John van Buskirk

John van Buskirk

Personal information
Date of birth	(1972-04-13) April 13, 1972
Place of birth	Granite City, Illinois, United States
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1986–1990	Granite City High School
1990–1994	Indiana Hoosiers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1999	KFC Uerdingen 05	60	(8)
1999	LR Ahlen	15	(4)
1999–2004	Sportfreunde Siegen	148	(48)
2004–2005	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	19	(1)
2005–2006	Kickers Emden	30	(2)
Total		272	(63)
Managerial career
2010	AC St. Louis (assistant)
2011–2012	UMSL (assistant)
2013-	McKendree University
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John van Buskirk (born April 13, 1972 in Granite City, Illinois) is an American soccer coach and a former player. He was a standout for his high school team in Granite City where he won two state championships. One as team captain his senior year. After high school John went to play for Indiana University. With Indiana his team reached the #1 overall ranking in the county. He would go on the play 12 years of professional football in Germany. He made appearances in Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga, and German Regionalliga. Buskirk was the team captain of Sportfreunde Siegen in the 2. Bundesliga for three years and was a great player for the team. He made a total of 273 professional football appearances in Germany and scored 68 goals total. Buskirk was an assistant coach under Dale Schilly for AC St. Louis until the team folded. Now he is an assistant coach at the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) and the director of high school boys soccer at Saint Louis Scott Gallagher-Metro.

External links

• John van Buskirk at fussballdaten.de (in German)