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Garret Kusch

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Garret Kusch
Personal information
Full name Garret Andrew Kusch
Date of birth (1973-09-26) 26 September 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Vancouver 86ers 45 (17)
1997–1998 Oostende 0 (0)
1998–1999 RAEC Mons 23 (10)
1999–2000 KV Mechelen 2 (0)
2000 Mjällby 11 (8)
2001 Hønefoss 22 (6)
2007 Columbus Clan FC
International career
1991 Canada U20 2 (0)
1994–1996 Canada U23 8 (1)
1997–2001 Canada 21 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Garret Andrew Kusch (born 26 September 1973) is a Canadian former soccer player who played at both professional and international levels as a striker. After retiring as a player, Kusch became a Chiropractor.[citation needed]

Club career

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Born in Richmond, British Columbia, Kusch started his career at local side Vancouver 86ers and then played successfully in a Belgian lower division with Mons. Injury-hit, he then only featured twice for Mechelen in the Belgian First Division in the 1999/2000 season. He revived his career after a foot injury at Swedish second division side Mjällby only to finish the first of his two years-contract at Norwegian second division outfit Hønefoss to quit professional soccer aged just 28 in 2001 to continue his studies.[1][2]

Kusch briefly came out of retirement in 2007 to play for Columbus Clan FC; earning a silver medal in the Open Canada Cup.[3]

International career

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Kusch made his debut for Canada in an April 1997 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador in Vancouver and earned a total of 21 caps, scoring 1 goal in a 2001 friendly against Iran. He represented Canada in five FIFA World Cup qualification matches and participated in the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup,[4] where he played his final international against Cameroon.

Personal life

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Kusch currently works for the Canada national team as a chiropractor.

References

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  1. ^ "Cdn soccer striker Garret Kusch calls it quits". CTV. 19 December 2001. Retrieved 15 April 2008.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Kusch Announces His Retirement". Canada Soccer. 19 December 2001. Archived from the original on 22 October 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  3. ^ Columbus Clan FC take home the Silver Medal in 2007
  4. ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
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