Bob Lenarduzzi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Italo Lenarduzzi | ||
| Date of birth | May 1, 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1976 | Reading | 67 | (2) |
| 1974–1984 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 288 | (31) |
| 1979–1980 | Los Angeles Aztecs (indoor) | 12 | (2) |
| 1984–1986 | Tacoma Stars | 96 | (16) |
| 1987–1988 | Vancouver 86ers | ||
| National team | |||
| 1973–1987 | Canada | 47 | (4) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1987–1993 | Vancouver 86ers | ||
| 1993–1998 | Canada | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Robert Italo ("Bob") Lenarduzzi, OBC (born May 1, 1955 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a former North American Soccer League star, Canadian international, and coach of the Canadian national and olympic soccer teams. He is currently President of Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
A midfielder/defender, Lenarduzzi began his professional playing career at age 15 as a youth with Reading in the English Football League and went on to play 67 first-team games with the club, and scored two goals. Lenarduzzi then also joined the NASL Vancouver Whitecaps in 1974 in the team's first season. Until 1976 he divided his time between Vancouver in the summer and Reading in the winter. He played 11 seasons for Vancouver until the Whitecaps' last season in 1984, when the league folded. Lenarduzzi holds the record for most games played in the league, with 312. Lenarduzzi played all eleven positions during his tenure with the team. He was also voted NASL North American player of the year in 1978. The Whitecaps won the NASL Soccer Bowl championship in 1979. In 1984, Lenarduzzi joined the Tacoma Stars of Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). He spent two seasons with them before moving to the Vancouver 86ers of the Canadian Soccer League in 1986 to become the team's Executive Director. In 1987, he returned to the field as a player and a coach with the 86ers.
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