Glenn van Straatum

Glenn van Straatum
Personal information
Full name	Glenn van Straatum
Date of birth	January 26, 1959 (age 62)
Place of birth	Paramaribo, Suriname
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Cal Victory
Senior career*
Years	Team
1973–1978	Transvaal
1978–1982	University of San Francisco
National team
1976–1978
Teams managed
2006–2007	California Victory
2019–	Merritt College
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Glenn Van Straatum (born January 26, 1959, in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a soccer manager and former Surinamese football midfielder and forward. He was appointed as the manager of the California Victory, a new expansion franchise in the USL Division 1 for 2007.^[1] However, the club folded after only one season leaving Van Straatum a free-agent.

Van Straatum has played for SV Transvaal in Surinam (1973-1978) and at the University of San Francisco (1978-1982) and for several semi-professional teams in the San Francisco area including the Greek-Americans FC, Hellas FC, San Francisco Italian Athletic Club and San Francisco Glens in California (1978-1989). He appeared for Surinam national football team from 1976 to 1978. Van Straatum was hired as head coach at Merritt College in August 2019.

References[]

^ Woitalla, Mike (May 4, 2007). "San Francisco soccer with ties to Spain". Soccer America Daily.

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[1] Woitalla, Mike (May 4, 2007). "San Francisco soccer with ties to Spain". Soccer America Daily.

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