Carl Valentine
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Carl Howard Valentine | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
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| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1979 | Oldham Athletic | 61 | (7) |
| 1979–1984 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 165 | (44) |
| 1984–1986 | West Bromwich Albion | 44 | (6) |
| 1985–1987 | Cleveland Force (indoor) | 124 | (83) |
| 1987–1999 | Vancouver 86ers | ? | (?) |
| 1988–1990 | Baltimore Blast (indoor) | 100 | (55) |
| 1990–1991 | Kansas City Comets (indoor) | 48 | (27) |
| 1991–1992 | Tacoma Stars (indoor) | 40 | (16) |
| National team | |||
| 1985–1993 | Canada | 31 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1994–1999 | Vancouver 86ers | ||
| 1999–2007 | North Shore Development Centre | ||
| 2008–2009 | Coastal WFC | ||
| 2009–2010 | Ottawa Fury | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Carl Howard Valentine (born 4 July 1958) is a former professional soccer player and coach who has had a long association with soccer in the Vancouver area (British Columbia, Canada).
He was the head coach of Ottawa Fury in the USL Premier Development League[1] until taking the position as Vancouver Whitecaps FC club ambassador and staff coach in 2010, in the lead-up to the Whitecaps inaugural season in Major League Soccer.[2]
Club career
Valentine had a long, successful playing career from the late 1970s to the late 1990s with several clubs, notably the Vancouver Whitecaps of the North American Soccer League, Oldham Athletic, West Bromwich Albion of the Football League, and the Vancouver 86ers of the Canadian Soccer League and later American Professional Soccer League.
A striker, Valentine began his pro career in 1976 as a 17-year-old with Football League Second Division side Oldham Athletic. Valentine signed with the Vancouver Whitecaps and as a rookie helped them win their only North American Soccer League championship in 1979. Liking life in Vancouver, Valentine became a Canadian citizen in 1983. The lure of top division English football saw Valentine sign with West Midlands side West Brom in 1984. Until 2011, Valentine was the last player to have scored a winning goal for Albion against their local rivals Aston Villa, having scored the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win in 1985. After two seasons with the Baggies, in which he played 44 first-team games and scored 6 times, Valentine returned to Vancouver to play for the new franchise Vancouver 86ers, where he remained for the next 13 years. Retiring as a full-time player in 1992, Valentine was player/manager of the club until retiring in 1999.
On 22 November 1985, Valentine signed with the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League.[3] Valentine played three seasons with the Force which folded during the 1988 off season. He then signed with the Baltimore Blast.[4] In June 1990, Valentine signed a one-year contract with the Blast only to be traded to the Kansas City Comets in exchange for Dale Mitchell on 21 August 1990.[5] The Comets folded at the end of the season and in September 1991, Valentine signed with the Tacoma Stars.
International career
Initially hoping to be selected to play for England at some point, Valentine passed on an offer to play for Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He decided in 1985 however to declare his allegiance to his new home country and made his debut for Canada in a September 1985 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Honduras. Despite a bad case of influenza, Valentine famously assisted on both goals (with corner kicks) Canada scored to defeat Honduras 2-1 to advance to the World Cup Finals for the first (and until now, only) time.
He earned a total of 31 caps, scoring 1 goal.[6] He represented Canada in 9 World Cup qualifiers and played in the country's all three first round ties at the 1986 World Cup Finals.[7] His final international was an August 1993 World Cup qualification match against Australia, a game which also marked the end of the international careers of Dale Mitchell and Mike Sweeney.
International goals
- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 June 1992 | Toronto, Canada | .svg.png){kind=small} Hong Kong | 3-0 | 3-1 | Columbus 500 Cup |
Personal life
Valentine and wife Gillian have two daughters, Keelie and Shannon, and a son, Gavin. He currently coaches youth soccer at the TSS (Total Soccer Systems) Academy in Richmond, British Columbia. Valentine is partly of Jamaican descent.[8]
References
- ↑ Valentine named Fury PDL coach Archived 7 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑
- ↑ "SOCCER" THE ORLANDO SENTINEL Friday, 22 November 1985
- ↑ "BALTIMORE COURTS FORCE FREE AGENTS VALENTINE IS FIRST TO SIGN" Akron Beacon Journal (OH) Saturday, 20 August 1988
- ↑ "SOCCER" Washington Post Tuesday, 21 August 1990
- ↑ Appearances for Canada National Team – RSSSF
- ↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
- ↑ "The Two One: Dane and Carl Two Speedy Wingers". www.whitecapsfc.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
External links
- The OSA Hall of Fame and Museum with their induction page for Valentine
- North Shore Soccer Development Centre profiling Coach Valentine
- NASL/MISL stats
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Bobby Lenarduzzi |
Vancouver Whitecaps Head Coach 1994–1999 |
Succeeded by Dale Mitchell |
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