Niall Thompson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Niall Joseph Thompson[1] | ||
Date of birth | 16 April 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Surrey United Firefighters (head coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
1990–1991 | PSV Eindhoven | ||
1991–1992 | Crystal Palace | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990 | Edmonton Brick Men | 16 | (3) |
1991 | Winnipeg Fury | 8 | (2) |
1992–1994 | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
1994–1995 | Colchester United | 13 | (5) |
1995 | Montreal Impact | 9 | (0) |
1996 | Seattle Sounders | 15 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Zultse VV | 16 | (6) |
1998 | Brentford | 8 | (0) |
1998 | Vancouver 86ers | 23 | (20) |
1999–2000 | Airdrieonians | 25 | (5) |
2000 | Bay Area Seals | 6 | (2) |
2000–2001 | Wycombe Wanderers | 8 | (0) |
2001 | Montreal Impact | 21 | (5) |
2002–2003 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 18 | (4) |
2004–2009 | Vancouver Firefighters | ||
National team | |||
1993–2000 | Canada | 9 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
2010– | Surrey United Firefighters | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Niall Joseph Thompson (born 16 April 1974) is a Canadian soccer player and coach, who works currently as coach for Surrey United Firefighters.[2]
Club career[]
Thompson moved to Canada, aged two, and later played for the Edmonton Brick Men and Winnipeg Fury in the Canadian Soccer League. He then played for the PSV Eindhoven youth team. He started his professional career as a trainee with Crystal Palace but after an unsuccessful spell moved to play for Colchester United, before returning to Canada for family reasons.[3] Thompson played on for Montreal Impact, Seattle Sounders and Zultse VV, before returning to Canada again to play local football, while waiting for a visa which would allow him to play in the United States.[3] Seattle Sounders expressed interest in re-signing him, but could not due to visa issues.[3] A friend contacted Micky Adams, then-manager of English Second Division side Brentford and Thompson signed for the club on non-contract terms in February 1998.[3] After leaving the Bees in September 1998, Thompson went on to play for Vancouver 86ers, Airdrieonians, Bay Area Seals, Wycombe Wanderers, Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps.[4][5]
International career[]
Thompson represented Canada at the 1991 Pan American Games.[6] He made his senior debut for Canada in a March 1993 friendly match against South Korea and earned a total of nine caps, scoring two goals. He represented Canada in just one FIFA World Cup qualification match, in October 2000.[7] That game, against Panama, proved to be his final international.
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 4 June 1995 | Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Turkey | 1–2 | 1–3 | Friendly |
2 | 18 May 1998 | Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | North Macedonia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Personal life[]
While living in Vancouver in late 1997, Thompson worked for Umbro in a bid to earn money for a flight ticket back to the UK.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Niall Thompson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ VMSL TEAM'S DIRECTORY
- ^ a b c d e Brentford Matchday Magazine versus Bournemouth 07/03/98. Quay Design of Poole. 1998. p. 6.
- ^ CANADIAN JOINS ON TRIAL – Chairboys on the Net Archived 8 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Niall Thompson Rejoins Vancouver – USL Fans
- ^ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
External links[]
- Player profile – CanadaSoccer
- Niall Thompson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Niall Thompson at Soccerbase
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands
- English emigrants to Canada
- Naturalized citizens of Canada
- Association football forwards
- English footballers
- Canadian soccer players
- Canada men's youth international soccer players
- Canada men's international soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- English expatriate footballers
- British expatriates in the Netherlands
- British expatriates in Belgium
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- Colchester United F.C. players
- Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players
- S.V. Zulte Waregem players
- Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) players
- Brentford F.C. players
- Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players
- Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
- Bay Area Seals players
- Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
- Vancouver Firefighters (soccer) players
- USL First Division players
- USISL players
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC non-playing staff
- Pan American Games competitors for Canada
- Footballers at the 1991 Pan American Games
- 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in England
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Edmonton Brick Men players
- Winnipeg Fury players