Howie Charbonneau

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Howie Charbonneau
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-06-12) June 12, 1955
Place of birth Troy, New York, United States
Playing position Defender
Youth career
1973-1976 Hartwick College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977 California Sunshine 21
1978-1980 Houston Hurricane 47 (1)
1978-1979 Houston Summitt (indoor) 23 (4)
1979 Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor) 6 (1)
1979-1980 Hartford Hellions (indoor) 17 (0)
1981 New York Eagles
1981-1982 New Jersey Rockets (indoor) 18 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Howie Charbonneau is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, the American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League.

Charbonneau began high school at Shaker High School before transferring to Shenendehowa High School before his junior year. In high school he played soccer and ran track. Charbonneau attended Hartwick College, playing on the men's soccer team from 1973 to 1976. The Tampa Bay Rowdies selected him as the 71st pick[1] of the 1977 NASL draft, but did not make the roster. He then joined the California Sunshine of ASL.[2] In 1978, he signed with the Houston Hurricane of the NASL where he spent three seasons. That fall, he and much of the Hurricane roster was signed to form the core of the Houston Summitt of the MISL. He continued to play for the Hurricane during the summer and indoors with MISL teams during the winter. In 1979, he began the MISL season with the Pittsburgh Spirit before being traded to the Hartford Hellions. He spent 1981 back in the ASL with the New York Eagles. He also played the 1981–82 MISL season with the New Jersey Rockets.

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