Kenneth Paul Dolan is a former Canadian national team

Canada men's national soccer team

The Canada men's national soccer team represents Canada in international soccer competitions at the senior men's level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and compete in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football .Their most significant...

 and Canadian Soccer League goalkeeper.

Club career

Dolan had a trial with Notts County of England's

England

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 Football League following the 1986 World Cup, but returned to Canada to continue his career in the Canadian Soccer League, playing for Vancouver 86ers and Hamilton Steelers and winning the CSL championship with the 86ers in 1990 and 1991.

International career

Dolan was a member of Canada's Youth team in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

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 in 1984 that qualified for the FIFA World Youth Championship in the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 in 1985.

He made his senior debut in an October 1984 friendly match against Cyprus

Cyprus national football team

The Cyprus national football team represents Cyprus in association football and is controlled by the Cyprus Football Association, the governing body for football in Cyprus. Cyprus' home ground is the GSP Stadium in Nicosia and the current coach is Nikos Nioplias...

 and burst on to the international scene in 1986, when he played for Canada in the opening game of the World Cup

1986 FIFA World Cup

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 in Mexico against France. He held the famous French team scoreless until the 79th minute when Jean Pierre Papin gave France a narrow 1-0 victory.

He earned a total of 53 caps and has represented Canada in 15 FIFA World Cup qualification

FIFA World Cup qualification

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 matches in four World Cup

FIFA World Cup

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 qualifying campaigns. He also played at the inaugural 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship

1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship

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His final international was a November 1997 World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica

Costa Rica national football team

The Costa Rica national football team, nicknamed La Sele, is the national team of Costa Rica and is controlled by the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol. Costa Rica is the third most successful team in CONCACAF after Mexico and the United States...

, a game after which Alex Bunbury

Alex Bunbury

Alexander "Alex" Bunbury is a former Canadian professional footballer, who played as a striker.-Club career:Bunbury started playing professionally with the Hamilton Steelers in Canada, also having one-year spells in the Canadian Soccer League with the Toronto Blizzard and Montreal Supra.In 1993,...

, Geoff Aunger

Geoff Aunger

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, Frank Yallop

Frank Yallop

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 and Colin Miller also said farewell to the national team.

In 2004, Dolan was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame

Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame

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Retirement

After retiring, Dolan became one of Canada's goalkeeper coaches at both CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments and World Cup qualification games.

External links

• Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame inductee page
• Player profile - Canada Soccer
• Career stats - National Football Teams