View source for Pasquale de Luca

{{Short description|Canadian soccer player and coach}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{family name hatnote|de Luca|Luca}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name=Pasquale de Luca
|image=
|image_size=
|caption=
|fullname=Pasquale de Luca
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1962|5|26}}
|birth_place=[[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]]
|death_date=
|death_place=
|height=
|position=
|years1=1980-1982
|clubs1=[[Edmonton Drillers (1979–1982)|Edmonton Drillers]]
|caps1=16
|goals1=0
|years2=1980-1982
|clubs2=[[Edmonton Drillers (1979–1982)|Edmonton Drillers]] (indoor)
|caps2=34
|goals2=3
|years3=1982-1984
|clubs3=[[Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984)|Toronto Blizzard]]
|caps3=53
|goals3=3
|years4=1985-1988
|clubs4=[[Cleveland Force (1978–1988)|Cleveland Force]]
|caps4=110
|goals4=19
|years5=1986-1987
|clubs5=[[Edmonton Brick Men]]
|caps5=9+
|goals5=1+
|totalcaps=|totalgoals=
| nationalyears1 =   1984–1985
| nationalteam1 =   [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]]
| nationalcaps1 =    19 
| nationalgoals1 =   1 
|manageryears1=|managerclubs1=
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|CAN}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CONCACAF Championship]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1985 CONCACAF Championship|1985 North America]]|}}
}}

'''Pasquale de Luca''' (surname also spelled '''DeLuca''') (born May 26, 1962 in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]]) is a former Canadian professional soccer player. He is the head coach of the [[Edmonton Drillers (2007)|Edmonton Drillers]].

==Club career==
A native of [[Edmonton]], De Luca played four seasons in the [[North American Soccer League (1968-1984)|North American Soccer League]]. He played 1981 and part of 1982 with his hometown [[Edmonton Drillers (NPSL)|Edmonton Drillers]]. He then played the remainder of 1982 as well as 1983 and 1984 for the [[Toronto Blizzard (NASL)|Toronto Blizzard]]. De Luca later played in the original [[Major Soccer League|MISL]], playing three seasons – 1985–86 through 1987–88 – with the [[Cleveland Force (1978–1988)|Cleveland Force]] as a [[defender (football)|defender]]. In 1986, he also played for the [[Edmonton Brick Men]] in the [[Western Soccer Alliance]].<ref>[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1986/stats86.htm#Edmonton 1986 Edmonton Brickmen]</ref>

==International career==
A [[forward (association football)|forward]] for Canada, De Luca was a member of the [[Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Olympic]] team that reached the quarterfinals, going out on penalty kicks to Brazil's 'B' team after a 1–1 draw. de Luca did not however make any appearances either in qualifying or in the tournament finals. He played in 19 full internationals for [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]] from 1984 to 1985, scoring one goal. His final international appearance came in the September 1985 match versus [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]] that clinched a berth in the [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986 World Cup]].<ref>[https://www.canadasoccer.com/?pid=916&t=profile& Canada Soccer Profile]</ref>

De Luca was on the 1986 World Cup squad, but did not appear in the finals.

===International goals===
:''Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1 || 10 March 1985|| [[Hasely Crawford Stadium|National Stadium]], [[Port of Spain]], Trinidad and Tobago || {{fb|TRI}} ||  || 2–1 || [[Friendly match]]
|}

==Honors==
'''Edmonton Drillers'''
*[[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|NASL]] indoor champion: [[1980–81 NASL Indoor season|1980–81]]
*[[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|NASL]] indoor season prmiership: [[1981–82 NASL Indoor season|1981–82]]

'''Toronto Blizzard'''
*[[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|NASL]]: [[Soccer Bowl '83|1983]] ''(finalist)''
*[[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|NASL]]: [[Soccer Bowl '84|1984]] ''(finalist)''

'''Canada'''
*[[CONCACAF Championship]]: [[1985 CONCACAF Championship|1985]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/conca85det.html|title=Torneo Premundial 1985 (IX Campeonato de Naciones (NORCECA) CONCACAF)|access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Canada Soccer|916}}
*{{NFT player|21128}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717045838/http://img.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=48317/index.html FIFA Pasquale de Luca]
*[https://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/D/DeLuca.Pasquale.htm NASL/MISL/CSL stats]

{{Canada Squad 1984 Summer Olympics}}
{{Canada squad 1985 CONCACAF Championship}}
{{Canada Squad 1986 World Cup}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:De Luca, Pasquale}}
[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:1986 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Men's association football utility players]]
[[Category:Canada men's international soccer players]]
[[Category:Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States]]
[[Category:Canadian expatriate men's soccer players]]
[[Category:Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent]]
[[Category:Canadian men's soccer players]]
[[Category:Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) players]]
[[Category:Cleveland Force (original MISL) players]]
[[Category:CONCACAF Championship–winning players]]
[[Category:Edmonton Brick Men players]]
[[Category:Edmonton Drillers (1979–1982) players]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States]]
[[Category:Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players]]
[[Category:North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players]]
[[Category:North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players]]
[[Category:Olympic soccer players for Canada]]
[[Category:Soccer players from Edmonton]]
[[Category:Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984) players]]
[[Category:Western Soccer Alliance players]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen]]