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Kazbek Tambi is a retired American soccer
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who formerly coached both
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women's soccer team and the United States U-17 women's soccer team. He spent two seasons in the North American Soccer League, four in the Major Indoor Soccer League and one in the American Soccer League. He was also a member of the U.S. Olympic soccer team at the
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.


Player


Youth

Tambi was born in Paterson, New Jersey and attended Ridgewood High School in
Ridgewood, New Jersey Ridgewood is a village in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 24,958,Karachay The Karachays ( krc, Къарачайлыла, Qaraçaylıla or таулула, , 'Mountaineers') are an indigenous Caucasian Turkic ethnic group in the North Caucasus. They speak Karachay-Balkar, a Turkic language. They are mostly situat ...
and his family was originally from the
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region of Karachayevo-Cherkessia, which they fled as refugees during
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to
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before settling in Paterson. He was a four-year starter on the school's soccer team, earning All State his senior year. After graduating from high school, he attended
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from 1979 to 1983 where he played on the men's soccer team. He was the team captain and was part of the team which reached the 1983 Final Four. He graduated from Columbia with a
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in
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in 1983.


National team

In 1983, Tambi was the captain of the U.S. team at the
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. In 1984, he was a member of the U.S. team at the
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in Los Angeles. He was originally named as an alternate to the team, but earned a roster spot when
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was injured just before the tournament.


Professional

The
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of the North American Soccer League drafted Tambi and he signed with the team on October 15, 1984. At the end of that season, the league folded and the Cosmos moved to the Major Indoor Soccer League. However, they were unable to complete the 1984–1985 MISL season before folding. On September 17, 1985, Tambi signed with the
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of MISL. On September 5, 1986, the Strikers released Tambi. He then signed with the
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in November. The Express released him on January 3, 1987. Tambi began law school in 1987, but returned to soccer in the spring of 1988 when he signed with the New Jersey Eagles of the American Soccer League.


Coach

Since retiring from playing professionally, Tambi has coached extensively at the club, collegiate, professional and national team levels. On the club level, Tambi has served as the head coach of Arsenal World Class. He has spent time with both girls and boys team associated with the club. In 1998,
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hired Tambi as an assistant coach to the men's soccer team. Tambi would remain in that position through the 2006 season. On January 25, 2007, Seton Hall announced Tambi would become the head coach of the women's soccer team. Tambi completed his law degree from
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in 1990. He practices law in addition to his coaching duties. Tambi has also coached at the professional level, spending three seasons (2002–2005) with the defunct New Jersey Stallions women's team which competed in the W-League. In June 2005, the U.S. Soccer Federation hired Tambi as the coach for the U.S. U-16 girls national team. In 2004, Ridgewood High School inducted Tambi into its Athletic Hall of Fame.RHS Athletic Hall of Fame: Kazbek Tambi – Class of 1979
, Ridgewood High School. Accessed July 30, 2007.
Tambi has been a resident of
Paramus, New Jersey Paramus ( Waggoner, Walter H ''The New York Times'', February 16, 1966. Accessed October 16, 2018. "Paramus – pronounced puh-RAHM-us, with the accent on the second syllable – may have taken its name from 'perremus' or 'perymus,' Indian for ...
.Bell, Jack
"U.S. Women's Coach Pleads for Better Players"
''
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'', May 18, 2009. Accessed February 8, 2011. ""They've made a concerted effort to bring loads of Brazilian players and coaches and have followed the Brazilian philosophy, which is about having great technical skills and playing a beautiful game," Tambi said during a recent interview at his home in Paramus, N.J."


References


External links


Ridgewood High School bio




{{DEFAULTSORT:Tambi, Kazbek 1961 births Living people American people of Turkic descent American soccer players American soccer coaches American Soccer League (1988–89) players Columbia Lions men's soccer players Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players Minnesota Strikers (MISL) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players Seton Hall Pirates women's soccer coaches New Jersey Eagles players New York Express players New York Cosmos players New York Cosmos (MISL) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Pan American Games competitors for the United States Footballers at the 1983 Pan American Games Olympic soccer players of the United States People from Paramus, New Jersey Sportspeople from Paterson, New Jersey People from Ridgewood, New Jersey Ridgewood High School (New Jersey) alumni Seton Hall Pirates men's soccer coaches Soccer players from New Jersey Sportspeople from Bergen County, New Jersey Association football midfielders Seton Hall University School of Law alumni