Rocco Placentino

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]

Rocco Placentino
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-02-25) 25 February 1982
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec
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)
National team
2002 Canada U20 1 (0)
2002–2004 Canada U23 7 (2)
2005 Canada 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:14, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Career

Club

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

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
  1. "Technical Directors- Soccer Saint-Laurent". Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. Rocco Placentino at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. "QUEBEC NATIVE ROCCO PLACENTINO BACK WITH THE IMPACT". Montreal Impact official website. 22 May 2008. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011.
  4. "QUEBEC Charleston Battery at Montreal Impact, 0:2". United Soccer Leagues. 24 September 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012.
  5. "ADAM BRAZ AND ROCCO PLACENTINO BACK FOR TWO SEASONS". Montreal Impact official website. 26 November 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011.
  6. "Placentino et l'Italie" [Placentino and Italy]. Ici Radio-Canada Télé (in French). 23 July 2010.
  7. "Placentino, Rocco". Tutto Calciatori.
  8. "Profile". Canadian Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 2010-08-10.
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