| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raffaele Cretaro | ||
| Date of birth | 15 October 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Sligo, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sligo Rovers | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Tubber F.C. | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000-2005 | Sligo Rovers | (13) | |
| 2006 | Galway United | (1) | |
| 2007-2009 | Sligo Rovers | 88 | (28) |
| 2010 | Bohemians | 25 | (5) |
| 2011- | Sligo Rovers | 46 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Raffaele Cretaro is a footballer from Tubbercurry, County Sligo, Ireland, currently playing for League of Ireland Club Sligo Rovers.
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The "Tubbercurry Tornado" has spent most of his career at Sligo Rovers, spending one season away to Galway United.[1]
After moving from midfielder to striker, Cretaro became a prolific goalscorer under manager Paul Cook, scoring 13 league goals during the 2009 campaign [1], and also netting crucial goals in the FAI Cup, League Cup and Europa League.[2] . Cretaro's form was rewarded during the season when he won Player of the Month for June 2009.[3]
His final game in Sligo colours came in the FAI Cup Final when Rovers went 2-1 to Sporting Fingal.[4] He then signed for Pat Fenlon's Bohemians squad in time for the 2010 season[5]
Cretaro scored his first competitive goal for Bohs in the Setanta Sports Cup against Glentoran in Dalymount Park on the 13th March, and followed that up 3 days later to net his first league goal for the club away to U.C.D.[6]
He returned for his third spell with Rovers for the 2011 Season and scored his first goal in the Setanta Sports Cup game with Sligo Rovers.
Correct as of 7 November 2011.
| Season | Club | League | League | FAI Cup | League Cup | Europe | Setanta Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2000-01 | Sligo Rovers | League of Ireland | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 2001-02 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | ||
| 2002-03 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | ||
| 2003 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||
| 2004 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | ||
| 2005 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2007 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2008 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5 | ||
| 2009 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 21 | ||
| 2011 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 9 | ||
| Total | 270 | 40 | 30 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 327 | 53 | ||
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