Glenn van Straatum

Glenn van Straatum
Personal information
Full name	Glenn van Straatum
Date of birth	26 January 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Paramaribo, Suriname
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Cal Victory
Senior career*
Years	Team
1973–1978	Transvaal
1978–1982	University of San Francisco
International career
1976–1978	Suriname
Managerial career
2006–2007	California Victory
2019–	Merritt College
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Glenn van Straatum (born 26 January 1959, in Paramaribo, Suriname) is an association football manager and former Surinamese football midfielder and forward. He was appointed as the manager of the California Victory, a new expansion franchise in the USL Division 1 for 2007.^[1] However, the club folded after only one season leaving Van Straatum a free-agent.

Van Straatum has played for SV Transvaal in Surinam (1973–1978) and at the University of San Francisco (1978–1982) and for several semi-professional teams in the San Francisco area including the Greek-Americans FC, Hellas FC, San Francisco Italian Athletic Club and San Francisco Glens in California (1978–1989). He appeared for Surinam national football team from 1976 to 1978. Van Straatum was hired as head coach at Merritt College in August 2019.

References

^ Woitalla, Mike (4 May 2007). "San Francisco soccer with ties to Spain". Soccer America Daily. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

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[1] Woitalla, Mike (4 May 2007). "San Francisco soccer with ties to Spain". Soccer America Daily. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

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