Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Roman Celentano was born September 14, 2000 in Naperville, Illinois, United States. He is a goalkeeper in Major League Soccer.

Celentano decided to forgo his senior year of college at Indiana University to sign a Generation Adidas contract with Major League Soccer, making him eligible for the 2022 MLS SuperDraft. Projected as a Top 10 draft pick, Celentano was drafted second overall by FC Cincinnati in the draft, becoming the highest drafted goalkeeper in the SuperDraft since Andre Blake in 2014. As a Generation adidas player, he signed with FC Cincinnati the same day on January 11, 2022.

Celentano went on loan for the early part of the 2022 season with Cincinnati's reserve team, FC Cincinnati 2 in MLS Next Pro, where he made his professional debut on March 27, 2022 in a 0–2 loss to Philadelphia Union II. Celentano made his first team debut for Cincinnati on April 19, 2022 in a U.S. Open Cup match against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. A few days later, on April 24, 2022, Celentano made his MLS debut, starting and playing the full match in a 1–2 loss to Los Angeles FC. Celentano bagged his first clean sheet in a victory against Toronto FC on May 4, 2022 and then followed that up with a second consecutive clean sheet against Minnesota United FC. That earned the rookie a spot in the MLS team of the week for Week 10 of the 2022 Major League Soccer season.