Ryan Coiner (born September 7, 1979) is an American former professional

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who played in Germany and

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College

Coiner was born in

Aliso Viejo, California Aliso Viejo (Spanish for "Old Sycamore") is a city in the San Joaquin Hills of southern Orange County, California. It had a population of 52,176 as of the 2020 census, up from 47,823 as of the 2010 census. It became Orange County's 34th city ...

. He played

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at the

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from 1999 to 2002. He was named

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Player of the Year twice was a 2000 and 2002 NSCAA Second Team

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n. He is second all-time in school record books with forty-nine goals scored. In 2001, he played for the

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during the collegiate off season. In 2003, he also played with

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in the

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, where he played alongside Juergen Klinsmann.

Professional

Upon graduating he traveled to Germany to join

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia is most well known as ...

's reserve side. After one season there appearing in twenty games with sixteen goals he was signed by German third-division side

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. With Union Berlin he appeared in 32 matches, scoring twelve goals. The next season, he was signed by

Holstein Kiel Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., commonly known as Holstein Kiel () or KSV Holstein, is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s through the 1960s, the club was o ...

where he would appear in thirty-one matches and score ten goals. After his success in the German leagues, he decided to come back to the United States. On July 13, 2006, Coiner signed with the

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. On January 12, 2007, the Crew traded Coiner, and a first round draft pick (second overall) in the

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to the Chicago Fire in exchange for

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.Crew acquires Herron from Chicago, selects three at MLS SuperDraft
/ref> Coiner retired before the 2007 season due to repeated problems with his lower back.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coiner, Ryan 1979 births Living people Men's association football forwards American men's soccer players American expatriate men's soccer players in Germany Soccer players from California Orange County Blue Star players Columbus Crew players Holstein Kiel players Arminia Bielefeld players 1. FC Union Berlin players Sportspeople from Aliso Viejo, California Southern California Seahorses players University of San Diego alumni San Diego Toreros men's soccer players USL League Two players Major League Soccer players American expatriate men's soccer players Regionalliga players