Grant Needham

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Grant Needham
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-07-14) 14 July 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1991 Concordia Stingers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992 Montreal Supra [2] 82 (24)
1993 Toronto Blizzard 7 (0)
1993–1998 Montreal Impact 87 (19)
1996–1997 → Buffalo Blizzard (loan) 21 (4)
1997–2000 Montreal Impact (indoor) 78 (78)
2000 Hampton Roads Mariners 1 (0)
International career
1988 Canada U20 2 (0)
1991–1992 Canada U23 10 (3)
1991–1993 Canada 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Grant Needham (born 14 July 1970) is a Canadian former international soccer player who played as a striker.

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Early and personal life

Needham was born in Liverpool, England, and raised in Montreal, where he started playing soccer at the age of 10. [1]

Club career

Needham played college soccer for Concordia Stingers and at senior level for Montreal Supra, Toronto Blizzard, Montreal Impact, Buffalo Blizzard and Montreal Impact (indoor). [3]

International career

Needham represented Canada at under-20, under-23 and senior levels. [1] [3]

His first senior appearance came in a 0–2 defeat in a March 1991 North American Nations Cup match against the United States in Torrance, California. His second and final game was a 15 August 1993 World Cup qualification match against Australia in Sydney. [1]

Later career

Needham was inducted as a 'builder' by the Montreal Impact in August 2007; he worked for the club as an ambassador and radio commentator. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Profile". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Grant Needham soccer Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  3. 1 2 "Grant Needham". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Grant Needham named Impact Builder". Montreal Impact. 10 August 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2018.


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