Nelson Cupello

Nelson Cupello

Personal information
Full name	Nelson A. Cupello
Date of birth	August 28, 1951 (1951-08-28) (age 60)
Place of birth	Brazil
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
1971-1972	Monroe Community College
1973-1974	SUNY Brockport
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1975-1980	Rochester Lancers	37	(1)
1981-1983	Rochester Flash
Teams managed
1978-1984	Monroe Community College (assistant)
1985-1990	SUNY Fredonia
1990-	Monroe Community College
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Nelson A. Cupello is a former Brazilian-American of Italian ethnicity soccer defender and current collegiate soccer coach. He played five seasons in the North American Soccer League and three in the American Soccer League. He currently coaches the Monroe Community College men's soccer team.

College

Nelson began his collegiate soccer career at Monroe Community College. He transferred to SUNY Brockport in 1973 and played two seasons with Brockport. In 1974, the school won the Division III NCAA Championship. He earned third team All American recognition in 1974 and graduated in 1975. Cupello was inducted into SUNY Brockport Hall of Fame in 1993^[1] and the NJCAA Soccer Hall of Fame in 2002.^[1]

Professional career

The Rochester Lancers of the North American Soccer League drafted Cupello in 1975. He went on to play five seasons with the Lancers.^[2] The Lancers folded at the end of the 1980 season. In 1981, Cupello joined the expansion Rochester Flash of the American Soccer League. He retired from playing professionally in 1983.

Coaching

Cupello began coaching in 1978 when he became an assistant coach with the Monroe Community College men’s soccer team. He held that position through the 1984 season, but with his retirement from playing professionally, he moved full time into coaching. In 1985, SUNY Fredonia hired Cupello as its head coach. In his five seasons with Fredonia, he took the team to the NCAA tournament four times, twice losing in the semifinals. In 1990, he returned to Monroe where he became the school’s head coach. He is a five time Region III Coach of the Year, taking the Tribunes to the Regional title in 1995, 2002, 2004 and 2006. In 2003, became the Director of Coaching at the Rochester Futbol Club which Cupello and Charlie Williams had founded in 1997.^[2]

References

1. ^ NJCAA MEN’S SOCCER HALL OF FAME
2. ^ Rochester Lancers Stats

External links

• Monroe bio
• Another Monroe bio

Persondata
Name	Cupello, Nelson
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Date of birth	1951-08-28
Place of birth	Brazil
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