Joe Cuzzetto (born March 31, 1960) is a
Canadian retired soccer player for
Vancouver Columbus
Columbus FC is a Canadian soccer club based in Vancouver, British Columbia currently playing in the Premier division of the Vancouver Metro Soccer League. In 2013, the club was recognized as a Canada Soccer Hall of Fame Organization of Distin ...
FC. As a player, has won 4
Canadian Championship
The Canadian Championship (french: Championnat canadien) is an annual soccer tournament contested by premier Canadian professional teams. The winner is awarded the Voyageurs Cup and Canada's berth in the CONCACAF Champions League. It is contest ...
s two with Columbus FC in 1978 and Masters in 2003 and two with
British Columbia Under 16 and 21 Selects in 1976 and 1981. Cuzzetto represented Canada in the
FIFUSA 1985
World Futsal Championship held in Spain while scoring Canada's only goal against Spain. In 1985, as an AllStar representing the Pacific Rim Soccer League, Joe played in the BC Place International Soccer Tournament against Ajax of Amsterdam and Glasgow Celtic. He is a past director with the
British Columbia Soccer Association
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and also recognized and selected to the BC Soccer Roll of Honour. In 2022, Joe has written and published a book The Columbus Football Club - Our Story, the book’s narrative and photographs documenting the clubs’s history and its importance to BC and Canadian soccer. In 2023, Joe was selected as the Confratalanza Club's Italian Canadian of the Year.
References
Futsal Canada Since 1980 by Carlos Mateus
External links
Bcsoccer.netNwtkicks.caColumbus to seek society status - Burnaby Now
1960 births
Canadian men's futsal players
Canadian men's soccer players
Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent
Living people
Soccer people from British Columbia
Men's association football players not categorized by position
ICSF Columbus FC players
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