Alex Bunbury

Football player infobox


playername = Alex Bunbury
fullname = Alexander Bunbury
height = height|m=1.86
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1967|6|18
cityofbirth = Plaisance
countryofbirth = Guyana
currentclub =
position = Striker (retired)
years = 1987-1990
1990
1991
1992-1993
1993-1999
1999-2000
clubs = Hamilton Steelers
Toronto Blizzard
Montreal Supra
West Ham United
Marítimo
Kansas City Wizards
caps(goals) = 076 (28)
00? (12)
00? 0(7)
004 0(0)
165 (59)
024 0(4)
nationalyears = 1986-1999
nationalteam = Canada
nationalcaps(goals) = 065 (16)
manageryears =2000-
managerclubs =Bangu FC

Alexander ("Alex") Bunbury (born June 18, 1967 in Plaisance, Guyana) is a former Canadian professional soccer player. A striker, Bunbury became Portuguese club CS Marítimo's all-time leading goalscorer with 59 goals in 165 games during his time at the club. He is also the Canadian national team's third leading all-time scorer with 17 goals and its fifth leading all-time cap winner with 64 as of June 17 2008.

Biography

Bunbury began his professional playing career with the Hamilton Steelers (1987-90), Toronto Blizzard and Montreal Supra of the (former) Canadian Soccer League. He was briefly a reserve at English club West Ham United, where he made six first team appearances in all competitions.

Bunbury moved to Marítimo in 1993 where he established himself over six seasons as one of the most well-known foreign goal scorers of the SuperLiga during the 1990s, affectionately known as "Alex" by the home fans. Bunbury won the Foreign Player of the Year award in Portugal after the 1994-1995 season. [http://www.mlsnet.com/content/99/weekly0615.html "Rapids Rise into Top Spot for First Time Ever"] ]

In 1999, Bunbury requested a move to play closer to his hometown of Montreal and was sold, joining Major League Soccer and finding himself allocated to Kansas City Wizards. Ankle injuries forced his retirement after just two seasons with Kansas City, with whom he scored four goals in 24 games. Bunbury was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in April 2006. [http://www.soccer.on.ca/osn.nsf/c1bfa845a2dec3bf85256b0b005d4116/b70c12e31d49e6278525713e006b9811?OpenDocument "Alex Bunbury"] ]

Since retirement, Bunbury and his three children have made Prior Lake, Minnesota their home, where Bunbury has been a youth soccer coach and trainer. He currently coaches for Bangu FC in Minnesota. His son Teal Bunbury is also a footballer, playing with Apple Valley Juventus as of 2005. [http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/media/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=2318 "Hart and Fleming Announce Rosters for Kiwi Series"] ]

Honours

Individual

*Canadian Player of the Year: 1993, 1995
*Portuguese Liga Foreign Player of the Year: 1994-1995

Club

CS Marítimo
*Portuguese Cup
**Runners-up: 1995

Kansas City Wizards
*
*MLS Supporters' Shield: 2000

References

External links

* [http://www.thesoccerhalloffame.ca/OSN.nsf/c1bfa845a2dec3bf85256b0b005d4116/b70c12e31d49e6278525713e006b9811?OpenDocumentCanadian Soccer Hall of Fame inductee page]
* [http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=91&united=Alex_Bunbury The Wonderful World of West Ham United statistics]

Persondata
NAME=Bunbury, Alex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Bunbury, Alexander
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH=June 18, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH=Plaisance, Guyana
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=