Ivan Borodiak

John Borodiak
Personal information
Full name	Ivan Borodiak
Date of birth	1940
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position	Full Back
Senior career*
National team
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.; † Appearances (Goals).;

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Iván "John" Borodiak (Ukrainian: Іван (Джон) Бородяк) (born in 1940, Argentina) was a Argentine-American soccer full back of Ukrainian descent who played Argentina, the American Soccer League and the North American Soccer League. He also earned one cap with the U.S. national team.

[edit] Professional

Borodiak started his career in the Argentine league, playing for Almagro and Talleres de Remedios de Escalada. In early 1960, the Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals of the American Soccer League (ASL) signed Borodiak to bolster the squad for an upcoming National Challenge Cup series. The move paid off and the Ukes won the 1960, 1961, 1963 and 1967 National Challenge Cups. In 1967, he played for the Newark Ukrainian Sitch and Philadelphia Spartans. In 1968, Borodiak signed with the Cleveland Stokers of the North American Soccer League.^[1] The next year, he transferred to the Baltimore Bays. That season, he was a first team NASL All Star.^[2]

Borodiak earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 10-0 loss to England on May 27, 1964.^[3]

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