Jimmy Kuzmanovski

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Jimmy Kuzmanovski
Personal information
Place of birth Oshawa, Ontario
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2001 Oshawa Flames 34 (16)
2002–2003 Mississauga Olympians
2002Toronto Lynx (loan) 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 03 2015

Jimmy Kuzmanovski is a Canadian former soccer player who had stints in the USL A-League, and the Canadian Professional Soccer League.

Playing career

Kuzmanovski began his professional in 2000 with the Oshawa Flames of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. [1] In his debut season he finished as the club's top goalscorer, and was nominated and awarded the CPSL Rookie of the Year award. [2] [3] In 2002, he signed with the Mississauga Olympians, and he made his debut for the club on May 24, 2002 in a match against York Region Shooters. [4] [5] Midway through the season he was loaned out to the Toronto Lynx of the USL A-League. [6] He made his debut for Toronto on June 9, 2002 against Charleston Battery, coming on as a substitute for former Olympian player Elvis Thomas. [7] He later returned to Mississauga, and helped reach the postseason by finishing second in the Western Conference. [8] He appeared in the Wild card match against North York Astros, but unfortunately were defeated by a score of 3-0. [9]

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References

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