Brett Wiesner
Personal information
Full name Brett Valenciano Wiesner
Date of birth (1983-05-12)May 12, 1983
Place of birth St. Louis Park, Minnesota,
United States
Date of death July 5, 2014(2014-07-05) (aged 31)
Place of death Oconomowoc Lake, Wisconsin,
United States
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Washington Huskies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Seattle Sounders 11 (0)
2005–2011 Milwaukee Wave (indoor) 105 (34)
2008 Harrisburg City Islanders 18 (4)
International career
2002 United States U20 1 (0)
2008 United States Futsal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brett Valenciano Wiesner (May 12, 1983 – July 5, 2014) was an American soccer player.

He spent his career with the Seattle Sounders in the USL First Division, the Harrisburg City Islanders in the USL Second Division and also played indoor soccer with Milwaukee Wave.[1][2][3][4]

Wiesner also played on several US Youth National Teams, and was a starter for the Americans in the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brasil.

Wiesner drowned in Oconomowoc Lake while swimming with friends early in the morning on July 5, 2014.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ 2005 United Soccer Leagues (USL) Archived 2014-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ 2008 United Soccer Leagues (USL) Archived February 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL)
  4. ↑ "MKE Wave Statement on the passing of former player Brett Wiesner". Archived from the original on 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
  5. ↑ Umhoefer, Dave (July 5, 2014). "Body pulled from Oconomowoc Lake identified as former soccer star". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  6. ↑ Seigle, Max (July 5, 2014). "Former Milwaukee Wave player Brett Wiesner dies on Oconomowoc Lake". WISN-TV. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
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