Sipho Sibiya

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Sipho Sibiya
Personal information
Full name Sipho Sibiya Riopel
Date of birth (1971-07-28) 28 July 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Pretoria, South Africa
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991 Seattle Pacific Falcons
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1997 Vancouver 86ers
1996–2000 Edmonton Drillers (indoor) 144 (97)
1998 Montreal Impact 19 (3)
2000–2003 Milwaukee Wave (indoor) 86 (51)
2003–2004 St. Louis Steamers (indoor) 25 (16)
2004 Edmonton Aviators 20 (2)
2004–2005 Cleveland Force (indoor) 30 (13)
2005 Baltimore Blast (indoor) 8 (2)
2007 Winnipeg Alliance (indoor)
2008–2009 Saskatoon Accelerators (indoor) 2 (0)
2009–2010 Prince George Fury (indoor) 6 (8)
International career
2004 Canada futsal 2 (0)
2006–2010 Canada beach soccer 11 (8)
Managerial career
2006 Canada beach soccer (assistant)
2008–2008 Saskatoon Accelerators
2009–2010 Prince George Fury
2011 Vancouver Whitecaps women (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sipho Sibiya Riopel (born 28 July 1971), also known as Siphos Sibya, is a retired South African-Canadian soccer player who is an assistant coach with the Vancouver Whitecaps women's team.

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Player

Youth

In 1991, Sibiya, at the time known as Sipho Riopel, played a single season for Seattle Pacific University. [1]

Professional

In 1994, Sibiya began his professional career with the Vancouver 86ers of the American Professional Soccer League. He played four seasons in Vancouver. In 1998, he played a single season with the Montreal Impact of the USISL A-League. [2] In December 1998, he tore his achilles tendon playing indoor soccer. The injury kept him from playing outdoors in 1999. In 1996, Sibiya began playing winter indoor soccer with the expansion Edmonton Drillers of the National Professional Soccer League. Sibiya played all four plus seasons of the team's existence. The Drillers began the 2000–2001 season, but folded after nine games. On 4 December 2001, the Milwaukee Wave selected Subiya in the first round of the dispersal draft. [3] He played three seasons with the Wave. On August 38, 2003, the Wave traded Sibiya and future considerations to the Cleveland Force for Giuliano Oliviero. The Force then traded Sibiya and D.J. Newsom to the St. Louis Steamers for Ato Leone. [4] In June 2004, Sibiya was again part of a complicated three team trade. The Steamers traded Siphiya to the Milwaukee Wave for Joe Reiniger. The Wave then traded Siphiya, Gary DePalma and future considerations to the Cleveland Force in exchange for Lee Edgerton. [5] While this was taking place, Sibiya was playing for the Edmonton Aviators of the USL A-League. [6] On 29 March 2005, the Force traded Sibiya and Joel John Bailey to the Baltimore Blast for Neil Gilbert and Allen Eller. [7] On 21 March 2007, Sibiya signed with the Winnipeg Alliance of the Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League. [8] In 2008, Sibiya became a player-coach for the Saskatoon Accelerators of the Professional Arena Soccer League. [9] In 2009, he became a player-coach with the Prince George Fury of the Professional Arena Soccer League. [10]

National team

Sibiya played for the Canada national beach soccer team which went to the quarterfinals of the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[ citation needed ]

Coach

Sibiya has held numerous coaching positions, including assistant coach to the 2006 Canada national beach soccer team and head coach of the Saskatoon Accelerators and Prince George Fury. He is an assistant coach with the Vancouver Whitecaps women's team. From September 2009 to November 2011, he served as Technical Director for the Guildford Athletic Club in Surrey, British Columbia.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ SPU Falcons soccer records
  2. ↑ "Sipho Sibiya | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Tozer Tinkering to Revive Wave
  4. ↑ 28 August 2003 Transactions
  5. ↑ 11 June 2004 Transactions
  6. ↑ Aviators announce roster
  7. ↑ 29 March 2005 Blast Press Release Archived 16 May 2011 at archive.today
  8. ↑ ALLIANCE FC ACQUIRE VETERAN INDOOR PLAYER Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ 2008–2009 Saskatoon Accelerators
  10. ↑ Prince George Fury


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