John Catliff

John Catliff
Personal information
Full name John Terence Catliff
Date of birth (1965-01-08) 8 January 1965
Place of birth Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Kerrisdale
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1986 Harvard Crimson (34)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987 Calgary Kickers 19 (6)
1988–1994 Vancouver 86ers 147 (79)
Total 166 (85)
International career‡
1984–1987 Canada U23 5 (0)
1984–1994 Canada 45 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 June 2009

John Terence Catliff[1] (born 8 January 1965) is a former Canadian soccer player. He mainly played as a striker for the Vancouver 86ers in the Canadian Soccer League[2] and the American Professional Soccer League. He was also capped 45 times for Canada between 1984 and 1994. When he retired, he was the second highest goal-scorer for Canada, with 18 goals.[3]

In 2012, during the Canadian Soccer Association's centennial celebration, he was named in their all-time Canada XI men's team.[4]

International "A" goals

Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
19 June 1985Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju, South Korea Iraq1–01–6President's Cup
22 October 1987Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Honduras1–01–1Friendly match
35 April 1988National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica Jamaica1–04–0Friendly match
42–0
53–0
614 April 1988Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada Mexico1–01–1Friendly match
72 October 1988Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago1–12–1Friendly match
813 May 1990Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada Mexico1–12–11990 North American Nations Cup
92–1
102 April 1992Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, Canada China1–05–2Friendly match
112–0
1220 May 1992Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada Scotland1–11–3Friendly match
134 March 1993LeBard Stadium, Costa Mesa, United States United States2–12–2Friendly match
1411 March 1993Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, Canada South Korea1–02–0Friendly match
154 April 1993Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Honduras1–02–21994 FIFA World Cup qualification
1611 April 1993Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada El Salvador2–02–01994 FIFA World Cup qualification
1718 April 1993Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada Honduras3–13–11994 FIFA World Cup qualification
182 May 1993Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador1–02–11994 FIFA World Cup qualification

Additional international goals

Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
*23 June 1984Provincial Stadium, Guangzhou, Canton, China Nigeria1–13–1Great Wall Championship
*3–1
*25 June 1984Workers Stadium, Beijing, China Congo2–02–0Great Wall Championship
*30 June 1984Tianjin Garden Stadium, Tianjin, China Poland U-211–02–5Great Wall Championship
*2–1
*26 March 1988Lima, Peru Peru U-19 & Seniors3–13–1Friendly match
*8 July 1988Windsor Stadium, Windsor, ON, CAN Italy Amateurs1–01–0Friendly match
*6 May 1990Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada United States "B"1–01–01990 North American Nations Cup

Honours

Vancouver 86ers
  • Canadian Soccer League: 5
1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
  • Canadian Soccer League Top Goalscorer: 2
1988, 1990
Canada
  • North American Nations Cup: 1990[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Canada Soccer – John Catliff". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  3. ↑ "John Catliff". canadasoccer.com. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Association announces All Time Canada Men's XI Canadasoccer.com". Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "North American Championship 1990 (Canada)-Squads". Retrieved April 20, 2025.

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