.jpg) Celentano withFC Cincinnati in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roman Marcello Celentano[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-09-14)September 14, 2000 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Naperville, Illinois, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Cincinnati | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2019 | Chicago Sockers | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Indiana Hoosiers | 39 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | FC Cincinnati | 93 | (0) |
| 2022 | →FC Cincinnati 2 (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:06, 10 March 2025 (UTC) | |||
Roman Marcello Celentano (born September 14, 2000) is an American professionalsoccer player who plays as agoalkeeper forMajor League Soccer clubFC Cincinnati.
Roman Celentano was born on September 14, 2000, to Marcello and Manuela Celentano. He is fromNaperville, Illinois, where he attendedNeuqua Valley High School. He has two siblings, named Julian and Remi.[3]
Celentano enrolled atIndiana University in 2019 and joined theIndiana Hoosiers men's soccer team. He played for the Hoosiers for three seasons, the first two of which they wereBig Ten Conference regular season champions and tournament champions. Celentano was twice named Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year, was twice named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team, and was recognized as the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Tournament in 2020.[3]
Celentano decided to forgo his senior year of college at Indiana University to sign aGeneration Adidas contract withMajor League Soccer, making him eligible for the2022 MLS SuperDraft. Projected as a Top 10 draft pick,[4] Celentano was drafted second overall byFC Cincinnati in the draft, becoming the highest drafted goalkeeper in the SuperDraft sinceAndre Blake in2014. As a Generation adidas player, he signed with FC Cincinnati the same day on January 11, 2022.
Celentano went on loan for the early part of the 2022 season with Cincinnati's reserve team,FC Cincinnati 2 inMLS Next Pro, where he made his professional debut on March 27, 2022, in a 0–2 loss toPhiladelphia Union II.[5] Celentano made his first team debut for Cincinnati on April 19, 2022, in aU.S. Open Cup match against thePittsburgh Riverhounds.[6] A few days later, on April 24, 2022, Celentano made his MLS debut, starting and playing the full match in a 1–2 loss toLos Angeles FC.[7]
Celentano bagged his first clean sheet in a victory againstToronto FC on May 4, 2022, and then followed that up with a second consecutive clean sheet againstMinnesota United FC. That earned the rookie a spot in the MLS team of the week[8] for Week 10 of the2022 Major League Soccer season.
In January 2023, Celentano received his first call-up to theUnited States ahead of friendlies againstSerbia andColombia.[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental[c] | Other[d] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Cincinnati | 2022 | MLS | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 33 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | |||||
| 2024 | 30 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |||
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 93 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 113 | 0 | ||
| FC Cincinnati 2 (loan) | 2022 | MLS Next Pro | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 95 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 0 | ||
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