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Carmine Marcantonio... he was 14 years old when his family moved from Italy to Canada in 1968... married to wife Geraldine (children Jean Pierro and Sara)... growing up, favourites included Juventus...
honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as a player... honoured by the Toronto Azzurri SC Wall of Fame...
represented Canada in two cycles of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers... career two international “A” appearances across eight years from 1976 to 1983...
with Toronto Metros-Croatia, an NASL Championship winner (Soccer Bowl ‘76)... with Toronto Italia FC, a National League Ontario winner (1975)...
said Marcantonio in 2014, a great memory was “my first professional game at Yankee Stadium and there across from me was Pelé... that was a dream come true”... said Marcantonio in 2015, “I wanted to be a professional footballer since the day I was born”...
he was 21 years old when he made his debut for Canada at the national A level (24 September 1976)... represented Canada in 1976-77 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for Argentina 1978... represented Canada in 1980-81 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for Spain 1982...
worked as a soccer analyst on television... served as head coach of North York Rockets...
