Igor Bachner (born 16 September 1946) is a Canadian retired

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player.

Career

Bachner began his career with TJ Škoda Plzeň, and would appear in the

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as Škoda lost to

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. He played in the NASL between 1973 and 1979 for the

Montreal Olympique The Montreal Olympique were a Canadian Association football, soccer team that competed in the North American Soccer League (1968–1984), North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1971 North American Soccer League season, 1971 to 1973 North Americ ...

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, San Diego Sockers and Rochester Lancers. In 1975, he played in the

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with

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.for three seasons. In late 1977, Bachner along with six Montreal players were traded to the Ottawa Tigers in order to assist in their playoff match against

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to gain promotion to the NSL First Division. The transaction provided Montreal the bargaining rights to Mick Jones. He spent one season with the

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of the Major Indoor Soccer League.

References

Living people Boston Minutemen players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Canadian men's soccer players Canadian people of Czech descent Czechoslovak emigrants to Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Hartford Hellions players Men's association football midfielders Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players Montreal Olympique players Naturalized citizens of Canada North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Rochester Lancers (1967–1980) players San Diego Sockers (1978–1996) players FC Viktoria Plzeň players Montreal Castors players 1946 births Canadian National Soccer League players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-footy-bio-stub