Thompson Usiyan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Thompson Usiyan
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Apr 27, 1956(1956-04-27)
Age	68
Birthplace	Effurun
Country	Nigeria
Birth City	Delta State
Horoscope	Aries

Thompson Usiyan Biography

Thompson Usiyan is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on April 27, 1956 in Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria. Thompson Usiyan (born 27 April 1956) is a retired Nigerian football (soccer) player. The player holds the NCAA Division I career scoring record. He played in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League, American Soccer League and Continental Indoor Soccer League. He was a part of the Nigerian Olympic soccer which boycotted the 1976 Olympics. He played in a number of games in the Nigerian national team of football.

The year was 1981 when he was signed by in 1981, the Montreal Manic of the North American Soccer League. The Manic swapped Usiyan with the Tulsa Roughnecks following the 1982 season. He was limited by injuries to his legs to just 11 games for Tulsa Roughnecks during the 1983 season. The team was released on the 11th of March, 1984. On April 12, 1984 he joined the Oklahoma City Stampede of the United Soccer League. He was the league’s leader in scoring and placed third in points. At the end of October 1984 He signed with the Minnesota Strikers of the Major Indoor Soccer League. The following year, he made a brief return to playing outdoors when he joined the Tulsa Tornados of the USL but the league fell apart after just six games. Usiyan was treated for arthroscopic surgery in the summer, but he returned with his former team the Strikers during the autumn of 1985, and was able to play the rest of the season in Minnesota. On March 26, 1987 the Strikers transferred Usiyan with the Los Angeles Lazers in exchange for Greg Ion after Usiyan had an altercation in the locker room in the locker room with Strikers goalkeeper Tino Lettieri. Usiyan was with the Lazers until the 1987-1988 season. He didn’t return to the field until he was signing with the Maryland Bays of the American Soccer League in June of 1989. In the time he was not playing soccer, he completed his MBA from Appalachian State. In August of 1989, he was back at MISL after signing with the St. Louis Storm. In the two seasons he spent in St. Louis, Usiyan began his career as tax consultant. After completing his education in accounting, he spent some working as an accountant, and after retirement, he was a full-time tax advisor. In this summer Usiyan was a player for the Hamilton Steelers in the Canadian Soccer League. On the 9th of September, 1991 the Storm transferred Usiyan’s name to the San Diego Sockers in exchange for Branko Segota as well as the Sockers 1992 draft selection. Usiyan was the winner of in 1992 the MISL title in the Sockers. The 20th November of 1992 was the day that Usiyan was signed by the St. Louis Ambush of the National Professional Soccer League. The 1st of June 1993 saw the Arizona Sandsharks drafted Usiyan in the first round of the 1993 Continental Indoor Soccer League supplemental draft. A few days later they made a deal with the San Diego Sockers traded Wes Wade to the Sandsharks in exchange for Usiyan, Alex Golovnia and Nassim Olabi. On September 10, 1993 the league was forced to suspend Usiyan indefinitely because of his accumulation of red cards. On June 21, 1995 the San Jose Grizzlies of the CISL were able to draft Usiyan after the league cleared him to play. team to take part in. He was permanently retired after the season.

Usiyan was MISL’s sixteenth top scorer during 1984-85 while part of the Minnesota Strikers, with 62 points in 47 games. He was 15th most efficient in the following season, scoring 60 points in 40 games. Usiyan scored eighth during the 1987-88 season when an official of the Los Angeles Lazers with 88 points in 51 games. He was the sixth-highest scorer in the 1990-91 season with the score of 102 points over 51 games with the St. Louis Storm. Usiyan was among the top scorers for one last time (in the final season of the league) finishing 15th overall with scores of 57 in the 40 games played for the San Diego Sockers. His name was awarded as the Championship Series Most Valuable Player when the Sockers took the title.

Thompson Usiyan Net Worth

Thompson Usiyan is one of the richest Association Football Player from Nigeria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Thompson Usiyan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

in 1976 Usiyan had been selected one of the Nigerian 1976 Olympic team. The team did travel to the Olympics in 1976, which took place at Montreal, Quebec, Canada but it was not able to compete due to an opposition to the competition in the region by African as well as Arab nations. Usiyan decided to stay at home in North America and received scholarship offers to go to Clemson University Howard University and Appalachian State University. He picked Appalachian where he established the NCAA record for career goals. Usiyan also established records for the most points in a career (255) and goals within an entire period (46 for 1980) as well as points during an entire year (108 during 1980). He was the Southern Conference Player of the Year in 1977, ’78, and ’80.

Usiyan played in a variety of games for Nigeria in the past, including the two-two 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifying loss to Algeria on October 10, 1981 at Lagos. He scored his first goal in during a friendly game against Kenya in the year 1976. Usiyan was also a part of Nigeria in the 1996 African Cup of Nations finals in Ethiopia. He was awarded silver with the Nigerian team in the 1998 All-Africa Games in Algiers.

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Facts & Trivia

Thompson Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Nigeria. Thompson Usiyan celebrates birthday on April 27 of every year.