Martin Dugas

Martin Dugas

Personal information
Date of birth	15 October 1972 (1972-10-15) (age 39)
Place of birth	St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
?-1991-?	McMaster University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
0000-1994	St. Catharines Wolves
1994-1996	SC Cambuur	18	(0)
1996	Watford	18	(0)
1996-2000	Edmonton Drillers (indoor)	138	(102)
1997-1998	Toronto Lynx	35	(3)
1997-1998	FC St. Pauli
1998	Hershey Wildcats	6	(0)
1999	Staten Island Vipers	20	(1)
2000-2001	Detroit Rockers (indoor)	22	(7)
2001	Montreal Impact	4	(1)
2001-2003	Milwaukee Wave (indoor)	75	(23)
2002	Calgary Storm
2003-2004	Dallas Sidekicks (indoor)	23	(10)
2007-2008	Edmonton Drillers (indoor)
Teams managed
2007-2009	Edmonton Drillers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 January 2010. † Appearances (Goals).

Martin Dugas (born 15 October 1972 in St. Catharines, ON) is a Canadian soccer player who spent a total of 12 years as a professional.^[1] He last coaches the Edmonton Drillers.

Career

Club career

Dugas was an OUA soccer West Division All-Star in 1991 playing for McMaster University.

Dugas played for hometown side St. Catharines Wolves before joining Dutch club SC Cambuur. Had brief stints with FC St. Pauli in Germany and Watford in England (although he never made a first-team league appearance with the Hornets.^[2]) In the fall of a 1996, he returned to Canada where he signed with the Edmonton Drillers of the National Professional Soccer League. He would spend most of the rest of his career playing outdoor soccer during the summer and indoor soccer during the winter. He would play for the Driller until the start of the 2000-2001 NPSL season. That year, he began the season in Edmonton until traded to the Detroit Rockers after nine games. He finished the season with Detroit, then played from 2001 to 2003 with the Milwaukee Wave. In 2003, the Monterrey Fury selected Dugas in the NPSL Expansion Draft, then traded him to the Dallas Sidekicks for the 2003-2004 indoor season.^[3] He also played for the Toronto Lynx through the 1998 season USISL season. In May 1999, he signed with the Staten Island Vipers in the USL A-League. The Vipers folded at the end of the season. He then played for the Montreal Impact in 2001 USL A-League.^[4] In 2002, he played for the Calgary Storm, also in the USL A-League. In 2007 moved then to Edmonton Drillers and signed a contract as Player-Coach.

International career

Dugas was an unused substitute for Canada at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[5]

Coaching career

Dugas working as head coach of the 2008-09 CMISL Edmonton Drillers and was in January 2010 replaces by Kevin Poissant.

Personal life

Dugas has an Irish passport which he qualifies for through his mother.^[6]

References

1. ^ "Coaches". Scottish United. http://www.scottishunited.com/league.php?scriptName=LEAGUEINFO&leagueID=8698&leagueInfoID=58020&printPage=1&cache=no. Retrieved 2009-01-05. 
2. ^ "WATFORD : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/watford/watford.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-05. 
3. ^ July 30, 2003 Transactions
4. ^ "Dallas Sidekicks Players: Martin Dugas". KicksFan.com. http://www.kicksfan.com/players/dugas/index.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-05. 
5. ^ "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tables/96gc-full.html. Retrieved 2009-01-05. 
6. ^ "Nanu! Ein Kanadier soll St. Pauli retten". Hamburger Morgenpost. http://archiv.mopo.de/rewrite/show.php?pfad=/archiv/1997/19971008/9168011146446.html&drucken=yes. Retrieved 2009-01-20. 

External links

• OUA.ca.ismmedia.com
• Dutch career stats - Voetbal International

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Name	Dugas, Martin
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Date of birth	15 October 1972
Place of birth	St. Catharines, ON, Canada
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