Ian Checcio

{{short description|American soccer player}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ian Checcio

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|12|20}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}}

| position = Defender / Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1994–1997

| youthclubs1 = Rutgers Scarlet Knights

| years1 = 1998

| clubs1 = Staten Island Vipers

| caps1 = 12

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1999

| clubs2 = Lehigh Valley Steam

| caps2 = 26

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2000

| clubs3 = Hampton Roads Mariners

| caps3 = 25

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2001

| clubs4 = Atlanta Silverbacks

| caps4 = 24

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2002

| clubs5 = Hampton Roads Mariners

| caps5 = 27

| goals5 = 0

| totalcaps = 114

| totalgoals = 1

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Ian Checcio is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the USL A-League.

Checcio played youth soccer with FC Delco. In 1994, Checcio graduated from Radnor High School where he was a multi-year letterman in baseball, basketball and soccer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20141013153348/http://articles.philly.com/1993-09-23/sports/25987828_1_club-soccer-college-piaa-state A Simply 'Elegant' Soccer Player Radnor Senior Ian Checcio Has A School-record 49 Career Goals.] Checcio attended Rutgers University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1994 to 1997.[http://www.scarletknights.com/soccer-men/history/leaders-career.asp Rutger’s men’s career soccer records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918065927/http://www.scarletknights.com/soccer-men/history/leaders-career.asp |date=2011-09-18 }} In 1998, the Staten Island Vipers selected Checcio with the last pick in the A-League Draft.{{Cite web |url=http://aleague.uslsoccer.com/draft/54227.html |title=1998 A-League Draft |access-date=2013-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213653/http://aleague.uslsoccer.com/draft/54227.html |archive-date=2013-10-04 |url-status=dead }} Over the next five seasons, Checcio played for a different team each year. In February 2001, Checcio moved to the Atlanta Silverbacks.[https://archive.today/20130630131243/http://www.uslfans.com/news/2001/news,2001,0028.shtml Newcomers Lead The Way] He finished his career in 2002 with the Hampton Roads Mariners.