Rocco Placentino
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 February 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Foggia | ||
| 2002–2003 | Montreal Impact | 30 | (2) |
| 2003 | Avellino | 1 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Teramo | 10 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Cavese | 30 | (7) |
| 2005–2006 | Gualdo | 28 | (10) |
| 2006–2007 | Massese | 18 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Gubbio | 24 | (7) |
| 2008–2010 | Montreal Impact | 65 | (7) |
| 2010–2011 | Perugia | 15 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Saint-Léonard | 21 | (9) |
| 2014 | Montréal-Nord | 4 | (1) |
| Total | 246 | (48) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002 | Canada U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Canada U23 | 7 | (2) |
| 2005 | Canada | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:14, 7 March 2011 (UTC) | |||
Rocco Placentino (born 25 February 1982) is a Canadian retired international soccer player. He is currently the technical director of Canadian club CS Saint-Laurent.[1]
Career[edit]
Club[edit]
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Placentino spent most of his early career in the Italian lower leagues, representing Avellino, Teramo, Cavese, Gualdo, Massese and Gubbio.[2]
On 22 May 2008, Placentino returned to his hometown team, the Montreal Impact, having originally left the team for Italy six seasons previously.[3] During the 2009 USL season, Placentino scored a goal in the playoff quarterfinal match against the Charleston Battery.[4] On 26 November 2009, Placentino signed a two-season contract with the Impact.[5] Afterwards, he joined A.C. Perugia Calcio in the Serie C2[6][7]
International[edit]
Placentino represented Canada at youth level, and earned one cap for the senior team on 3 September 2005, in a 2–1 friendly loss over Spain.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Technical Directors- Soccer Saint-Laurent". Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ Rocco Placentino at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "QUEBEC NATIVE ROCCO PLACENTINO BACK WITH THE IMPACT". Montreal Impact official website. 22 May 2008. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011.
- ^ "QUEBEC Charleston Battery at Montreal Impact, 0:2". United Soccer Leagues. 24 September 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012.
- ^ "ADAM BRAZ AND ROCCO PLACENTINO BACK FOR TWO SEASONS". Montreal Impact official website. 26 November 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011.
- ^ "Placentino et l'Italie" [Placentino and Italy]. Ici Radio-Canada Télé (in French). 23 July 2010.
- ^ "Placentino, Rocco". Tutto Calciatori.
- ^ "Profile". Canadian Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 2010-08-10.
External links[edit]
- 1982 births
- US Avellino 1912 players
- AS Gubbio 1910 players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Canada men's international soccer players
- Canada men's under-23 international soccer players
- Canada men's youth international soccer players
- Canadian expatriate men's soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent
- Canadian men's soccer players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Living people
- Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players
- Soccer players from Montreal
- US Massese 1919 players
- USL First Division players
- USSF Division 2 Professional League players
- Serie B players
- Ligue1 Québec players
- FC St-Léonard players
- ACP Montréal-Nord players