Frank Sanfilippo

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Frank Sanfilippo
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Personal information
Full name Francisco Sanfilippo
Date of birth (1981-09-08) September 8, 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth San Diego, California, United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Defender
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2003 San Jose State Spartans 79 (7)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004 Syracuse Salty Dogs 25 (0)
2005–2006 Rochester Raging Rhinos 53 (1)
2007–2008 Carolina RailHawks 51 (1)
2009 Charleston Battery 29 (2)
2010 Rochester Rhinos 28 (1)
2011–2014 Tampa Bay Rowdies [1] 103 (4)
2015 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 30 (1)
2015–2016 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2 (0)
Managerial career
2021– San Diego Toreros (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 April 2022

Francisco Sanfilippo (born September 8, 1981) [2] is an American former soccer player who is currently an assistant coach for the University of San Diego.

Contents

Career

College

Sanfilippo was born in San Diego, California. [2] After graduating from University High School in 1999, he attended San José State University where he was a member of the men's soccer team from 1999 to 2003. [2] [3] [4] [5] In February 2003, the San Jose Earthquakes selected Sanfilippo in the 6th round (56th overall) of the 2003 MLS SuperDraft. He did not sign with the Earthquakes, but remained in school to finish his degree in sociology. [6]

Professional

Sanfilippo signed with Syracuse Salty Dogs in the USL First Division in 2004. The Dogs folded at the end of the 2004 season, and he moved to the Rochester Rhinos in 2005. When Rhinos defender Scott Schweitzer retired at the beginning of the 2006 season, it was Sanfilippo that Rhinos' coach Laurie Calloway called upon to be a steadying force in the Rhinos defense and mentor a young Rhinos backline, which had been devastated from the previous years' retirements, transfers, and injuries. He was equal to the task and helped lead the Rhinos to the USL Championship match. Sanfilippo was named to the 2006 USL-1 All-Star team.

In 2007, he moved to the expansion Carolina RailHawks where he played two seasons, both as team captain. On 20 January 2009, he signed with the Charleston Battery. [7]

Sanfilippo rejoined Rochester Rhinos in February 2010. [8] After one season with the Rhinos, he signed with FC Tampa Bay of the North American Soccer League on February 8, 2011, on a one-year contract with a club option for 2012. [9]

After a successful 2011 season with Tampa Bay, the club exercised its 2012 option on Sanfilippo's contract on October 4, 2011. [10] Two months later, the club signed Sanfilippo to a new contract through the 2014 season. [11]

Sanfilippo spent the 2015 season in South Florida with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers before returning to Tampa Bay on December 21, 2015. [12]

Honors

Tampa Bay Rowdies

Rochester Rhinos

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References

  1. ↑ Formerly known as FC Tampa Bay through 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Frank Sanfilippo". FB Ref. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Frankie Sanfilippo". University of San Diego. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  4. ↑ "2003 Men's Soccer Roster". San Jose State University. Archived from the original on January 10, 2004. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Frank Sanfilippo". San Jose State University. Archived from the original on December 11, 2000. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  6. ↑ Cornejo, Mark (August 29, 2003). "Sanfilippo, Spartans shoot for goals". The Spartan Daily. p. 6. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Frankie Sanfilippo joins the Battery after two years with the USL1 Carolina RailHawks". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
  8. ↑ "Oops! Sorry, Something Went Wrong | Nasl".
  9. ↑ "FC Tampa Bay Continues to Build Strong Squad with Latest Additions". 8 February 2011.
  10. ↑ "News | FC Tampa Bay". Archived from the original on 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  11. ↑ http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=1586 [ bare URL ]
  12. ↑ "Frankie Sanfilippo Returns to Tampa Bay Rowdies". RowdiesSoccer.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
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