Jimmy Banks
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| Jimmy Banks | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Jimmy Banks | |
| Date of birth | September 2, 1964 (age 42) | |
| Place of birth | Milwaukee, WI, United States | |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1983-1987 | Milwaukee Panthers | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1987-1993 | Milwaukee Wave | |
| National team | ||
| 1986-1991 | United States | 36 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Jimmy Banks (born September 2, 1964) is an American former soccer defender who earned 35 caps as a United States men's national soccer team between 1986 and 1991.
Jimmy began playing soccer as a youth in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After graduating from Custer High School in Milwaukee, he attended first the University of Wisconsin-Parkside then the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee were he earned All American honors playing NCAA Division I soccer as first a forward, then a midfielder.
He earned his first national team cap against Canada on February 5, 1986 and went on to play a total of 35 games with the senior team. His national team highlights include starting two games of the 1990 FIFA World Cup against Italy and Austria; and playing as a member of the 1987 Pan American Games and World University Games soccer teams.
After graduation from Milwaukee, he was drafted by both the Kansas City Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League and the Milwaukee Wave of the American Indoor Soccer Association. He decided to remain in Milwaukee and signed with the Wave for whom he played from 1987 to 1993. He was a league All Star in 1992.
He is currently the Head Coach of the Milwaukee School of Engineering men's soccer team as well as the Director of Coaching of the Milwaukee Kickers. He also continued playing with the Milwaukee Bavarian Major Team.
He remains a force in Milwaukee's inner city as a founder of an inner-city youth soccer camp and a full-time and volunteer worker with the Milwaukee Boy's and Girl's Club. His years of work with disadvantaged youth led to his being honored with the Community Spirit Award.
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United States squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Meola | 2 Trittschuh | 3 Doyle | 4 Banks | 5 Windischmann | 6 Harkes | 7 Ramos | 8 Bliss | 9 Sullivan | 10 Vermes | 11 Wynalda | 12 Krumpe | 13 Eichmann | 14 Stollmeyer | 15 Armstrong | 16 Murray | 17 Balboa | 18 Keller | 19 Henderson | 20 Caligiuri | 21 Covone | 22 Vanole | Coach: Gansler |
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