Kyle Zenoni (born February 16, 1984, in

Hartland, Wisconsin Hartland is a village along the Bark River in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States, that is a suburb of Milwaukee. The population was 9,110 at the 2010 census. Geography Hartland is located at (43.100180, −88.344452). It is in the ...

) is a former

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player and current soccer coach who last played for Bolivian side

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, after a switch from

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club Minnesota Thunder. He is the head men's soccer coach of the

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Biography

Zenoni attended college at the

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. He captained the Panthers in 2005. He appeared in all 23 games at the mid-field position, making 22 starts. He scored 10 goals in four years, taking 71 shots. Kyle had 8 assists while playing at UWM and started 59 out of 83 games. Zenoni was then selected by the Chicago Storm in the second round of the 2006 Major Indoor Soccer League draft. After a brief stint in

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, particularly in

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and

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, Kyle returned to the United States to play for the Minnesota Thunder in the

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(USL) First Division. On December 25, 2007, Zenoni signed for La Paz in order to strengthen their squad for the upcoming

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, the principal competition for South American club teams. He was the only foreign footballer playing for La Paz, and currently coaches in his home state of Wisconsin.

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at BoliviaGol.com 1984 births Living people American men's soccer players American expatriate men's soccer players Minnesota Thunder players Men's association football midfielders Milwaukee Panthers men's soccer players Soccer players from Wisconsin People from Hartland, Wisconsin Sportspeople from Waukesha County, Wisconsin UMass Lowell River Hawks men's soccer coaches {{US-footy-bio-stub