Enzo Concina (born 21 June 1962) is a Canadian retired

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player who played as a defender. Born in Italy, his family moved to

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when he was four years old.

Club career

Concina played in the

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in 1982 with Toronto Italia. He played Professional club football in Italy for

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Cesena Cesena (; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy; and - with Forlì - is the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. Served by Autostrada A14 (Italy), Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine M ...

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Piacenza Piacenza (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Piacenza, eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with more ...

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, Forli, and in Canada for the Montreal Impact. He worked for SSC Napoli as technical assistant to Walter Mazzarri. He worked as assistant coach for D.C. United in 2014. and in the same role for the Montreal Impact in January 2015.

International career

Concina made his debut for

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in a July 1988 friendly match against

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and immediately scored his first goal for Canada. He earned a total of 4 caps with the Senior team, scoring 1 goal. He has not represented Canada in any

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matches but did play at the

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, his final international coming at that tournament, a 0-8 demolition by

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Honours

Club

; Montreal Impact *

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Champion:

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.http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1994/results94.htm APSL 1994 Season

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* 1962 births Living people People from Prato Carnico Footballers from the Province of Udine Soccer players from Mississauga Italian emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada Men's association football central defenders Italian men's footballers Canadian men's soccer players Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Canada men's international soccer players Serie B players Toronto Italia players Ravenna FC players AC Cesena players AC Pavia 1911 SSD players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players AC Monza players Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players Canadian National Soccer League players American Professional Soccer League players 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup players D.C. United non-playing staff CF Montréal non-playing staff 20th-century Canadian sportsmen 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Canada-footy-bio-stub