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Paul Turin

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Paul Turin
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-11-18) November 18, 1957 (age 66)
Place of birth St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1975 Christian Brothers
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1977 St. Louis Community College-Meramec
1978–1979 South Carolina Gamecocks
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1980 St. Louis Steamers (indoor) 18 (0)
1979–1980 Tulsa Roughnecks 9 (0)
1980–1981 Tulsa Roughnecks (indoor) 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Turin is a retired U.S. soccer goalkeeper who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League and North American Soccer League.

Youth

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Turin graduated from Christian Brothers College High School.[1] He then began his collegiate career with St. Louis Community College-Meramec where he was a 1976 First Team and 1977 Honorable Mention (third team) National Junior College Athletic Association All American soccer player.[2] In 1978, he was one of six players from STLCC-Meramec who transferred to the University of South Carolina.[3] He played the 1978 and 1979 college soccer seasons with the Gamecocks. He has the third lowest goals against average in Gamecocks history.

Professional

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In 1979, he signed with the St. Louis Steamers of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He played eighteen games and had the fourth lowest goals against average that season.[4] In December 1979, the Tulsa Roughnecks of the North American Soccer League selected Turin with the first pick of the second round of the 1979 draft.[5] He played the 1980 outdoor and 1980–1981 indoor seasons with the Roughnecks.

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