Paul Caligiuri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Paul Caligiuri

American soccer player

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1964

Place of Birth: Westminster, California, United States

Profession: association football manager, association football player, futsal player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Paul David Caligiuri (born March 9, 1964) is an American former soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder. Caligiuri's professional career spanned 16 years, during which he played for numerous teams in the United States and Germany, and for the U.S.
national team.
During his 14 years as a defender and defensive midfielder with the national team, he earned 110 caps and scored five goals. Caligiuri is best remembered for his game-winning goal widely dubbed the "Shot heard round the world," which he scored in a 1–0 World Cup qualifier victory over Trinidad and Tobago on November 19, 1989.
The victory qualified the United States for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, its first World Cup berth since 1950.
There Caligiuri notched the first World Cup goal for the U.S.
national team in 40 years, scoring in a 5–1 defeat against Czechoslovakia.
He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.