John Catliff

**John Terence Catliff** (born 8 January 1965) is a former Canadian soccer player. He mainly played as a striker for the Vancouver 86ers in the Canadian Soccer League and the American Professional Soccer League. He was also capped 45 times for Canada between 1984 and 1994. When he retired, he was the second highest goal-scorer for Canada, with 18 goals.

In 2012, during the Canadian Soccer Association's centennial celebration, he was named in their all-time Canada XI men's team.

### International "A" goals

- _Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first._
|No.|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|9 June 1985|Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju, South Korea||1–0|1–6|President's Cup|
|2|2 October 1987|Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras||1–0|1–1|Friendly match|
|3|5 April 1988|National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica||1–0|4–0|Friendly match|
|4|2–0||||||
|5|3–0||||||
|6|14 April 1988|Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada||1–0|1–1|Friendly match|
|7|2 October 1988|Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago||1–1|2–1|Friendly match|
|8|13 May 1990|Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada||1–1|2–1|1990 North American Nations Cup|
|9|2–1||||||
|10|2 April 1992|Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, Canada||1–0|5–2|Friendly match|
|11|2–0||||||
|12|20 May 1992|Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada||1–1|1–3|Friendly match|
|13|4 March 1993|LeBard Stadium, Costa Mesa, United States||2–1|2–2|Friendly match|
|14|11 March 1993|Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, Canada||1–0|2–0|Friendly match|
|15|4 April 1993|Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras||1–0|2–2|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|16|11 April 1993|Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada||2–0|2–0|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|17|18 April 1993|Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada||3–1|3–1|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|18|2 May 1993|Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador||1–0|2–1|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification|

### Additional international goals

- _Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first._
|No.|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|*|23 June 1984|Provincial Stadium, Guangzhou, Canton, China||1–1|3–1|Great Wall Championship|
|*|3–1||||||
|*|25 June 1984|Workers Stadium, Beijing, China||2–0|2–0|Great Wall Championship|
|*|30 June 1984|Tianjin Garden Stadium, Tianjin, China|U-21|1–0|2–5|Great Wall Championship|
|*|2–1||||||
|*|26 March 1988|Lima, Peru|U-19 & Seniors|3–1|3–1|Friendly match|
|*|8 July 1988|Windsor Stadium, Windsor, ON, CAN|Amateurs|1–0|1–0|Friendly match|
|*|6 May 1990|Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada|"B"|1–0|1–0|1990 North American Nations Cup|

## Honours

- Vancouver 86ers
- **Canadian Soccer League: 5**
    - 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
- **Canadian Soccer League Top Goalscorer: 2**
    - 1988, 1990

- Canada
- North American Nations Cup: 1990

## Other websites

- / Canada Soccer Hall of Fame

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: John Catliff
- **fullname**: John Terence Catliff
- **birth place**: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **youthclubs1**: Kerrisdale
- **collegeyears1**: 1983–1986
- **college1**: Harvard Crimson men's soccer, Harvard Crimson
- **collegegoals1**: 34
- **years1**: 1987
- **years2**: 1988–1994
- **clubs1**: Calgary Kickers
- **clubs2**: Vancouver 86ers
- **caps1**: 19
- **goals1**: 6
- **caps2**: 147
- **goals2**: 79
- **totalcaps**: 166
- **totalgoals**: 85
- **nationalteam1**: Canada men's national under-23 soccer team, Canada U23
- **nationalyears1**: 1984–1987
- **nationalcaps1**: 5
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalteam2**: Canada men's national soccer team, Canada
- **nationalyears2**: 1984–1994
- **nationalcaps2**: 45
- **nationalgoals2**: 18
- **pcupdate**: 25 June 2009
- **ntupdate**: 25 June 2009