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Alex Bunbury

Alex Bunbury
Personal information
Full name Alexander Bunbury
Date of birth (1967-06-18) 18 June 1967 (age 49)
Place of birth Plaisance, Guyana
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Minnesota Twin Stars (coach)
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
1984–1985 Canada U20 9 (3)
1986–1997 Canada 65 (16)
Teams managed
2000–2008 Bangu FC
2008–2012 Minnesota Thunder (academy)
2014– Minnesota Twin Stars
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Alexander "Alex" Bunbury (born 18 June 1967) is a Canadian retired footballer who played as a striker.

He played mainly for Marítimo in Portugal during a 13-year professional career, and represented the Canadian national team during 11 years.

In 2000, Bunbury became a manager.

Born in Plaisance, Guyana, Bunbury started playing professionally with the Hamilton Steelers where he was managed by John Charles, 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 club's all-time leading goalscorer in the Primeira Liga with 59 goals. In his second season, he won the Foreign Player of the Year award, and he scored a career-best 15 goals in the 1998–99 campaign, helping his team to the tenth position in what was his final year in Madeira.

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 Major League Soccer. Subsequently he took up coaching, first with Bangu FC then at the Minnesota Thunder Academy.


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