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Rob Valentino
Personal information
Full name	Rob Valentino
Date of birth	December 21, 1985 (age 24)
Place of birth	Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Colorado Rapids
Number	35
Youth career
2004–2007	San Francisco Dons
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October, 2009.; † Appearances (Goals).;

Rob Valentino (born December 21, 1985 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.

[edit] Career

[edit] College and Amateur

Valentino grew up in Danville, California, and began his soccer career playing youth soccer for the local Mustang Club. In 1999, his family moved to Arizona where he played for the esteemed 1986 Sereno Golden Eagles with coach Harry Demos. Valentino was heavily recruited out of high school, and chose to attend the University of San Francisco. Valentino was captain all four years at USF, where he was the WCC Defensive Player of the Year his sophomore season. He also earned WCC Player of the Year honors his junior season.

In addition to playing collegiate soccer, Valentino spent the 2007 season with the San Jose Frogs of the USL Premier Development League. However, he injured his left knee and was set to red-shirt the season, but ultimately decided to sign a generation Adidas contract.

[edit] Professional

Valentino was drafted in the first round, 13th overall, of the 2008 MLS SuperDraft by New England Revolution. He made his full professional debut for Revolution on 1 July, 2008, in a US Open Cup third round game against Richmond Kickers^[1], and was traded to Colorado Rapids in exchange for Nico Colaluca on May 6, 2009.^[2] He has yet to make his MLS debut.

[edit] See also

List of current MLS players

[edit] References

[edit] External links

MLS player profile

[0] ttp://web.mlsnet.com/scoreboard/game.jsp?match=07012008_ZZZNE

[1] Revolution acquires R.I.'s Nico Colaluca from Colorado

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