Garret Kusch
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Garret Andrew Kusch | ||
Date of birth | 26 September 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Richmond, British Columbia, Canada | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1997 | Vancouver 86ers | 45 | (17) |
1997–1998 | Oostende | 0 | (0) |
1998–1999 | RAEC Mons | 23 | (10) |
1999–2000 | KV Mechelen | 2 | (0) |
2000 | Mjällby | 11 | (8) |
2001 | Hønefoss | 22 | (6) |
2007 | Columbus Clan FC | ||
International career | |||
1991 | Canada U20 | 2 | (0) |
1994–1996 | Canada U23 | 8 | (1) |
1997–2001 | Canada | 21 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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.[citation needed]
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.[1][2]
Kusch briefly came out of retirement in 2007 to play for Columbus Clan FC; earning a silver medal in the Open Canada Cup.[3]
International career
Kusch made his debut for Canada in an April 1997 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador in Vancouver 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,[4] where he played his final international against Cameroon.
Personal life
Kusch currently works for the Canadian national team as a chiropractor.
References
- ^ "Cdn soccer striker Garret Kusch calls it quits". CTV. 19 December 2001. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
- ^ "Kusch Announces His Retirement". Canada Soccer. 19 December 2001. Archived from the original on 22 October 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
- ^ Columbus Clan FC take home the Silver Medal in 2007
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
External links
- Player profile – CanadaSoccer
- Garret Kusch at National-Football-Teams.com
- Use dmy dates from June 2013
- 1973 births
- Living people
- People from Richmond, British Columbia
- Canadian people of German descent
- Association football forwards
- Soccer people from British Columbia
- Canadian soccer players
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Canada men's youth international soccer players
- Canada men's under-23 international soccer players
- Canada men's international soccer players
- CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players
- 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players
- R.A.E.C. Mons players
- KV Mechelen players
- Hønefoss BK players
- Mjällby AIF players
- Vancouver Columbus players
- USISL A-League players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Association football physiotherapists