![]() Gasparotto in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luca Robert Gasparotto | ||
Date of birth | 9 March 1995 | ||
Place of birth | North York, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Ajax SC | |||
2011 | SC Toronto | ||
2011–2013 | Rangers | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Humber Hawks | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2016 | Rangers | 4 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Stirling Albion (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Airdrieonians (loan) | 26 | (2) |
2015–2016 | → Greenock Morton (loan) | 20 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Falkirk | 34 | (1) |
2017 | → Greenock Morton (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2018 | Greenock Morton | 7 | (0) |
2019–2020 | York9 | 35 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2011 | Canada U17 | 7 | (1) |
2015 | Canada U20 | 4 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Canada U23 | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 August 2016 |
Luca Robert Gasparotto (born 9 March 1995) is a retired Canadian soccer player who played as a centre-back.
He has played for Canada at youth level and has been called into the senior squad.
Gasparotto began playing soccer with local club Ajax SC, coached by his father, [1] and then moved to Canadian Soccer League side SC Toronto. [2] [3]
In 2011, he went overseas to sign with Rangers and made his debut in 2013, coming on for Emílson Cribari in a 2–0 win over Clyde at Ibrox on 13 April 2013. [4] Gasparotto made his second Rangers appearance in a 1–2 defeat to Peterhead at Ibrox on 20 April. [5] Gasparotto made his first start for Rangers on the final day of the 2012–13 season in a 1–0 win over Berwick Rangers. [6]
Gasparotto did not play for Rangers during the 2013–14 season but was loaned out to Stirling Albion. [7] He joined Airdrieonians on 1 September 2014, initially until January, [8] however, this was extended until the summer of 2015. [9]
Following a serious injury to Frank McKeown, Gasparotto was signed by Greenock Morton on a short-term deal until January 2016. [10] After impressing in his loan stint, Gasparotto's loan with Morton was extended to the end of the 2015–16 season. [11] After the conclusion of his loan spell with Greenock Morton, Gasparotto announced that he would not be returning to Rangers for the 2016–17 Scottish Premiership season. [12]
In June 2016, Gasparotto joined Scottish Championship side Falkirk. [13]
In November 2017, Gasparotto returned to Greenock Morton on an emergency loan deal until the start of January 2018, [14] whereupon he signed a permanent deal until the end of the 2017–18 season. [15] He was released at the end of the season. [16]
On 14 February 2019, Gasparotto returned to Canada, signing with Canadian Premier League side York9. [17] He made his first appearance for York9 in their inaugural match against Forge FC on 27 April 2019. [18] He scored his first goal for the Nine Stripes in a Canadian Championship match against FC Edmonton on 5 June 2019. [19] Gasparotto ended up playing every single minute for York9 in 2019, 28 league games and 6 in the Canadian Championship, the only CPL player to do so. On November 3, 2020, he announced his retirement from professional football, citing a desire to pursue a career outside of football. [20]
In 2021, he began attending Humber College, where he joined the men's soccer team. [21]
He was called into a training camp for the Canada national team in January 2014, whilst on loan at Stirling. [22] Gasparotto was again called into the squad for a training camp in March 2015. [23]
He has also played for Canada at U17 (including three games at the U17 World Cup in Mexico) and U20 level. [24] In August 2015, Gasparotto was called up for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Belize. [25] In May 2016, Gasparotto was called to Canada's U23 national team for a pair of friendlies against Guyana and Grenada. [26] He saw action in both matches. [27]
Gasparotto was called up to the senior Canada squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Belize in September 2015. [28]
Gasparotto was born in North York, Ontario, to a Canadian mother and an Australian father. [29] When he was one year old, his family moved to Ajax, Ontario. [29] His father was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales. [29]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rangers | 2012–13 [31] | Scottish Third Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2013–14 [32] | Scottish League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2014–15 [33] | Scottish Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2015–16 [34] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Stirling Albion (loan) | 2013–14 [32] | Scottish League Two | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Airdrieonians (loan) | 2014–15 [33] | Scottish League One | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
Greenock Morton (loan) | 2015–16 [34] | Scottish Championship | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Falkirk | 2016–17 [34] | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
2017–18 [34] | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
Total | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 2 | ||
Greenock Morton (loan) | 2017–18 [34] | Scottish Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Greenock Morton | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
Total | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
York9 | 2019 | Canadian Premier League | 28 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
2020 | Canadian Premier League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 35 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | ||
Career total | 133 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 158 | 6 |
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