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Niall Thompson Personal information Full name Niall Joseph Thompson Date of birth 16 April 1974 Place of birth Birmingham, England Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Playing position striker Club information Current club 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) 1996-1997 Zultse VV 1997 Seattle Sounders 15 (0) 1997-1998 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 National team 1993-2000 
Canada9 (2) Teams managed 2010- Surrey United Firefighters * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Niall Joseph Thompson (born 16 April 1974 in Birmingham) is an English-born Canadian footballer, who works currently as Assistant coach of Surrey United Firefighters.[1]
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Club career
Thompson moved to Canada aged 2 and 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, Montreal Impact, Zultse VV, Seattle Sounders, Brentford, Vancouver 86ers, Airdrieonians, Bay Area Seals, Wycombe Wanderers, Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps.[2][3]
International career
He made his debut for Canada in a March 1993 friendly match against South Korea and earned a total of 9 caps, scoring 2 goals. He has represented Canada in just 1 FIFA World Cup qualification match, in October 2000.[4] 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 
Turkey1-2 1-3 Friendly match 2 18 May 1998 Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada 
Macedonia1-0 1-0 Friendly match External links
- Player profile - CanadaSoccer
- Career stats - National Football Teams
- All time playing career - Soccerbase
References
- ^ VMSL TEAM'S DIRECTORY
- ^ CANADIAN JOINS ON TRIAL - Chairboys on the Net
- ^ Niall Thompson Rejoins Vancouver - USL Fans
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
Canada squad – 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup 
Canada squad – 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup Categories:- 1974 births
- Living people
- People from Birmingham, West Midlands
- Canadian people of English descent
- Naturalized citizens of Canada
- Association football forwards
- English footballers
- Canadian soccer players
- Canadian men's international soccer players
- Canadian expatriate soccer people in the United States
- English expatriate footballers
- British expatriates in the Netherlands
- British expatriates in Belgium
- Colchester United F.C. players
- Montreal Impact (A-League) players
- Seattle Sounders (USL) players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Vancouver 86ers (USL A-League) players
- Airdrieonians F.C. players
- Bay Area Seals players
- Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
- Montreal Impact (USL A-League) players
- Vancouver Whitecaps (USL A-League) 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
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