Joe Kuzminsky

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Joe Kuzminsky
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-01-26) January 26, 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Denver, Colorado, United States
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Colorado Rapids
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2016 UAB Blazers 50 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 Real Colorado Foxes 0 (0)
2017–2022 Charleston Battery 99 (1)
2020 → Maccabi Haifa (loan) 0 (0)
2023 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 16, 2023

Joe Kuzminsky (born January 26, 1994) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Kuzminsky played five years of college soccer at the University of Alabama at Birmingham between 2012 and 2016, including a red-shirted year in 2012. [1]

Kuzminsky also played with USL PDL side Real Colorado Foxes in 2014. [2]

Kuzminsky signed with USL Championship club Charleston Battery on March 21, 2017. [3]

In January 2020, Kuzminsky was sent on a season-long loan to Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Premier League. [4]

Kuzminsky entered the 2022 season as the longest-tenured player on the Battery, his sixth year with the team. [5] He played his 100th overall game for the club on April 23, 2022, against Louisville City FC, a 1–1 draw at home. [6] Kuzminsky also scored the fire goal of his career during the 2022 season, finding the back of the net in stoppage time against Loudoun United FC in a successful last-ditch effort to earn a 1–1 draw at the death. [7] Following the 2022 season, Kuzminsky was released by Charleston. [8]

On December 9, 2022, it was announced that Kuzminsky would join USL Championship side Colorado Springs Switchbacks for their 2023 season. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Joe Kuzminsky - 2016 Men's Soccer Roster - University of Alabama at Birmingham". Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-04-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Charleston Battery sign 5 ahead of home opener | WCIV". Abcnews4.com. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  4. ↑ "KUZMINSKY SET TO JOIN MACCABI HAIFA ON LOAN DEAL". CharlestonBattery.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Battery Announce Initial Slate of Returning Players for 2022".
  6. ↑ "Battery earn point in 1-1 draw with Louisville".
  7. ↑ "Goalkeeper Kuzminsky scores late goal to steal point against Loudoun".
  8. ↑ "Battery announce initial returning players for 2023".
  9. ↑ "Switchbacks FC Sign Central Goalkeeper Joe Kuzminsky".


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