Keith Weller

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Keith Weller
Full name	Keith Weller
Date of birth	11 June 1946(1946-06-11)
Place of birth	Islington, London, England
Date of death	13 November 2004 (aged 58)
Playing position	Midfielder / Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1964-1967 1967-1970 1970-1971 1971-1978 1978-1980 1980-1983 1984	Tottenham Hotspur Millwall Chelsea Leicester City New England Tea Men Fort Lauderdale Strikers Fort Lauderdale Sun	021 (1) 121 (40) 038 (14) 262 (37) 072 (18) 064 (6)
National team²
1973-1974	England	004 (1)
Teams managed
1984 1989-1992 1994-1997	Fort Lauderdale Sun Houston Dynamo Dallas Sidekicks (indoor) San Diego Sockers (indoor) Tacoma Stars (indoor) Sacramento Knights (indoor)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 May 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 16:54, 5 January 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Keith Weller (11 June 1946 - 13 November 2004) was an English footballer. He is considered to be one of five greatest ever Leicester City players. Following seven operations for cancer, he died in the United States in 2004 aged 58.

1 England
2 NASL
3 USL
4 Indoor soccer
5 References
6 External links

[edit] England

A midfielder/striker who played during the 1960s and 1970s, Weller's clubs included Tottenham Hotspur, Millwall, Chelsea and Leicester City. He served his apprenticeship with Spurs before signing for Millwall in June 1967, making his debut against Blackburn Rovers on 19 August 1967. Playing just behind or alongside Derek Possee, Weller showed great skill on the ball, and possessed blistering pace which quickly established him as a fan favourite. Weller signed for Chelsea in 1970 for £100,000.

Weller signed for Leicester City in 1971, and played there for eight seasons. He won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with Chelsea in 1971 and won four caps for England, scoring one goal.^[1]

[edit] NASL

In 1978, Weller signed with the New England Tea Men of the North American Soccer League. In 1980 after eighteen games, the Tea Men traded Weller to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. He remained with the Strikers through the end of the 1983 season. At the end of the season, the Strikers moved to Minnesota, but Weller remained in Florida.

[edit] USL

In 1984, he became a player-coach with the Fort Lauderdale Sun of the second division United Soccer League (USL).

[edit] Indoor soccer

He went on to coach the Houston Dynamo, Dallas Sidekicks, San Diego Sockers, Tacoma Stars and Sacramento Knights, nearly all indoor teams.

Following his retirement from coaching, he settled in Seattle, Washington where he owned a coffee shop and served as a news station broadcast van driver.