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Gianluca Catalano (born May 6, 2000) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Vaughan Azzurri in League1 Ontario.

Gianluca Catalano
Catalano with Toronto FC III in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-05-06) May 6, 2000 (age 22)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Vaughan Azzurri
Youth career
Kleinburg Nobleton SC
2012–2018 Toronto FC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Connecticut Huskies 19 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Toronto FC III 28 (0)
2018 Toronto FC II 5 (0)
2019 AC Connecticut 9 (0)
2022– Vaughan Azzurri 8 (0)
2022–York United (loan) 1 (0)
National team
2017 Canada U17 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 21, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:41, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Youth career


As a youth, he was a member of the TFC Academy.[1] He was 14 years old when he made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2014, at an identification camp. He represented Canada at the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship in Panama and has represented Canada at the U15, U16, U17 and U18 level. He has also represented Toronto FC at multiple youth international soccer tournaments in France, Mexico, USA, and at the world famous Torneo di Viareggio in Italy, where he helped the TFC Academy to a 1-1 draw against the Juventus Academy.[2] He later helped them defeat Juventus saving the final shot in a penalty shootout in the championship finals to win the 2017 International Youth Soccer Cup.[3]


College career


In 2018, he accepted a scholarship to play for NCAA Division 1 University of Connecticut (UConn).[4] As a freshman, he started the season opener and won 2-1 vs Lehigh, advanced to the American Athletic Conference semi-finals, and lost to Indiana University in the 2nd round of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, also known as the College Cup. As a sophomore in 2019, he was named Goalkeeper of the Week in October.[5] On February 24, 2020, he was named to the (FTF) NCAA All-Canadian 1st Team.[6]


Club career


He began his career in the semi-professional League1 Ontario playing for Toronto FC III and was selected to the 2017 League1 Ontario All-Star team.[7]

He made his fully professional league debut for Toronto FC II in the USL Championship as an academy call-up, on May 16, 2018 against Atlanta United 2.[8] He went on to play a total of 5 USL Championship games, including 4 starts, prior to joining UConn.[9]

In the spring of 2019, he joined AC Connecticut of the USL League Two (USL2) making 66 saves in 9 games[10] and was named the number two goalkeeping prospect as part of the league's Top 20 Under 20.[11] On November 20, 2019, he was nominated by the league for the 'Global Greats Series': Best Player from North America 2019, where he finished 3rd overall in voting.[12]

In 2022, he played for Vaughan Azzurri in League1 Ontario.[13] Leading the team to a second consecutive undefeated League1 Premier Division regular season Championship as well as winning the Playoff Championship final which also qualified the team to the 2023 Canadian Championship.  He was named to the Gatorade team of the month for August, 2022. He went on trial with Canadian Premier League club York United FC, ahead of the 2022 season.[14] He served as an emergency substitute goalkeeper for York United during the season, and made a start for the club on July 1 against FC Edmonton.[15][16]


International career


In 2015, he was named to the Canadian U-15 team, for a CONCACAF tournament in Mexico City.[17] Later that same year, he was named to a U-18 development camp.[18] In 2017, he was named to the Canadian U17 team for the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.[19]


Career statistics


As of August 31, 2019[20]
Club League Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Toronto FC III League1 Ontario 2016[21] 90?090
2017[22] 170?0170
2018[23] 201030
Total 28010290
Toronto FC II USL 2018 5050
AC Connecticut USL League Two 2019[10] 9090
Career Total 420000010430

    References


    1. "Profile - Gianluca Catalano". Toronto FC. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
    2. "Viareggio Cup Journal: Tournament Match Day 2". Toronto FC. March 15, 2017.
    3. Adam Krueger (August 21, 2017). "U-17s beat Juventus to capture International Youth Soccer Cup!". Toronto FC.
    4. Adam Krueger (February 7, 2018). "Signing Day 2018 Three academy players sign National Letter of Intent". Toronto FC. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
    5. "American Athletic Conference Announces Weekly Men's Soccer Honors". American Athletic Conference. October 14, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
    6. FTF Canada. "FTF NCAA All- Canadian Teams". Twitter.
    7. staff, League1 Ontario (2017-07-18). "League1 Announces Final Selection For #L1OAllStar 2017 Match Versus PLSQ". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
    8. James Grossi (May 17, 2018). "Offensive explosion not enough for Toronto FC II as they lose by the odd goal in nine at Atlanta United 2". Waking The Red.
    9. "Gianluca Catalano". University of Connecticut.
    10. "Gianluca Catalano". USL League Two.
    11. "League Two 20 Under 20: Goalkeepers". USL League Two. October 2, 2019.
    12. "Global Greats: North America". USL League Two. November 20, 2019.
    13. "Gianluca Catalano 2022 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
    14. Jacques, John (March 2, 2022). "Austin Ricci Is Training With York United". Northern Tribune.
    15. Watson, Kyle (July 2, 2022). "FC Edmonton defeats York United FC 3-0 at home". Last Word on Sports.
    16. @yorkutdfc (July 1, 2022). "Gianluca Catalano and Eleias Himaras have been signed to Emergency Goalkeeper contracts" (Tweet) via Twitter.
    17. "Six TFC Academy players named to Canada's U-15 Team". Toronto FC. July 30, 2015.
    18. "Kia TFC Academy Players Selected to Canada's U-18 Development Camp". Toronto FC. October 17, 2015.
    19. "Eleven Athletes called into Canada U-17 Squad". Toronto FC. April 17, 2017.
    20. Soccerway. "Gianluca Catalano profile".
    21. "Gianluca Catalano TFCIII Statistics 2016". League1 Ontario.
    22. "Gianluca Catalano TFCIII Statistics 2017". League1 Ontario.
    23. "Gianluca Catalano TFCIII Statistics 2018". League1 Ontario.





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