Domenic Mobilio
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Domenic Mobilio | ||
Date of birth | January 14, 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
Date of death | November 13, 2004 | (aged 35)||
Place of death | Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–2000 | Vancouver 86ers | 280 | (167) |
1989–1992 | Baltimore Blast (indoor) | 182 | (171) |
1993–1994 | Dundee | 2 | (0) |
1993–1996 | Harrisburg Heat (indoor) | 46 | (72) |
1996–1999 | Edmonton Drillers (indoor) | 79 | (92) |
1999–2000 | Philadelphia Kixx (indoor) | 59 | (96) |
2000–2001 | Detroit Rockers (indoor) | 15 | (27) |
Total | 661 | (625) | |
National team‡ | |||
1986–1997 | Canada | 25 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 27, 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 27, 2009 |
Domenic Mobilio (January 14, 1969 – November 13, 2004) was a Canadian professional soccer player.
Club career[]
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Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Mobilio was a long-time member of the Vancouver 86ers turned Vancouver Whitecaps. He played 14 seasons beginning with the team in the Canadian Soccer League, later joining the American Professional Soccer League, before finishing up a Whitecap. He retired from the professional outdoor game in 2001.
Although Mobilio had trials overseas, most notably in Scotland (he played two Scottish Premier Division games in the 93/94 season for Dundee F.C.) and the Netherlands, he never left Vancouver. His 167 goals in 280 games is second for a player in professional soccer in Canada and the United States after the NASL's great Giorgio Chinaglia and his total of 243. He was a six time league all-star (CSL 1988, 1990, and 1991; APSL 1993 and 1996; A-League, 1997); the CSL's all-time leading scorer and 1990 top scorer and MVP. He began the 1996-1997 NPSL season with the Harrisburg Heat, but was traded to the Edmonton Drillers after seven games.
Indoor soccer[]
He also was a long-time pro indoor soccer player, being named MISL Newcomer of the Year for 1989 playing for the Baltimore Blast. He played with the Blast until 1992. Mobilio also played in the National Professional Soccer League with the Philadelphia Kixx and the Detroit Rockers.
International career[]
Mobilio was a member of the Canadian U-20 team which competed at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship and that won the gold medal in the 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie.
He made his senior debut for Canada in a January 1986 friendly match against Paraguay and went on to earn 25 caps. Mobilio scored three goals, all coming in a nearly successful qualifying campaign for the 1994 FIFA World Cup finals.[1]
His final international was a November 1997 World Cup qualification match against the USA.
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | April 18, 1993 | Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada | ![]() |
1-1 | 3-1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | May 2, 1993 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador | ![]() |
2-1 | 2-1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3 | July 31, 1993 | Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada | ![]() |
2-1 | 2-1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Coaching career[]
Upon retirement, Mobilio worked as a technical director with the Coquitlam City Soccer Association and became a coach of youth soccer in Coquitlam.[2]
Honours[]
Mobilio was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2006.[2] He was inducted in the Baltimore Blast Hall of Fame on February 16, 2008.[3]
Personal life and death[]
Mobilio attended high school at Templeton Secondary School in East Vancouver, graduating in 1987.[citation needed] He was not only a prolific soccer player at Templeton but also, a star basketball player.[citation needed]
His cousin Melissa Mobilio played for Vancouver Whitecaps Women and the Trinity Western Spartans.[4]
Mobilio died in 2004 at age 35 of a sudden and massive heart attack, suffered while driving from a friend's house in Burnaby after playing a game of amateur soccer.[5] Friends and relatives then established a foundation in his memory to fund various soccer associations to allow under privileged children an opportunity to enjoy the sport.[6]
External links[]
- Player profile - Canada Soccer
- Domenic Mobilio at National-Football-Teams.com
- Dominic Mobilio Tributes at Coquitlam MFSC
- Tribute and Bio - USL Soccer
References[]
- ^ FIFA Player Profiles: Domenic Mobilio
- ^ Jump up to: a b Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame: Domenic Mobilio Archived August 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on March 20, 2009
- ^ Baltimore Blast: Fifth Class to be Inducted into Blast Hall of Fame
- ^ "Trinity Western University Profile". Twu.ca. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
- ^ Former Canadian soccer player Domenic Mobilio dies - CBC Sports
- ^ "Domenic Mobilio Foundation". Domenicmobilio.org. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
- 1969 births
- 2004 deaths
- American Professional Soccer League players
- Soccer players from Vancouver
- People from Coquitlam
- Canadian people of Italian descent
- Association football forwards
- Canadian soccer players
- Canada men's international soccer players
- Canada men's youth international soccer players
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players
- Baltimore Blast (original MISL) players
- Dundee F.C. players
- Harrisburg Heat (NPSL) players
- Edmonton Drillers (1996–2000) players
- Philadelphia KiXX (NPSL) players
- Detroit Rockers players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
- Scottish Football League players
- Major Soccer League players
- National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players
- USL First Division players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Canada Soccer Hall of Fame inductees
- 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland