{{Short description|Canadian soccer player (born 1946)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=August 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Peter Greco | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|7|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Priverno, Italy | height = {{height|m=1.89}} | position = Goalkeeper | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Montréal Y.C.A.P. | years1 = 1965–1967 | years2 = 1967–1968 | years3 = 1968–1972 | years4 = 1970 | years5 = 1972 | years6 = 1975 | years7 = 1975–1982 | clubs1 = US Superga St-Viateur | clubs2 = Burnaby Villa | clubs3 = Vancouver Columbus FC | clubs4 = Vancouver Spartans | clubs5 = Richmond Ramparts | clubs6 = Vancouver Whitecaps | clubs7 = Vancouver Columbus FC | caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = | caps4 = | caps5 = | caps6 = 8 | caps7 = | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = | goals4 = | goals5 = | goals6 = 0 | goals7 = | nationalyears1 = 1967–1974 | nationalyears2 = 1968 | nationalteam1 = Canada Amateur | nationalteam2 = Canada "A" | nationalcaps1 = 16 | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalgoals2 = 0 }}
'''Peter Greco''' (born 19 July 1946) is a former soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. He was a three-time national champion with Vancouver Columbus FC (1969, 1977, 1978). Born in Italy, he was Canada's starting goalkeeper during FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 1968,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://canadasoccer.com/national/camps/?camp_id=33|title = FIFA World Cup Qualifiers| date=23 February 2020 }}</ref> the Pan American Games in 1967 and 1971, and Olympic Qualifiers in 1971.
He made 19 career international appearances with Canada (at the time a record), including three international "A" appearances in 1968.
Early in his club career, he was named the most valuable player of the 1966 Québec National League season.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UcQtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1J8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6481%2C4736444|title=Eyes jump|website=Google|author1=Norm Gillespie|date=22 November 1966|access-date=30 March 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== Born in Italy, Greco is of American descent through his mother.<ref>{{Canada Soccer player|id=1365}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://heritage.bcsoccer.net/entries/peter-greco/ BC Soccer] * [http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/G/Greco.Peter.htm NASL career stats]
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