Nicolas Platter

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Nicolas Platter
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Personal information
Full name Nicolas Platter
Date of birth (1981-11-22) November 22, 1981 (age 41)
Place of birth Los Angeles, California, United States
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2004 UC Davis Aggies
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004 Sacramento Knights
2005–2009 Minnesota Thunder 85 (0)
2010 Carolina RailHawks 10 (0)
2011 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 8 (0)
2012 Carolina RailHawks 0 (0)
2014 Carolina RailHawks 0 (0)
Managerial career
North Carolina FC (goalk. coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 11, 2014

Nicolas Platter (born November 22, 1981 in Los Angeles, California) is an American soccer player who currently is the goalkeeper coach for North Carolina FC.

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Career

College

Platter played college soccer at the University of California, Davis, where is generally considered to be one of the most successful goalkeepers in UC Davis history. He finished his career at UC Davis as the all-time shutout leader with 17, and as the career saves leader with 195. He was also his team's captain since 2003. He also played one season with the Sacramento Knights in the National Premier Soccer League.

Professional

Platter signed with Minnesota Thunder in 2005, and was used primarily a backup to first-choice keeper Joe Warren, playing in just six first team games in his first two years with the club. Platter emerged as the starting goalkeeper for the team in 2007, eventually logging 1,620 minutes in 18 games played, and has continued to hold the starting goalkeeper position through 2008 and into 2009.

After five years with Minnesota Thunder Platter signed a two-year contract with Carolina RailHawks in March 2010. [1] However, the RailHawks were dissolved following the 2010 season (only to be reborn with new ownership) and all players' contracts voided. [2]

Platter signed with Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League on February 24, 2011. [3]

Platter signed as a player and assistant coach for Carolina RailHawks on March 1, 2012. [4]

After spending the 2013 season out of soccer, Platter rejoined the RailHawks for the 2014 season. [5] He was an assistant coach for the RailHawks and did goalkeeping coaching for CASL. He is currently a realtor at eXp Realty LLC in the Triangle Region of North Carolina.

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References

  1. ↑ Platter has spent the last five seasons with Minnesota
  2. ↑ "RailHawks Starting from Scratch on Player Contracts; Actively Signing Players |". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  3. ↑ "Strikers Add Veteran Depth". 24 February 2011.
  4. ↑ http://www.carolinarailhawks.com/index.php?id=111&newsid=1802
  5. ↑ "Oops! Sorry, Something Went Wrong | Nasl".
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