Victor “PC” Giro announces his retirement

July 20, 2024 – United Soccer League One (USL1)
Union Omaha Press Release

After eleven and a half years as a professional footballer, Victor “PC” Giro has announced his retirement from professional football.

The Brazilian midfielder arrived in Omaha last winter with experience at the highest level of American soccer. The Corinthians youth product first arrived in the United States with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the NASL. After stints there and with the Tampa Bay Rowdies, he used that experience to move up to the MLS with Orlando City and Vancouver Whitecaps.

In February 2024, he joined Union Omaha from San Antonio FC. He played ten games for the Owls and provided two assists in his role as a midfielder.

In total, PC played 14,000 minutes for eight clubs during his eleven and a half year career.

“My experience with the club was very good – I met a lot of good people and made some great friends,” PC said. “I got to work with a great coaching staff and roster, as well as the incredible front office staff at Union Omaha. It was also fun to share my experience with the young players and help the team. I loved playing in front of our fans – it was awesome and they always supported us.

“I am confident that I will retire. I am grateful for everything that the sport has given me and my family. For me, this is the right time to take this step. I am starting a new chapter in my career, in which I can help develop a new generation of footballers by continuing to share all my experience. I thank God for my successful career as a footballer and for everything that God has done in my life.”

Head coach Dominic Casciato also spoke highly of PC, saying: “We wish PC the best of luck in his new adventure and congratulate him on a fantastic playing career in which he has represented clubs on three different continents with distinction. While it hurts to lose a player of his ability and experience, I can understand his desire to begin the next chapter of his life by taking his first steps in the coaching world in San Antonio, a place that has been home to him and his family for the past four years.”

“Of course we are disappointed to lose him at this stage of the season, but the one constant in this game and in life is change. The best teams and organisations are prepared for such changes and adapt the quickest, and that is what we will do here to make ourselves even stronger in the second half of the season.”

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