Zen Luzniak

Infobox Football biography
playername= Zen Luzniak


fullname = Zenon Luzniak
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dateofbirth =
cityofbirth =
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position = Defender
youthyears = 1987-1988
youthclubs = Wake Forest
years = 1991-1993
1996, 1999
clubs = Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Carolina Dynamo
caps(goals) = 34 (1)
18 (0)
nationalyears = 1988
nationalteam = United States
nationalcaps(goals) = 01 (0)
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Zenon “Zen” Luzniak is a U.S. soccer defender who spent three seasons in the American Professional Soccer League and two in the USISL. He also earned one cap with the U.S. national team.

High school and college

Luzniak grew up in Cooper City, Florida where he attended Cooper City High School from 1984 to 1984. During his four seasons on the Cooper City soccer team, he led the team in scoring. He then attended Wake Forest University where he played on the men’s soccer team. In his two seasons, 1987-1988, with the Demon Deacons, Luzniak scored four goals in thirty-seven games [cite web
title = 2003 Wake Forest Men's Soccer Media Guide
publisher = Wake Forest Athletics
date = 2003
url = http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wake/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/03mg-record_book.pdf
accessdate = ] . He was injured and left Wake to rehab with a Netherlands team. [citation
last = Thuma
first = Cynthia A.
title = Sport Lauderdale: Big Names and Big Games
publisher = The History Press
date = 2007
isbn = 1596291451 ]

Professional

When Luzniak returned to the United States in 1991, he signed with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the American Professional Soccer League and played three seasons with them. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Mutiny in the thirteen round (127th overall) in the 1996 MLS Draft. However, he never played for the Mutiny, but joined the Carolina Dynamo of the USISL for the 1996 season [cite web
title = Carolina Dynamo All-Time Player Stats 1993–2006
publisher = Carolina Dynamo
url = http://www.carolinadynamo.com/06_Alltime_player_stats.doc
accessdate = 2008-01-08 ] . He signed with the Dynamo in 1999, but on May 8, 1999, he tore his anterior-cruciate ligament in a game against the Myrtle Beach Seadawgs.

National team

Luzniak earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 1-0 win over Costa Rica on June 14, 1988 when he came on for Donald Cogsville [cite web
last = Courtney
first = Barrie
title = USA - Details of International Matches 1980-1989
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2003-06-14
url = http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/usa-intres-det80.html
accessdate = 2008-01-08 ] .

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