Alex Bunbury

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Alex Bunbury
Personal information
Full name Alexander Bunbury
Date of birth June 18, 1967 (1967-06-18) (age 40)
Place of birth    Plaisance, Guyana
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker (retired)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1987-1990
1990
1991
1992-1993
1993-1999
1999-2000
Hamilton Steelers
Toronto Blizzard
Montreal Supra
West Ham United
Marítimo
Kansas City Wizards
076 (28)
00? (12)
00? 0(7)
004 0(0)
165 (59)
024 0(4)   
National team
1986-1999 Canada 064 (17)
Teams managed
2000- Bangu FC

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Alexander ("Alex") Bunbury (born June 18, 1967 in Plaisance, Guyana) is a former Canadian professional soccer player. A striker, Bunbury became Portuguese club CS Marítimo's all-time goal scoring with 59 goals in 165 games. He also the Canadian national team's third leading all-time scorer with 17 goals and its fourth leading all-time cap winner with 64.

Bunbury began his professional playing career with the Hamilton Steelers (1987-90), Toronto Blizzard and Montreal Supra of the (former) Canadian Soccer League. Briefly a reserve at English club West Ham United where he made six first team appearances in all competitions, Bunbury moved to Marítimo in 1993 where he established himself over his six seasons as one of the most well-known foreign goal scorers of the SuperLiga during the 1990s. In 1999, Bunbury requested a move to play closer to his hometown of Montreal, and was sold to the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer. Ankle injuries forced his retirement after just two seasons with K.C., for whom he scored four goals in 24 games. Bunbury was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in April 2006.[citation needed]

Since retirement, Bunbury with his three children, has made Prior Lake, Minnesota their home, where he has been a youth soccer coach and trainer. He currently coaches for Bangu FC in Minnesota. His son Teal Bunbury is also a footballer for Apple Valley Juventus.[1]

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NAME Bunbury, Alex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bunbury, Alexander
SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Plaisance, Guyana
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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