| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Bunbury | ||
| Date of birth | June 18, 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Plaisance, Guyana | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1987–1990 | Hamilton Steelers | 76 | (28) |
| 1990 | Toronto Blizzard | ? | (12) |
| 1991 | Montreal Supra | ? | (7) |
| 1992–1993 | West Ham | 4 | (0) |
| 1993–1999 | Marítimo | 165 | (59) |
| 1999–2000 | Kansas City Wizards | 24 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 1986–1997 | Canada | 64 | (16) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2000– | Bangu FC | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Alexander "Alex" Bunbury (born June 18, 1967) is a former Canadian professional footballer, who played as a striker.
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Bunbury started playing professionally with the Hamilton Steelers in Canada, also having one-year spells in the Canadian Soccer League with the Toronto Blizzard and Montreal Supra.
In 1993, after an unassuming season for West Ham United (only six appearances overall), he moved to Portugal's C.S. Marítimo, going on to become the Madeira club's all-time leading goalscorer in the first division, with 59 goals in 165 games. In his second season, he won the Foreign Player of the Year award.[1] His final season proved to be the most prolific, when he scored 15 league goals.
In early 1999, after requesting a move to play closer to his hometown of Montreal, Bunbury returned to North America, and retired after two seasons with the Kansas City Wizards of the Major League Soccer. Subsequently, he took up coaching, first with Bangu FC, then at the Minnesota Thunder Academy (MTA).
Bunbury was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in April 2006.[2]
Bunbury played in all three of Canada's games at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Soviet Union. He made his senior debut in an August 1986 Merlion Cup match against Singapore, and went on to earn 64 caps, scoring 16 goals.
Bunbury ranked third in the all-time scorer's list, and fifth in caps (June 17, 2008).[3] He represented Canada in 28 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and played at the inaugural 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship.[4]
Bunbury's final international was a November 1997 World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica, a game after which Paul Dolan, Geoff Aunger, Frank Yallop and Colin Miller also said farewell to the national team.
Bunbury was born in Plaisance, Guyana. He is the father of Teal Bunbury, a 2010 Hermann Award winner for soccer and player for MLS side Sporting Kansas City. Notably, Teal did not follow his father into the senior Canadian team, playing with Canada's U-17 and U-20 sides before accepting caps with the United States men's setup.
After his retirement, Bunbury made Prior Lake, Minnesota his home, where he has been a youth soccer coach and trainer. With wife Kristi, he has one daughter, Kylie (an actress who appeared in Prom),[5] and two sons: Logan and Teal. Alex and his sons are all dual nationals. Alex is Guyana-Canadian, Teal Canadian-American, Logan Portuguese-American.
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