Cesidio Colasante
{{short description|American soccer player}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Cesidio Colasante
| image =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|1|10}}
| birth_place = Wilmington, Delaware, United States
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}
| position = Midfielder
| collegeyears1 = 1994–1997
| college1 = La Salle Explorers
| collegecaps1 = 77
| collegegoals1 = 76
| years1 = 1998–1999
| clubs1 = Philadelphia KiXX (indoor)
| caps1 = 26
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 1999–2000
| clubs2 = Hershey Wildcats
| caps2 = 25
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2000–2003
| clubs3 = Philadelphia KiXX (indoor)
| caps3 = 73
| goals3 = 42
}}
Cesidio Colasante is a retired American soccer midfielder who played professionally in the National Professional Soccer League and USL A-League.
Career
=Youth and College=
Colasante graduated from Salesianum School in Wilmington, Delaware, where he was an All State soccer player. After high school, Colasante attended La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was a 1997 Third Team All American.[http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=I&yr=1997 1997 All Americans] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115151821/http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=I&yr=1997 |date=November 15, 2006 }} He is a member of the La Salle Athletic Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lasalle.edu/advancement/alumni/group.php?section=assoc&type=uc&page=athletes&id=573 |title=La Salle Athletic Hall of Fame: Cesidio Colasante |access-date=2011-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116081829/http://www.lasalle.edu/advancement/alumni/group.php?section=assoc&type=uc&page=athletes&id=573 |archive-date=2011-11-16 |url-status=dead }}
=Professional=
On February 1, 1998, the MetroStars selected Colasante in the third round (twenty-eighth overall) in the 1998 MLS College Draft. The team released him during the pre-season. In the last summer of 1998, he signed with the Philadelphia KiXX of the National Professional Soccer League who had drafted him in the January 2, 1998, NPSL draft.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120503102453/http://articles.philly.com/1998-01-02/sports/25749626_1_cesidio-colasante-philadelphia-kixx-confederations-cup Kixx Draft Explorers Forward Cesidio Colasante] In 1999, he moved to the Hershey Wildcats of the USL A-League. In June 2000, he returned to the KiXX.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120503102546/http://articles.philly.com/2000-10-19/sports/25587924_1_cesidio-kixx-colasante Former La Salle Star Ready To Make Impact] In July 2003, the KiXX traded Mark Moser, Kevin Hundelt, Droo Callahan and Matt DeJong to the St. Louis Steamers in exchange for Colasante and Ze Santana.[http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=other/transactions/2003/july29.htm July 29, 2003 Transactions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002124443/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=other%2Ftransactions%2F2003%2Fjuly29.htm |date=October 2, 2012 }}
References
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Category:Sportspeople from Wilmington, Delaware
Category:American men's soccer players
Category:Hershey Wildcats players
Category:La Salle Explorers men's soccer players
Category:National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players
Category:Philadelphia KiXX players
Category:Soccer players from Delaware
Category:A-League (1995–2004) players
Category:New York Red Bulls draft picks
Category:Men's association football midfielders