Federico Molinari (born July 16, 1979 in

La Plata La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. According to the , it has a population of 654,324 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 787,294 inhabitants. It is located 9 kilometers (6 miles) inland from th ...

) is an

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who currently plays for

Western Mass Pioneers Western Mass Pioneers is an American soccer team based in Ludlow, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1998, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games at Lusitano Stadium, ...

in the

USL Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...

Career

Professional

Molinari started his playing career with

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (; ''La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club''), also known simply as Gimnasia, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1887 as "Club de Gimnasia ...

in his native Argentina 1999 before moving to the United States in 2003 to play for the Pioneers. After brief stints playing for A.S. Deliese in

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and for the

Cincinnati Kings Cincinnati Kings were a professional American association football, soccer club based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Founded in 2005, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid ...

, Molinari moved back to the Pioneers in 2006.

External links

Pioneers bio

Argentine Primera statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Molinari, Federico 1979 births Living people Footballers from La Plata Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Argentine footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Cincinnati Kings players Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers USL Second Division players Western Mass Pioneers players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States USL League Two players Association football defenders