Luca Centurione

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Luca Centurione
Personal information
Full name Luca Centurione
Place of birth Lanciano, Italy
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996 Toronto Italia 4 (2)
1997–1998 Toronto Lynx 16 (1)
2002–2003 Brampton Hitmen 22 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luca Centurione is an Italian former footballer who played the majority of his career in North America.

Playing career

Centurione began his career with Toronto Italia of the Canadian National Soccer League in 1996. He made his debut on June 23, 1996 against the Toronto Supra in a 1-1 draw. [1] A week after he recorded his first two goals for the club on June 30, 1996 in a match against Oakville Canadian Westerns in 3-1 victory. [2] The following season, he added a Treble to his resume by winning the Umbro Cup along with Playoff Championship. He managed to achieve an undefeated season with Toronto along with their treble victory. In 1997, Centurione signed with expansion franchise the Toronto Lynx of the USL A-League, where he was re-united with his old Toronto Italia head coach Peter Pinizzotto. [3] His signing was on April, 1997 in a press conference which revealed the club's roster for the 1997 season. [4] He made his debut for the club on April 12, 1997 in a match against the Jacksonville Cyclones which resulted in 3-1 defeat during the match he received a red card. [5] Centurione assisted the club in qualifying for the post season for the first time in the franchise's history, by finishing 4th in the Northeastern division. The Lynx were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs against the Montreal Impact. He returned to the Lynx the following year where he appeared in 4 matches, but failed to make the post season by finishing second last in their division.

In 2002, Centurione signed with the Brampton Hitmen of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. [6] He made his debut for the club on August 22, 2002 in 1-0 defeat to the Metro Lions. [7] He scored his first goal for Brampton on October 6, 2002 in a match against North York Astros. [8] He featured in 6 matches for the Hitmen, but the club failed to reach the postseason by finishing sixth in the standings of the Western Conference. He returned to Brampton the following year and his signing was announced on June 6, 2003. [9] He featured in the majority of the season for Brampton, but did not appear in the postseason matches where the Hitmen claimed the CPSL Championship.

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References

  1. ↑ Glover, Robin (June 23, 1996). "CNSL Cup game Sunday June 23rd, 1996". Rocket Robin's Home Pagr.
  2. ↑ Glover, Robin (June 30, 1996). "Here are the results of the CNSL played Sunday June 30th, 1996 between Toronto Italia and Oakville Canadian Westerns at Rainbow Creek Park in Woodbridge at 7:00pm. This was considered a League game". Rocket Robin's Home Page.
  3. ↑ "Luca Centurione | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  4. ↑ Bailey, David (April 1997). "Toronto Lynx Roster 1997". Rocket Robin's Home Page. Canada Kicks.
  5. ↑ Abao, G. Warren (April 12, 1997). "Jacksonville Cyclones (1) 3:1 (0) Toronto Lynx". Rocket Robin's Home Page.
  6. ↑ . 2003-04-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20030405013231/http://bramptonhitmen.org/. Archived from the original on 2003-04-05. Retrieved 2017-10-28.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ↑ Glover, Robin (August 22, 2002). "Result of the Thursday August 22nd, 2002 CPSL game between Brampton Hitmen and Metro Lions played at Victoria Stadium in Brampton at 8:00pm". Rocket Robin`s Home Page.
  8. ↑ Glover, Robin (October 6, 2002). "Result of the Sunday October 6th, 2002 CPSL game between North York Astros and Brampton Hitmen played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 6:00pm". Rocket Robin`s Home Page.
  9. ↑ Inscoe, Robin (June 6, 2003). "Hitmen gunning for rivals". Rocket Robin`s Home Page. Brampton Guardian.
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