Goran Hunjak (born 13 November 1965 in

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...

) is a retired football player.

Club career

"Scorin" Goran Hunjak began his professional career in 1983 with for

NK Zagreb Nogometni klub Zagreb (''Zagreb Football Club''), commonly known as NK Zagreb or simply Zagreb (), is a Croatian amateur football club based in the Croatian capital city of Zagreb. It currently competes in the fifth tier league competition of ...

in the Croatian First Division. In 1988, he moved to the United States and signed with the

Wichita Wings The Wichita Wings were a professional indoor soccer franchise based in Wichita, Kansas. The Wings were admitted to the Major Indoor Soccer League as an expansion team on August 21, 1979.

in Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1992, the league collapsed and Hunjuk moved to the

Baltimore Spirit The Baltimore Blast is an American professional indoor soccer team based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The team is a part of the Major Arena Soccer League. The team has won 10 championships since it was founded in 1980. Beginning with ...

in the National Professional Soccer League. In 1994, the expansion

Washington Warthogs The Washington Warthogs were a professional indoor soccer team in the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) from 1994 to 1997. They played their home games in the USAir Arena in Landover, Maryland, an arena they shared with the Washington Bulle ...

which played a summer indoor soccer in the

Continental Indoor Soccer League The Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) was a professional indoor soccer league that played from 1993 to 1997. History In the summer of 1989 Dr Jerry Buss, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and California Sports, told his executive Vice Pr ...

made Hunjak its first player when it selected him in the expansion draft. He played one season with Washington where he was a first team All Star, then moved to the

Kansas City Attack The Kansas City Attack, previously the Atlanta Attack and later known as the Kansas City Comets, were an indoor soccer team based for most of its existence in Kansas City, Missouri. In its various incarnations the franchise played in the National ...

in the fall of 1994 for three seasons. In January 1996, the

Tampa Bay Mutiny Tampa Bay Mutiny was a professional soccer team based in Tampa, Florida. They were a charter member of Major League Soccer (MLS) and played from 1996 to 2001. They played their home games at Tampa Stadium and then at Raymond James Stadium. The ...

drafted Hunjak. He spent the 1996 season in Tampa Bay filling in as the team's play maker when

Carlos Valderrama Carlos Alberto Valderrama Palacio (Colombian Spanish: ; born 2 September 1961), also known as ''El Pibe'' ("The Kid"), is a Colombian former professional footballer and sports commentator for Fútbol de Primera, who played as an attacking mid ...

was with the Colombian national team. In spring 1997, he signed with the

of the

.Soccer Shorts
He returned to

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Cana ...

after being drafted by the

Kansas City Wizards Sporting Kansas City, often shortened to Sporting KC, is an American men's professional soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The administrative offices are located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and the team clubhouse an ...

in the first round (eighth overall) of

1998 MLS Supplemental Draft The 1998 Major League Soccer Supplemental Draft was held on February 1, 1998, at the Airport Hilton in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Format Major League Soccer held a professional player combine in Fort Lauderdale the last week of January 1998. On Sa ...

. He returned to the NPSL, rejoining his previous team, the

for the 1998–1999 season. In 1999, he moved to the

Philadelphia KiXX The Philadelphia KiXX was a professional indoor soccer team based in Philadelphia, USA. The team competed as an NPSL expansion franchise and then played in the Major Indoor Soccer League. History The team's original owner was Ed Tepper, also pr ...

for two seasons before transferring to his final team, the Kansas City Comets in 2001.

References

External links

Hunjak page on the defunct Kansas City Comets' webpage

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunjak, Goran 1965 births Living people Footballers from Zagreb Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Croatian men's footballers NK Zagreb players Wichita Wings (MISL) players Baltimore Spirit players Washington Warthogs players Kansas City Attack players Tampa Bay Mutiny players Sporting Kansas City players MLS Pro-40 players Philadelphia KiXX players Vermont Voltage players Kansas City Comets (2001–2005) players Continental Indoor Soccer League players Major League Soccer players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008) players National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players USL League Two players A-League (1995–2004) players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in the United States Croatian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Sporting Kansas City draft picks