Geoff Wegerle Explained

Geoff Wegerle
Birth Date:1954 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Pretoria, South Africa
Position:Forward, midfielder
Years1:1971–1975
Years2:1975–1976
Years3:1976–1977
Years4:1978
Years5:1979
Years6:1979–1981
Years7:1982
Years8:1983–1984
Years9:1986
Years10:1987–1988
Clubs1:Arcadia Shepherds
Clubs2:Feyenoord
Clubs3:Arcadia Shepherds
Clubs4:Oakland Stompers
Clubs5:Dion Highlands
Clubs6:Arcadia Shepherds
Clubs7:Dion Highlands
Clubs8:Toronto Blizzard
Clubs9:Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor)
Clubs10:Tampa Bay Rowdies
Caps2:3
Caps4:22
Caps8:13
Goals2:1
Goals4:1
Goals8:2

Geoff Wegerle (born 9 June 1954) is a South African former football (soccer) forward who played professionally in Europe, South Africa and the North American Soccer League.

Playing career

Wegerle scored 20 goals when his club Arcadia Shepherds won the South African treble in 1974. He played for Feyenoord in Rotterdam from 1975 to 1976, along with his brother Steve. They finished 2nd with Feyenoord in the Dutch competition in that 1975/1976 season, with 88 goals for and 40 goals against.[1] In 1978, Wegerle played for the Oakland Stompers of the North American Soccer League. He returned to the league in 1983 for two seasons with the Toronto Blizzard. Wegerle played for the independent Tampa Bay Rowdies in 1986. In January 1987, he signed with the Rowdies as they were playing in the American Indoor Soccer Association.[2] In December 1987, the Rowdies signed Wegerle for the upcoming American Soccer League season.[3] [4]

Personal life

Both of his brothers, Steve and Roy, have also played for the Rowdies over the course of their careers.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/geoff-wegerle/ World Football: Geoff Wegerle
  2. Rowdies get an A for effort, but only a B for execution St. Petersburg Times – Friday, 30 January 1987
  3. Rowdies sign three players St. Petersburg Times – Wednesday, 2 December 1987
  4. http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1988/statsasl88.htm#TB 1988 Tampa Bay Rowdies