Claudio Repetto (born 2 February 1997) is a retired Italian footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Genoa

Repetto played as part of the

Genoa Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...

academy for 10 years, spending time on loan with

Serie D The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...

clubs RapalloBogliasco, Lavagnese, and

Sestri Levante Sestri Levante () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, Italy. Lying on the Mediterranean Sea, it is approximately south-east of Genoa and is set on a promontory. While nearby Portofino and the Cinque Terre are pro ...

College and amateur

With assistance fro
USA College Sport
Repetto relocated to the United States in 2017, which was instrumental in paving his way towards securing a position to play

college soccer College soccer, called college football in some countries, is played by teams composed of soccer players who are enrolled in colleges and universities. While it is most widespread in the United States, it is also prominent in Japan, South Kore ...

Grand View University Grand View University is a private liberal arts university in Des Moines, Iowa. Founded in 1896 and affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the university enrolls approximately 2,000 students and is accredited by the Highe ...

situated in

Des Moines Des Moines is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Iowa, most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Polk County, Iowa, Polk County with parts extending into Warren County, Iowa, Wa ...

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

. During his two seasons with the Vikings, he showcased a strong performance by scoring 18 goals and making 9 assists. In 2019, after his initial successful stint, he transferred to

Coastal Carolina University Coastal Carolina University (CCU or Coastal) is a public university in Conway, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, and later joining the University of South Carolina System as USC Coastal Carolina, ...

. Over the next two seasons, he continued his exceptional form by scoring 7 goals and providing 1 assist in 29 appearances. His remarkable performance in 2020 saw him being named to the 2020 USC All-Southeast Region Second Team, and he co-led the Sun Belt in goals, scoring five in 13 games. These achievements contributed to the Chanticleers winning consecutive Sun Belt tournament titles in 2019 and 2020, along with a regular-season title in 2020. During his college journey, Repetto also showed his mettle in the NPSL, appearing for Med City in 2018, and scored 11 goals in 14 appearances. He had a stint in the

USL League Two USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States, forming part of the United States soccer league system. The league will featu ...

with Ocean City Nor'easters, where he netted 8 goals in 13 appearances during their 2019 season.

Charleston Battery

On 25 June 2021, Repetto signed with

USL Championship The USL Championship (USLC) is a men's professional association football, soccer league in the second tier of the United States soccer league system#Men's leagues, United States league system. It is organized by the United Soccer League (USL) a ...

side

Charleston Battery The Charleston Battery are an American professional association football, soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are the oldest continuously operating professional socc ...

. He made his debut for the club the following day, appearing as a 74th-minute substitute during a 3–0 victory over Loudoun United. Repetto went on to have a successful rookie campaign in Charleston, scoring nine goals and tallying three assists in 24 appearances. Leading the team in scoring, he was named the club's offensive player of the year and newcomer of the year by the supporters for 2021.

Phoenix Rising FC

Repetto was transferred from Charleston to

Phoenix Rising FC Phoenix Rising Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 2014 as Arizona United Soccer Club, the team is a member of the USL Championship. They won the league championship in 2023, defeating the ...

and thereafter signed a multi-year contract with Phoenix on February 12, 2022.

Miami FC

On September 21, 2022, Repetto transferred from Phoenix to

Miami FC Miami FC is an American professional association football, soccer team based in Miami, Florida that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. The club began play in the North American Soccer League (201 ...

. Following the 2023 season Repetto was not re-signed by the team and announced his retirement.

References

External links

Claudio Repetto
at Charleston Battery 1997 births Men's association football forwards Charleston Battery players Phoenix Rising FC players Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's soccer players Genoa CFC players Living people Italian men's footballers Italian expatriate men's footballers Italian expatriates in the United States Italian expatriate sportspeople in the United States National Premier Soccer League players Ocean City Nor'easters players Footballers from Genoa USD Lavagnese 1919 players US Sestri Levante 1919 players USL Championship players USL League Two players Miami FC players 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-forward-1990s-stub