Nicolas "Nico" Colaluca is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder.
Education
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he attended Louisiana Salle Academy in Providence. Colaluca played college soccer at the University of Virginia, and in the USL Premier Development League with the Rhode Island Stingrays. In 2004 he was awarded NSCAA High School Player of The Year and also participated in the High School McDonald"s All-American game that year.
While at Virginia, he was named to the 2004 Freshman All-American Team, the 2004 Administrative Committee on Company-ordination All-Tournament Team, and the 2004 Administrative Committee on Company-ordination All-Freshman Team.
Career
Youth and College Professional Colaluca was drafted in the first round (6th overall) of the 2007 Master of Library Science SuperDraft by the Colorado Rapids, and subsequently made 4 Master of Library Science appearances during his two seasons with the team He was traded to New England Revolution in exchange for Rob Valentino on May 6, 2009. During 2009 Colaluca also spent time on loan with Western Mass Pioneers in the USL Second Division.
lieutenant was announced on November 18, 2010 that Colaluca would graduate from the Master of Library Science Generation Adidas program at the end of the 2010 season.
On August 3, 2011, he signed with the Atlanta Silverbacks of the NASL. International Colaluca played with the youth teams of the United States, including the under-20 level