Luca Mastrantonio (born 27 May 1996) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for

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Career

Ostia Mare

Mastrantonio played a single season for

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side Ostia Mare, making 28 appearances.

College & Thunder Bay Chill

In 2016, Mastrantonio moved to the United States to play

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at the

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, where he scored 7 goals and tallied 3 assists in 23 appearances for the Racers. The following year, he transferred to

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in Kansas City, Missouri, making 21 appearances. For the

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Division II college, he helped lead the team to become Conference regular season and tournament champions with a 12-1-1 record, and was named to the NCAA Division II All-Tournament Team and All-Midwest Region. In 2017, Mastrantonio appeared in the

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for

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. In 2018, Mastrantonio didn't play a college season, but spent another season in the PDL with Thunder Bay, making 14 appearances. Mastrantonio returned to play college soccer in 2019 at the

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, where he played 17 games and was named to the All-Big West First Team. He didn't play in 2020 due to the Big West season been cancelled due to the

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FC Tucson

On 1 March 2021, Mastrantonio signed with FC Tucson of

. He made his debut on 19 June 2021, appearing as an injury-time substitute during a 0–0 draw with

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Union Omaha

Following Tucson's voluntary relegation to

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, Mastrantonio signed with

club

References

1996 births Men's association football defenders Expatriate soccer players in the United States FC Tucson players Footballers from Rome Italian expatriate footballers Italian footballers Italian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Living people Serie D players Thunder Bay Chill players UC Irvine Anteaters men's soccer players USL League One players USL League Two players Expatriate soccer players in Canada Italian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Union Omaha players {{Italy-footy-defender-1990s-stub