Kyt Selaidopoulos

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Kyt Selaidopoulos
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Selaidopoulos in 2011
Personal information
Full name Kyriakos Selaidopoulos
Date of birth (1978-02-26) February 26, 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–96 Chicago Power (indoor) 4 (1)
1997 Vermont Voltage
1999–2000 Montreal Impact (indoor) 33 (5)
2000 Montreal Impact 5 (0)
2001–2003 Montreal Dynamites
2004 Montreal Impact 10 (0)
2004–2005 Cleveland Force (indoor) 31 (8)
2005–2006 Milwaukee Wave (indoor) 28 (6)
2006–2008 Detroit Ignition (indoor) 51 (25)
2009–2011 Milwaukee Wave (indoor) 29 (14)
International career
2006–2013 Canada beach 11 (5)
2003–2012 Canada futsal 5 (2)
Managerial career
2016– Canada futsal
2021– Forge FC (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kyriakos "Kyt" Selaidopoulos (born February 26, 1978) is a Canadian soccer and futsal coach who serves as an assistant coach of Forge FC and head coach of the Canadian national futsal team.

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As a player, he played in the USISL D-3 Pro League, National Professional Soccer League, USL A-League, Canadian Professional Soccer League, and the Major Indoor Soccer League.

Playing career

Selaidopoulos began his career in 1995 in the National Professional Soccer League with the Chicago Power. In his debut season in the NPSL he appeared in four matches and recorded one goal. After the conclusion of the indoor season he signed with the Vermont Voltage of the USISL D-3 Pro League in 1997. [1] In 1999, he signed with the Montreal Impact and played during the 1999–2000 indoor season where he appeared in 33 matches and scored five goals. [2] He featured in the 2000 outdoor season, but after suffering a groin injury he only featured in five matches and soon after was released from his contract. [3] In 2001, he signed with newly expansion franchise the Montreal Dynamites of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. With the Dynamites he led his team to a fourth-place finish in the overall standings, thus qualifying for the playoffs. In the playoffs the Dynamites faced St. Catharines Wolves, but were defeated by a score of 2–1 with the lone goal coming from Selaidopolous. [4]

On April 14, 2004 he returned to Montreal Impact. [5] During the 2004 season he assisted in the tream's record 12-game undefeated streak, and won the A-League title, the club's second North American Championship in team history. He returned to indoor soccer by signing with the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League in the winter of 2004. He had further stints with Milwaukee Wave, and the Detroit Ignition.

Coaching career

In 2016, Selaidopoulos became head coach of the Canada national futsal team. [6] On March 15, 2021, he was named an assistant coach of Canadian Premier League side Forge FC [7]

Honours

Montreal Impact

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References

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  2. ↑ "Impact 1999 - A year without outdoor soccer" . Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Google Translate". translate.google.ca. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Voyageurs Soccer Talk". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Google Translate". translate.google.ca. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Futsal National Team". canadasoccer.com. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Smyrniotis adds Kyriakos Selaidopoulos to coaching staff at Forge FC". Canadian Premier League. March 15, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
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