Mick Hoban

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Mick Hoban
Personal information
Full name Michael Hoban
Date of birth April 6, 1952 (1952-04-06) (age 56)
Place of birth    Tipton, England
Playing position Midfielder
Youth clubs
1969-1970 Aston Villa
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1970-1971
1971-1972
1973
1974
1975-1978
Aston Villa
Atlanta Chiefs
Atlanta Apollos
Denver Dynamos
Portland Timbers
00 (0)
35 (0)
19 (3)
16 (3)
65 (0)   
National team
1973 United States 01 (0)
Teams managed
University of Portland (assistant)

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

Michael “Mick” Hoban (born April 8, 1952 in Tipton, England) is an English-U.S. soccer midfielder who began his career with Aston Villa in 1969 before moving to the North American Soccer League in 1971. He earned one cap with the U.S. national team in 1973.

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[edit] Playing career

[edit] England

Hoban attended St. Chad's College in Wolverhampton. In 1969, he signed with English first division club Aston Villa as a youth player. He saw time in six games with the Villa youth during the 1969-1970 season. In 1970, he moved to the senior team, but never entered a first team game, instead he played thirty-four games with the reserves.

[edit] United States

In 1971, Hoban Atlanta Chiefs of the North American Soccer League. In 1983, the Chiefs were sold to new ownership who renamed them the Apollos. At the end of the 1973 season, Hoban moved to the expansion Denver Dynamos for the 1974 season. In 1975, he was the first player signed by the expansion Portland Timbers[1] but by 1978 his career was in decline. He played only one game that season and retired at the end of the year.

[edit] U.S. National team

Hoban earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 2-0 win over Canada on August 5, 1973.[2]

[edit] Team management

During his years playing in the NASL, Hoban served as Director of Community Relations at each of his professional clubs.

[edit] Coaching

Hoban was an assistant coach to former Timbers team mate Clive Charles at the University of Portland men’s soccer team. He also coached youth soccer.

[edit] Post playing career

[edit] Sports wear

After retiring from playing, Hoban was hired by Nike, Inc.. Building on his history as a Director of Community Relations in the NASL, Hoban Nike's first soccer promotions manager. In this position, Hoban moved to Europe to market Nike there. He was then hired by Umbro as a Vice President of Soccer Promotions. He left Umbro to become a soccer marketing consultant.

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