Igor Bachner (born 16 September 1946) is a retired Czech-Canadian soccer player.

Career

Bachner began his career with TJ Škoda Plzeň, and would appear in the 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup as Škoda lost to FC Bayern Munich.

Igor Bachner

He played in the NASL between 1973 and 1979 for the Montreal Olympique, Boston Minutemen, San Diego Sockers and Rochester Lancers. In 1975, he played in the National Soccer League with Montreal Castors.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 Toronto Croatia to gain promotion to the NSL First Division. The transaction provided Montreal the bargaining rights to Mick Jones.

Igor Bachner

He spent one season with the Hartford Hellions of the Major Indoor Soccer League.

Igor Bachner

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