Roman Celentano

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Roman Celentano
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Celentano with FC Cincinnati in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-09-14) September 14, 2000 (age 22)
Place of birth Naperville, Illinois, United States
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 FC Cincinnati
Number 18
Youth career
2016–2019 Chicago Sockers
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Indiana Hoosiers 39 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– FC Cincinnati 27 (0)
2022– FC Cincinnati 2 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 10, 2022

Roman Celentano (born September 14, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Cincinnati in Major League Soccer.

Early life[]

Roman Celentano was born on September 14, 2000 to Marcello and Manuela Celentano. He is from Naperville, Illinois, where he attended Neuqua Valley High School. He has two siblings, named Julian and Remi.[1]

Career[]

Celentano playing for Indiana University in 2021

Youth and college[]

Celentano enrolled at Indiana University in 2019 and joined the Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team. He played for the Hoosiers for three seasons, the first two of which they were Big Ten Conference regular season champions and tournament champions. Celentano was twice named Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year, was twice named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team, and was recognized as the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Tournament in 2020.[1]

Professional[]

Celentano decided to forgo his senior year of college at Indiana University to sign a Generation Adidas contract with Major League Soccer, making him eligible for the 2022 MLS SuperDraft. Projected as a Top 10 draft pick,[2] Celentano was drafted second overall by FC Cincinnati in the draft, becoming the highest drafted goalkeeper in the SuperDraft since Andre Blake in 2014. As a Generation adidas player, he signed with FC Cincinnati the same day on January 11, 2022.

Celentano went on loan for the early part of the 2022 season with Cincinnati's reserve team, FC Cincinnati 2 in MLS Next Pro, where he made his professional debut on March 27, 2022 in a 0–2 loss to Philadelphia Union II.[3] Celentano made his first team debut for Cincinnati on April 19, 2022 in a U.S. Open Cup match against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds.[4] A few days later, on April 24, 2022, Celentano made his MLS debut, starting and playing the full match in a 1–2 loss to Los Angeles FC.[5]

Celentano bagged his first clean sheet in a victory against Toronto FC on May 4, 2022 and then followed that up with a second consecutive clean sheet against Minnesota United FC. That earned the rookie a spot in the MLS team of the week[6] for Week 10 of the 2022 Major League Soccer season.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played October 20, 2022[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Cincinnati 2022 Major League Soccer 27 0 1 0 — 2[a] 0 30 0
FC Cincinnati 2 (loan) 2022 MLS Next Pro 2 0 — — — 2 0
Career total 29 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 32 0
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs

Honors[]

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Roman Celentano – Men's Soccer". Indiana University Athletics. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  2. ^ Clark, Travis (January 11, 2022). "Final 2022 MLS Mock Draft". Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "PHIvsCIN 03-27-2022 | Lineups". mlsnextpro.com. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  4. ^ Brennan, Pat (April 19, 2022). "US Open Cup: Alvaro Barreal scores twice, leads FC Cincinnati past Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Gannett. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  5. ^ Gough, Brad (April 24, 2022). "Player Ratings: FCC loses 2-1 to LAFC". Cincinnati Soccer Talk. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  6. ^ Sigal, Jonathan (May 9, 2022). "Team of the Week presented by Audi: FC Cincinnati reach new heights in Week 10". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  7. ^ Roman Celentano at Soccerway

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