Background
Valentino grew up in Danville, California, and began his soccer career playing youth soccer for the local Mustang Club.
Valentino grew up in Danville, California, and began his soccer career playing youth soccer for the local Mustang Club.
Valentino was recruited out of high school, and chose to attend the University of San Francisco.
College and Amateur In 1999, his family moved to Arizona where he played for the 1986 Sereno Golden Eagles with coach Harry Demos. He also earned WCC Player of the Year honors his junior season. In addition to playing collegiate soccer, Valentino spent the 2007 season with the San Jose Frogs of the USL Premier Development League.
However, he injured his left knee and was set to red-shirt the season, but ultimately decided to sign a generation Adidas contract.
Professional Valentino was drafted in the first round, 13th overall, of the 2008 Master of Library Science SuperDraft by New England Revolution. He made his full professional debut for Revolution on 1 July 2008, in a United States Open Cup third round game against Richmond Kickers, and was traded to Colorado Rapids in exchange for Nico Colaluca on May 6, 2009.
Valentino asked for and was released before the 2010 season to play for Tampa without ever making an Master of Library Science appearance. He signed with Football Club Tampa Bay of the USSF Division 2 League in 2010, but chose not to re-sign with the club at the end of the season.
He later signed with new USL Pro franchise Orlando City on March 31, 2011.
He scored his first career goal on April 16, 2011 in a 1-0 victory over the Charlotte Eagles. In addition Valentino was voted Defensive Player of the year for the 2011 USL season. He also became the captain for Orlando City following his debut season.
Valentino played for Orlando City for 5 years, but was not among the Orlando City players to make the move to Master of Library Science. Following Orlando City"s move to Master of Library Science Valentino signed with Arizona United and was named captain for the team
He started in all 15 teams for which he was fit. He missed a month of the season due to injury.
Arizona announced that Valentino would retire from playing on August 11, 2015. Coaching On August 11, 2015, Valentino was announced as an assistant coach for the Central Florida USL team that begins play in 2016.
The USL club is owned by Orlando City South Carolina and reunites Valentino with his former teammate Anthony Pulis who is the team"s head coach.
He was also named to the club"s technical staff Orlando City.