Chris Kooy

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Chris Kooy

Personal information

Full name Christopher John Kooy

Date of birth June 11, 1982

Place of birth Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Date of death August 21, 2020 (aged 38)

Place of death Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Position(s) Midfielder

College career

Years Team Apps (Gls)

 2000–2003 Mount Royal Cougars

Senior career*

Years Team Apps (Gls)

2004 Calgary Mustangs 12 (0)

2005–2009 Calgary Callies

2010 Calgary United (indoor) 7 (5)

2011–2012 FC Edmonton 51 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league
only and correct as of September 28, 2012
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of August 24, 2020

Christopher John Kooy (June 11, 1982 – August 21, 2020) was a

Canadian soccer player who played for FC Edmonton in the North American Soccer
League.

Contents

 1Career
o 1.1Professional
 2References
 3External links

Career[edit]
Professional[edit]
In 2004, Kooy played a championship season with Mount Royal College (Voted
ACIC All Canadian) and the Calgary Mustangs in the old USL First Division. He also
played with Canadian senior amateur side Calgary Callies in the Alberta Major
Soccer League, with whom he won National Club Championships in 2003, 2007 and
2008. He was playing with Edmonton Scottish SC in the Alberta Major Soccer
League and was instrumental in helping the club win their first National Club
Championship, and his fourth, in 2016.
After a brief trial with Scottish first division club Livingston in 2009, Kooy was signed
by FC Edmonton of the new North American Soccer League, and took part in their
2010 exhibition season in preparation for the team's entry into the NASL in 2011.
After playing professional indoor soccer for the Calgary United in the Canadian Major
Indoor Soccer League in 2009 and 2010, he made his debut for Edmonton in the
team's first competitive game on April 9, 2011, a 2–1 victory over the Fort
Lauderdale Strikers.[1] He scored his first professional goal on May 11, 2011 in a 1–1
tie with FC Tampa Bay.[2] The club exercised Kooy's option for the 2013 season on
December 4, 2012 but was released by the club on Saturday, March 2, 2013. [3]
Kooy died of colon cancer on August 21, 2020 at the age of 38.[4][5]

References[edit]
1. ^ FC Edmonton wins first-ever NASL game
2. ^ FC Tampa Bay ties FC Edmonton 1–1
3. ^ http://www.fcedmonton.com/news/2012-12-04/Roster
%20Starting%20to%20Take%20Shape%20at
%20FCE[permanent dead link]
4. ^ "Former soccer player Chris Kooy has passed away".
The Capital Sports Report. August 23, 2020.
Retrieved September 7, 2020.
5. ^ [1]

External links[edit]
 FC Edmonton bio
Categories: 
 1982 births
 2020 deaths
 Calgary Mustangs (USL) players
 Canadian soccer players
 FC Edmonton players
 North American Soccer League players
 Soccer people from Saskatchewan
 Sportspeople from Saskatoon
 Association football midfielders
 Deaths from colorectal cancer
 Calgary Callies players
 Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League
 Mount Royal University alumni
 University and college soccer players in Canada
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