Abraham Placito

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Abraham Placito
Personal information
Full name Abraham Placito
Date of birth (1994-02-09) February 9, 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Perris, California, United States
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Center-back
Team information
Current team
 Stallion Laguna
Number 34
Youth career
0000–2014 Chivas USA
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2014 Mt. SAC Mounties
2014–2016 Northwest Nazarene Nighthawks 16 [1] (4)
2016–2017 California Baptist Lancers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 Golden State Force 7 (0)
2019–2020 Los Angeles Force 1 (0)
2021–2021 Golden State Force
2021 Stallion Laguna 0 (0)
2023– Stallion Laguna 7 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3:28, September 3, 2023 (UTC)

Abraham Placito (born 9 February 1994) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays as a center-back for Stallion Laguna of the Philippines Football League. [2]

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Personal life

Placito was born in Perris, California. [3] While playing college football, he also played with the academy of now-defunct Major League Soccer side Chivas USA. [2]

Career

Mt. San Antonio College

While playing for Chivas USA's reserves, he played college football for the football team of Mt. San Antonio College for two years. [4] In 2014, his last year with the team, he was named defensive player of the year in the South Coast Conference and was named in the All-American squad. [5]

Northwest Nazarene University

Placito transfeered to Northwest Nazarene University in 2014, playing for their football team for three years. [1] [6] In 2015, he was named to the West Region Team of the NSCAA. [7]

California Baptist University

In 2016, his last year in college, he transferred again to California Baptist University, [8] and was included in the second team for the All-America team in the 2017 NCAA Division II as a senior. [3]

American professional career

In 2017, Placito signed his first professional contract with Golden State Force of the USL League Two, playing for two years. [9] [10] [11] He would also train with the club for a short period from 2020 to 2021.

In 2019, he signed with the Los Angeles Force of the National Independent Soccer Association. [12]

Stallion Laguna

In late 2021, he left Golden State Force to sign with Stallion Laguna of the Philippines Football League. The club was to be competing in the 2021 season of the Philippines Football League, but could not due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. [13] Placito instead made his debut for the team in the 2021 Copa Paulino Alcantara. He scored in the semifinals against the Azkals Development Team to put Stallion 1–0 up, before the team conceded two and finished third. [14] [15] After leaving Stallion for a short while, he returned in 2023 to help the club reach the AFC Cup for the very first time. [16] He renewed his contract with the club that same year. [17] [18] [19]

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  3. 1 2 "Vancaeyezeele, Guier Earn All-America Honors". ucgoldeneagles.com. December 1, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
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