Victor Nogueira was a member of the US futsal team which took second place at the 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship, and he is the father of FC Kansas City and United States forward Casey Loyd.
18 Facts About Victor Nogueira
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Victor Nogueira was elected to the Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame in 2011.
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Victor Nogueira was born in Maputo, Mozambique, but was raised in South Africa.
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In 1974, when he was fifteen, Victor Nogueira signed with Rangers, a South African club based in Johannesburg.
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Victor Nogueira was traded to Newcastle United in England and played on the reserves for 6 months prior to joining the Atlanta Chiefs.
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In 1979, Victor Nogueira moved to the Atlanta Chiefs of the North American Soccer League.
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Victor Nogueira played two seasons in Atlanta, then missed the 1981 season after surgery to repair a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee.
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Victor Nogueira played nineteen games with the Montreal Manic in 1982, then moved to the Chicago Sting for the 1983 and 1984 NASL seasons.
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Victor Nogueira was the second-leading goalkeeper in the league with a 3.67 Goals Against Average.
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When he arrived in San Diego, Victor Nogueira joined a championship team who had Zoltan Toth, the top goalkeeper in the league.
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Victor Nogueira did not make that move, but jumped to the Milwaukee Wave of the National Professional Soccer League.
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Victor Nogueira was the first indoor soccer player ever to reach 40,000 career minutes.
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On October 2,2003, Victor Nogueira signed a one-year contract with San Diego Sockers which was now competing in a new Major Indoor Soccer League.
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Victor Nogueira earned sixteen caps with the US National Futsal team from 1992 to 2000.
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Victor Nogueira was named both as the top goalkeeper of the tournament and to the first team all-tournament team.
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Victor Nogueira retired from the futsal team following the CONCACAF Tournament.
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In 2010, Victor Nogueira moved to Orange County and coaches with West Coast Futbul Club.
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In 2018, Victor Nogueira became the goalkeeping coach for Orange County Soccer Club playing in USL Championship.