Chris Salvaggione

Chris Salvaggione

Personal information
Full name	Chris Salvaggione
Date of birth	April 7, 1987 (1987-04-07) (age 24)
Place of birth	Monument, Colorado, United States
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Midfielder, Forward
Club information
Current club	Charlotte Eagles
Number	7
Youth career
2005–2006	Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
2007–2008	Charlotte 49ers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006	Colorado Springs Blizzard	14	(3)
2007	DFW Tornados	10	(0)
2008	Austin Aztex U23	4	(0)
2009	Real Colorado Foxes	13	(7)
2010	AC St. Louis	19	(3)
2011–	Charlotte Eagles	20	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 4, 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Chris Salvaggione (born April 7, 1987 in Monument, Colorado) is an American soccer player currently playing for Charlotte Eagles in the USL Professional Division.

Career

College and Amateur

Salvaggione attended Lewis-Palmer High School, helped his junior club side Colorado Rush to a US Club Soccer national championship, and began his college soccer career at Gardner–Webb University, transferring to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as a junior in 2007. He helped his Gardner-Webb team win the 2006 Atlantic Sun Championship and reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament, while at UNC Charlotte he was named to the All-Atlantic 10 First Team and the NSCAA/Adidas All-Mid-Atlantic second team as a junior, and was the A-10 Offensive Player of the Year, an NSCAA Second Team All-American, and a Hermann Trophy semi-finalist as a senior.

During his college years Salvaggione also played extensively in the USL Premier Development League, featuring for Colorado Springs Blizzard, the DFW Tornados and Austin Aztex U23.

Professional

Salvaggione was drafted in the third round (38th overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by New England Revolution, but was not offered a contract by the Major League Soccer side.^[1]

After spending another year in the PDL in 2009, with the Real Colorado Foxes,^[2] playing reserve matches with the Colorado Rapids, and trialing unsuccessfully with Charleston Battery, Chivas USA and in Germany with FC Saarbrucken, FSV Frankfurt and KSV Klein-Karben, Salvaggione signed his first professional contract on February 11, 2010 for AC St. Louis.^[3] He made his professional debut on May 1, 2010 in a game against Crystal Palace Baltimore.^[4]

After the demise of AC St. Louis, Salvaggione signed with Charlotte Eagles of the third division USL Pro league on February 25, 2011.^[5]

References

1. ^ 2009 Combine participant list released by MLS - New England Revolution
2. ^ United Soccer Leagues (USL) - Chris Salvaggione
3. ^ "AC St Louis Signs Nine Players". NASL.com. http://www.nasl.com/news.php?id=54. Retrieved 2010-02-24. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ http://ussf.demosphere.com/stats/2010/1634161.html
5. ^ http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4158634

External links

• AC St. Louis bio
• Gardner-Webb bio

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Name	Salvaggione, Chris
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Date of birth	April 7, 1987
Place of birth	Monument, Colorado, United States
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