |
| 2000 | Bay Area Seals | 6 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Wycombe Wanderers | 8 | (0) |
| 2001 | Montreal Impact | 21 | (5) |
| 2002–2003 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 18 | (4) |
| 2004–2009 | Vancouver Firefighters | ||
| International career | |||
| 1993–2000 | Canada | 9 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010– | Surrey United Firefighters | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Niall Joseph Thompson (born 16 April 1974) is a Canadian soccer player and coach, who works currently as coach for Surrey United Firefighters.[1]
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Club career
Thompson moved to Canada, aged two, and later played for the Edmonton Brickmen, Winnipeg Fury and PSV Eindhoven youth teams. He started his professional career as a trainee with Crystal Palace but after an unsuccessful spell moved to play for Colchester United, before returning to Canada for family reasons.[2] Thompson played on for Montreal Impact, Seattle Sounders and Zultse VV, before returning to Canada again to play local football, while waiting for a visa which would allow him to play in the United States.[2] Seattle Sounders expressed interest in re-signing him, but could not due to visa issues.[2] A friend contacted Micky Adams, then-manager of English Second Division side Brentford and Thompson signed for the club on non-contract terms in February 1998.[2] After leaving the Bees in September 1998, Thompson went on to play for Vancouver 86ers, Airdrieonians, Bay Area Seals, Wycombe Wanderers, Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps.[3][4]
International career
He made his debut for Canada in a March 1993 friendly match against South Korea and earned a total of nine caps, scoring two goals. He has represented Canada in just one FIFA World Cup qualification match, in October 2000.[5] That game, against Panama, proved to be his final international.
International goals
- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 June 1995 | Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada |  Turkey |
1–2 | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 2 | 18 May 1998 | Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada |  Macedonia |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Personal life
While living in Vancouver in late 1997, Thompson worked for Umbro in a bid to earn money for a flight ticket back to the UK.[2]
References
- ↑ VMSL TEAM'S DIRECTORY
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ CANADIAN JOINS ON TRIAL - Chairboys on the Net Archived 8 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Niall Thompson Rejoins Vancouver - USL Fans
- ↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
External links
- Player profile - CanadaSoccer
- Niall Thompson at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- All time playing career - Soccerbase
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands
- English emigrants to Canada
- Naturalized citizens of Canada
- Association football forwards
- English footballers
- Canadian soccer players
- Canada men's international soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- English expatriate footballers
- British expatriates in the Netherlands
- British expatriates in Belgium
- Colchester United F.C. players
- Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players
- Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
- Bay Area Seals players
- Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
- USL First Division players
- USISL players
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Vancouver Firefighters (soccer) players
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC non-playing staff
- 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
