Rupert Goldberger... speaks German, English... married to wife Hilda... worked for Building Products of Canada (1957-62 and 1964-77)... he was 23 years old when he moved to Toronto in 1957; he moved to Edmonton later that year to join Edmonton Victoria... returned to Austria for two years (1962-64) before returning to Canada...

attended Canada Soccer’s 1978 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Football Development Seminar in Victoria, BC (coaches)... earned his Canada Soccer Coaching A Diploma...

honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame... honoured as an Alberta Soccer Life Member... named in his honour, the Alberta Soccer Bert Goldberger Technical Leadership Award was first presented in 2012 (the first recipient was coach Ian Payne)...

served as Canada team staff at two FIFA youth tournaments (U-17 at Scotland 1989 and Japan 1993)…

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was the first Technical Director of the Alberta Soccer Association in 1971...

served as a coach in Canada Soccer’s men’s national youth program from 1985 to 1993... served as Canada’s youth coach at the 1988 CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Championship (Canada qualified for Scotland 1989)... served as Canada’s youth coach at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Scotland 1989... served as Canada’s youth coach at the 1991 CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Championship... served as Canada’s youth coach at the 1992 CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Championship (Canada qualified for Japan 1993)... served as Canada’s youth coach at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Japan 1993...