Rocco Placentino

Rocco Placentino
Personal information
Date of birth	25 February 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	Foggia
2002–2003	Montreal Impact
2003	Avellino
2003–2004	Teramo
2004–2005	Cavese
2005–2006	Gualdo
2006–2007	Massese
2007–2008	Gubbio
2008–2010	Montreal Impact
2010–2011	Perugia
2012–2013	Saint-Léonard
2014	Montréal-Nord
Total
International career
2002	Canada U20
2002–2004	Canada U23
2005	Canada
	*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

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

^ "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

Rocco Placentino at the Canadian Soccer Association

[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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