Germain Iglesias

Germain Iglesias is a retired Peruvian soccer midfielder who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and Western Soccer Alliance.

Germain Iglesias
Personal information
Full name Germain Andres Iglesias
Date of birth (1959-11-10) November 10, 1959
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1980 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1981 Brooklyn Dodgers S.C.
1981–1983 Buffalo Stallions (indoor) 92 (62)
1983–1984 Golden Bay Earthquakes 27 (4)
1983–1984 Golden Bay Earthquakes (indoor)
1984–1985 Chicago Sting (indoor) 13 (3)
1985 San Jose Earthquakes
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

While born in Peru, Iglesias grew up in Paterson, New Jersey. He attended Paterson Catholic High School where he set the Passaic County high school single season scoring record with 42 goals.[1] He then attended St. Francis College and played amateur soccer with the Brooklyn Dodgers S.C. of the Cosmopolitan Soccer League. In 1979, the Dodgers won the National Challenge Cup.[2] In 1981, he signed with the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He was the 1981-1982 MISL Rookie of the Year.[3] He spent two seasons with the Stallions before outdoors with the Golden Bay Earthquakes of the North American Soccer League. He remained with the Earthquakes for two seasons, including the 1983-1984 indoor season. The Earthquakes did not play indoor soccer during the 1984-1985 season and in February 1985, Iglesias went on loan with the Chicago Sting.[4] In 1985, he returned to the San Jose Earthquakes in the Western Alliance Challenge Series.[5]

Yearly Awards
  • MISL Rookie of the Year: 1981-82

References
  1. "Soccer Mystery Solved Passaic County Scoring Record Was Set In '78", The Record (Bergen County), November 28, 1988
  2. U.S. Open Cup champions
  3. "The Year in American Soccer - 1982". Archived from the original on 2015-11-28. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
  4. "Blast A Threat To End Sting's Home Reign", Chicago Tribune, February 8, 1985
  5. Jose 1985 San Jose Earthquakes
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