Charlie Fajkus
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | March 4, 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1975–1979 | Indiana Hoosiers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1984 | Chicago Sting | 138 | (18) |
| 1980–1982 | Chicago Sting (NASL indoor) | 34 | (16) |
| 1982–1983 | Chicago Sting (MISL) | 47 | (28) |
| 1984 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | 13 | (1) |
| 1985–1987 | Kansas City Comets (indoor) | 120 | (57) |
| 1987–1988 | Chicago Sting (indoor) | 45 | (16) |
| Total | 397 | (136) | |
| International career | |||
| 1982–1985 | United States | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Charlie Fajkus (born March 4, 1957) is an American retired soccer midfielder who spent six seasons in the North American Soccer League and five in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He also earned three caps with the U.S. national team between 1982 and 1985.
Fajkus grew up in Cicero, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago where he attended Burnham Grade School. He attended Wheaton Central High School from 1973 to 1975. In his time on the Wheaton boys soccer team, he assisted on 56 goals in 43 games which places him fourteenth on the Illinois state high school career list. As a senior, he also led the Tigers Varsity to 2nd Place in the 1974 Illinois State Soccer Tournament (IHSA), dropping the final to New Trier West 1–0 in 4 overtimes. Fajkus also played for the Sparta F.C. youth teams growing up. After graduating from high school, Fajkus attended Indiana University where he played on the men's soccer team from 1975 to 1978. During his four seasons, he scored thirty-eight goals and assisted on thirty-eight other goals while the Hoosiers went to the 1976 and 1978 NCAA championship games. Unofficially, the Hoosiers were the 1978 Champions because San Francisco later vacated the title due to the use of an ineligible player.
NASL
In 1979, the Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League (NASL) selected Fajkus in the NASL College Draft. He immediately stepped into the lineup, seeing time in nineteen games. Over the next five seasons, Fajkus was an integral part of the Sting as they went to the 1981 NASL championship. In 1984, Fajkus started the season with the Sting, but was traded on July 10, 1984, along with Ricardo Alonso to the Golden Bay Earthquakes for Manny Rojas and Hayden Knight.