Oscar Albuquerque

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Oscar Albuquerque
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-09-04) September 4, 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1976–1980 Laurentian Voyageurs
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980 Buffalo Blazers
1980–1982 Denver Avalanche (indoor) 80 (30)
1982–1983 Phoenix Inferno (indoor) 48 (33)
1983–1984 Phoenix Pride (indoor) 47 (21)
1983 Hamilton Steelers
1984–1985 Las Vegas Americans (indoor) 39 (8)
1986 Los Angeles Lazers (indoor) 17 (4)
1986–1987 New York Express (indoor) 13 (2)
1986–1987 Memphis Storm (indoor) 24 (35)
1987 North York Rockets 14 (0)
1987 Hamilton Steelers 4 (0)
1987–1988 Chicago Sting (indoor) 53 (22)
1988–1990 Chicago Power (indoor) 58 (21)
1990–1992 Illinois Thunder (indoor) 49 (41)
International career
1979 Canada Olympic (amateur) 4 (0)
Managerial career
1990–1992 Illinois Thunder (assistant)
2004–2006 Chicago Storm (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oscar Albuquerque (born September 4, 1954) is a former soccer player who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his professional career playing indoor soccer with U.S. teams. He is currently the president of Pro Soccer International, an ownership group which holds the rights to American Indoor Soccer League teams in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois. Born in Peru, he represented Canada at international level.

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Youth and college

Albuquerque was born in Lima, Peru. He moved from his native Peru to Toronto, Ontario, Canada with his family when he was fifteen. At the time, his older brother, Hugo Albuquerque, was playing semi-professionally in Canada[ citation needed ]. After graduating from high school, Albuquerque attended Laurentian University where he was a member of the men's soccer team from 1976 to 1979. He was All Canadian in 1977, 1978 and 1979. [1] He is a member of the Laurentian University Athletic Hall of Fame. [2]

Professional

Following graduation from college in 1980, Albuquerque signed with the Denver Avalanche of Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). In the summer of 1980 he played in the National Soccer League with the Buffalo Blazers. [3] He spent two seasons with the Avalanche, before the team folded in 1982. He then moved to the Phoenix Inferno for the 1982–83 season. In 1983, the team was renamed the Phoenix Pride. Albuquerque spent one more season in Phoenix with the Pride before moving to the Las Vegas Americans for the 1984–85 season. The league expelled the Americans in July 1985. In the summer of 1983 he played in the Canadian Professional Soccer League with Hamilton Steelers. [4] In February 1986, the Los Angeles Lazers were hit with numerous injuries. The team signed Albuquerque to a ten-day contract. On February 23d, they signed him for the remainder of the season. That summer, he signed with the expansion New York Express, a team stocked with players from the New York Arrows and New York Cosmos. The Express was unable to match the success of those two teams and folded twenty-six games into the 1986–87 season. Albuquerque moved to the Memphis Storm of the American Indoor Soccer Association for the remainder of the 1986–87 season. In 1987 he played with North York Rockets and Hamilton Steelers of the Canadian Soccer League. [5] He was back in MISL the next season with the Chicago Sting. However, the Sting folded at the end of the season and Albuquerque moved to the Chicago Power of the AISA for the next two seasons, 1988–1990. In 1990, the AISA has renamed the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). Albuquerque finished his career with the Illinois Thunder of the NPSL with whom he played two seasons, 1990–1992. [6]

National team

In 1979, Albuquerque was called into the Canadian Olympic soccer team at it entered qualification for the 1980 Summer Olympics. Canada did not qualify for the tournament.

Coaching

In his two seasons playing with the Illinois Thunder, Albuquerque also served as an assistant coach. On July 4, 2004, Albuquerque became an assistant coach with the expansion Chicago Storm of the Major Indoor Soccer League under head coach Frank Klopas.

Team management

In 2006, Albuquerque became the president of the expansion Rockford Rampage which competes in the Professional Arena Soccer League.

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References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2007-11-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Laurentian Voyageurs - Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
  3. ↑ "Sudbury Cyclones lose as Albuquerque scores". Sudbury Star . May 12, 1980. p. 13.
  4. ↑ Panzeri, Allen (May 22, 1983). "Name of the game is offence". Edmonton Journal . p. 51.
  5. ↑ "Oscar Albuquerque". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. ↑ MISL stats
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