Rocco Placentino

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rocco Placentino

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|2|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 1999–2000

| clubs1 = Foggia

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2002–2003

| clubs2 = Montreal Impact

| caps2 = 30

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2003

| clubs3 = Avellino

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2003–2004

| clubs4 = Teramo

| caps4 = 10

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2004–2005

| clubs5 = Cavese

| caps5 = 30

| goals5 = 7

| years6 = 2005–2006

| clubs6 = Gualdo

| caps6 = 28

| goals6 = 10

| years7 = 2006–2007

| clubs7 = Massese

| caps7 = 18

| goals7 = 3

| years8 = 2007–2008

| clubs8 = Gubbio

| caps8 = 24

| goals8 = 7

| years9 = 2008–2010

| clubs9 = Montreal Impact

| caps9 = 65

| goals9 = 7

| years10 = 2010–2011

| clubs10 = Perugia

| caps10 = 15

| goals10 = 2

| years11 = 2012–2013

| clubs11 = Saint-Léonard

| caps11 = 21

| goals11 = 9

| years12 = 2014

| clubs12 = Montréal-Nord

| caps12 = 4

| goals12 = 1

| totalcaps = 246

| totalgoals = 48

| nationalyears1 = 2002

| nationalteam1 = Canada U20

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2002–2004

| nationalteam2 = Canada U23

| nationalcaps2 = 7

| nationalgoals2 = 2

| nationalyears3 = 2005

| nationalteam3 = Canada

| nationalcaps3 = 1

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| club-update = 21:14, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

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Rocco Placentino (born 25 February 1982) is a Canadian retired international soccer player. He is the technical director of Canadian club CS Saint-Laurent.{{cite web|title=Technical Directors- Soccer Saint-Laurent|url=http://www.soccerstl.ca/en/club/technical-director|accessdate=11 April 2016}}

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.{{NFT player|pid=14975}}

On 22 May 2008, Placentino returned to his hometown team, the Montreal Impact, having originally left the team for Italy six seasons previously.{{cite web|url=http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=893|title=QUEBEC NATIVE ROCCO PLACENTINO BACK WITH THE IMPACT|date=22 May 2008|publisher=Montreal Impact official website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930181321/http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=893|archivedate=30 September 2011}} During the 2009 USL season, Placentino scored a goal in the playoff quarterfinal match against the Charleston Battery.{{cite web|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/2009/1424469.html|title=QUEBEC Charleston Battery at Montreal Impact, 0:2|date=24 September 2009|publisher=United Soccer Leagues|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006002340/http://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/2009/1424469.html|archivedate=6 October 2012}} On 26 November 2009, Placentino signed a two-season contract with the Impact.{{cite web|url=http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=1283|title=ADAM BRAZ AND ROCCO PLACENTINO BACK FOR TWO SEASONS|date=26 November 2009|publisher=Montreal Impact official website|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714113619/http://www.montrealimpact.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=1283|archivedate=14 July 2011}} Afterwards, he joined A.C. Perugia Calcio in the Serie C2{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/481289/rocco-vendredi|title=Placentino et l'Italie|trans-title=Placentino and Italy|language=fr|date=23 July 2010|work=Ici Radio-Canada Télé}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tuttocalciatori.net/Placentino_Rocco|title=Placentino, Rocco|work=Tutto Calciatori}}

=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/players/profile.asp?playerid=40|title=Profile|publisher=Canadian Soccer Association|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810120123/http://www.canadasoccer.com/players/profile.asp?playerid=40|archivedate=2010-08-10}}