Mark Karpun
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Edward Karpun | ||
| Date of birth | 12 June 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Vancouver, British Columbia | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1976 | V.C. Travellers | ||
| 1980–81 | McNair High School | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981 | Calgary Boomers (reserve team) | ||
| 1982–1983 | Rowdies II (reserve team) | 12 | (16) |
| 1983–1984 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) | 34 | (23) |
| 1983–1984 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 27 | (6) |
| 1984–1990 | Dallas Sidekicks (indoor) | 249 | (146) |
| 1989–1992 | Vancouver 86ers | (9) | |
| 1990–1992 | Tacoma Stars (indoor) | 76 | (48) |
| National team | |||
| 1983–1986 | Canada | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mark Edward Karpun (born June 12, 1963) is a retired Canadian soccer player that played in the North American Soccer League, the Major Indoor Soccer League the Canadian Soccer League and for the Canadian Men’s National Team. He is also noted for having twice scored the golden goal of sudden-death overtime to win an indoor championship final.
Mark Karpun was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He played for V.C. Travellers at age 13, and later for McNair High School in Richmond, B.C.
Karpun was chosen straight out of McNair by the Calgary Boomers with the 17th pick of the first round of the 1981 NASL draft. He joined the Boomers in June after graduating high school and played on an amateur contract through the remainder of the 1981 season. While in Calgary he played exclusively on the reserve team, never appearing in an NASL match before the team folded at the end of the season.
Karpun was signed to the Tampa Bay Rowdies developmental squad, Rowdies II, in May 1982. With the Rowdies II he scored 16 goals in 12 matches. Following Gordon Jago’s resignation in July 1982, Karpun’s old coach in Calgary, Al Miller, was named the Rowdies’ new head coach. In late 1982 Karpun, and other Tampa Bay reservists received their first international experience when they trained for two months in Brazil with the world renowned club, São Paulo FC. Karpun’s first chance to crack the Rowdies regular line up came during the 1983 indoor season. As unheralded young players go, Karpun did well, scoring 11 goals in 11 matches. This included his double overtime, game-winner in the Indoor Grand Prix finals versus the Montreal Manic.
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