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Joe Balsamo
Personal information
Full name	Giuseppe Balsamo
Date of birth
Place of birth	Switzerland
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
	San Diego Sockers
Teams managed
2007-	Brooklyn Knights
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Joe Balsamo is an Italian-American football manager. He is currently the head coach for the Brooklyn Knights' PDL squad.^[1]

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life and education 1.2 Football career 1.3 Marriage and children 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life and education

Giuseppe (Joe) Balsamo was born in Switzerland and grew up in Palermo, Sicily.

[edit] Football career

Joe became a professional player at the Primavera level at age 16, and came to the United States at 17 to play in the North American Soccer League. He returned to Italy to play in the Italian Serie C for coach Giovanni Seghedoni. In 1989, Joe returned to the United States and settled in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.

Joe’s coaching accomplishments include many championships and titles at various age levels, including, in 2002, the championship of the Enzo Ferrari Cup in Italy, where his side defeated the squads of Juventus and Modena. He also coached the United States representative team at the 2003 Danone Cup in Paris.

[edit] Marriage and children

Balsamo and his wife Lisa have two children.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Brooklyn Knights - Giuseppe (Joe) Balsamo