Sven Habermann (born November 3, 1961 in

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, West Germany) is a former Canadian national soccer team

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, who was a member of the team that competed at the

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. Two years later he was on the Canadian roster at the

1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia ha ...

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but did not see action. Habermann played for the NASL

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in 1983 and 1984. Habermann played in the

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for the

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. He was named to the league's All-Star team as Calgary won the league play-off championship over the Hamilton Steelers. Habermann was a member of the 1989 champion

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team that, beginning from the previous season, set a North American professional sports record by going 46 consecutive games without defeat. He was named to the league's all-star team as Calgary won the league play-off championship. Habermann appeared on an episode of ''

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'' pitching a prototype pepper-spray delivery and self-defense system. All five Dragons bought into Habermann's pitch.

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* * 1961 births Living people Footballers from Berlin 1986 FIFA World Cup players Calgary Kickers players Canada men's international soccer players Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) players Canadian soccer players Canadian people of German descent Association football goalkeepers Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics German emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Olympic soccer players of Canada Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984) players Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players Hamilton Steelers (1981–1992) players {{Canada-footy-bio-stub

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