Gene Strenicer | |
Fullname: | Jeno Strenicer |
Birth Date: | 12 August 1945 |
Birth Place: | Budapest, Hungary |
Position: | Midfielder / defender |
Years1: | 1973–1974 |
Years2: | 1975–1977 |
Years3: | 1978–1979 |
Years4: | 1979–1982 |
Years5: | 1980 |
Years6: | 1982–1984 |
Clubs1: | Toronto Metros |
Clubs2: | Toronto Metros-Croatia |
Clubs3: | Chicago Sting |
Clubs4: | New York Arrows (indoor) |
Clubs5: | Rochester Lancers |
Clubs6: | Phoenix Inferno (indoor) |
Caps1: | 37 |
Caps2: | 58 |
Caps3: | 39 |
Caps4: | 108 |
Caps5: | 25 |
Caps6: | 83 |
Goals1: | 3 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Goals4: | 16 |
Goals5: | 2 |
Goals6: | 6 |
Nationalyears1: | 1977–1980 |
Nationalteam1: | Canada |
Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Jeno "Gene" Strenicer (born August 12, 1945) is a Canadian retired soccer player who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and the Major Indoor Soccer League. He earned eight caps with the Canadian men's national soccer team between 1977 and 1980.
Strenicer fled Hungary and settled in Toronto in the 1970s. In 1973, he joined the Toronto Metros of the North American Soccer League. The Metros merged with Toronto Croatia before the 1975 season and Strenicer player for the Toronto Metros-Croatia for three seasons. In 1978, he moved to the Chicago Sting and finished his outdoor career with the Rochester Lancers in 1980. He played indoor soccer with the MISL New York Arrows in 1982.
For Canada, Strenicer played five times in World Cup qualifying in 1977, and three more times in 1980.