| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Paul John James | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | November 11, 1963 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Toronto Blizzard | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Toronto Blizzard | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Hamilton Steelers | 46 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Doncaster Rovers | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Ottawa Intrepid | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Hamilton Steelers | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Toronto Blizzard | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 | London Lasers | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1993 | Canada | 46 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Ottawa Intrepid | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | London Lasers | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Le Moyne Dolphins | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Niagara Purple Eagles (men and women) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2001 | Canada U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2010 | York Lions | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Paul John James (born November 11, 1963) is a retired professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He was a one-time CONCACAF champion who represented Canada at both the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games and 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. He later worked as a soccer analyst and soccer coach. He is an honoured member of the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame.
In 1998, was granted his Canada Soccer Coaching "A" Licence. After working as a player-coach in the Canadian Soccer League, he later served as a coach with Canada's national youth teams from 1998 to 2001, including the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2001. A graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University, James has added to his academic credentials by completing the prestigious Football Industries MBA (FIMBA) at the University of Liverpool in England.
In February 2012, Paul revealed he had suffered from a crack cocaine dependency for many years.[1] Paul was on a hunger strike to protest his mistreatment by York University over his "Substance Disability".[2]
- ^ Article on Paul James' autobiography
- ^ Ormsby, Mary (September 7, 2018). "He was a Canadian soccer star. Now he's homeless and starving himself in a Toronto park on a lonely crusade for justice". Toronto Star. Retrieved September 8, 2019.