Blake Ricciuto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Blake Ashley Ricciuto Harriot | ||
| Date of birth | 2 September 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rockdale City Suns | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| West Adelaide | |||
| Sydney Olympic | |||
| APIA Leichhardt[1] | |||
| –2009 | St George[2] | ||
| 2012–2015 | Peñarol | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | St George FC | 41 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Peñarol | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Canadian (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| 2016– | Rockdale City Suns | 66 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 September 2018 | |||
Blake Ashley Ricciuto Harriot (born 2 September 1992) is an Australian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Rockdale City Suns. Ricciuto is of |Uruguayan and italian descents]].[3] Blake started his first grade career at the age of 16 playing for St George FC in the NSW super league, he played at St George for a further 3 years till the age of 19 before he made the move to Uruguay. At the Age of 20 Blake had his first taste of a professional environment being on trial at Uruguayan team Danubio, after 2 months of trialing Riccciuto impressed and coaches wanted to secure his signature for the reserves team of Danubio but due to complications didn't go through. After his passage through Danubio F.C, Ricciuto got his chance to show his ability to the club he was a childhood fan of Peñarol and after months of trialing and the change of coaches, Uruguayan and Juventus legend Paolo Montero (Reserves Manager) decided to secure the signature of Ricciuto.
Ricciuto's second start for reserves was a curtain raiser for the first grade against Danubio F.C away at Estadio Jardines in front of around 15,000 fans Danubio F.C scored an equaliser in the 90th minute. Late in injury time Blake received the ball on the edge of the box turned one defender and placed it into the top right hand corner of the goal to send the Peñarol fans into ruptures. Ricciuto celebrated emphatically against the club that didn't secure his service months before.
He went on to play many games for the reserves of Peñarol whilst training with the first team, he then made the move to second division team Canadian where he was a vital part playing over 25 games and helping them secure a spot in the promotion play off but they ended up going short losing to Boston River.
On his return to Australia he trialed with Sydney FC for just under 2 months once again impressing but once again not having the luck to secure a contract. He then made the move to Rockdale City Suns where in his first year of the club won the player of the year award for the club and also finding himself a spot in the team of the year for NSW NPL 1. Also in Australian edition of Four Four Two was named as one of the top 10 players outside the Aleague. He is still currently at Rockdale City Suns F.C.
References
- ↑ A-League reject living the dream in Uruguay
- ↑ Add in Blake Ricciuto, three years at St George between 2009 and 2011
- ↑ Bossi, Dominic. "Josip Simunic just one of a growing lost generation of Socceroos". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
External links
- Blake Ricciuto at Soccerway