Gastón Pezzuti
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gastón Fernando Pezzuti Carro | ||
Date of birth | 9 February 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1989–1997 | Racing Club | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2004 | Racing Club | 16 | (0) |
2002–2003 | → Lanús (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2005 | Deportes Concepción | 22 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Instituto de Córdoba | 23 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Real Oviedo | 12 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Atlético Rafaela | 11 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Gimnasia de Jujuy | 28 | (0) |
2009–2012 | Atlético Nacional | 118 | (0) |
2013 | Rosario Central | 2 | (0) |
International career | |||
1995 | Argentina U20 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 March 2013 |
Gastón Fernando Pezzuti Carro (born 9 June 1976) is an Argentine former footballer who played as goalkeeper. He previously played in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Spain.
Pezzuti was member of the Argentine squad that won the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship in Qatar.
Club career
[edit]Pezzuti began his career at Argentine giant Racing Club; he was promoted to the first team in 1997, two years after winning the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship held in Qatar. He made his competitive debut in the 1–1 draw against Ferro Carril Oeste. In 2002, he was loaned to Lanús, and then returned to Racing on June of the next year.
In 2005, Pezzuti was signed to Chilean Primera División side Deportes Concepción, this being his first transfer to a foreign club. He made his debut for the purples in a 2–0 away win over Coquimbo Unido in a league game. Pezzuti was the first-team goalkeeper of a good Concepción team that qualified to the quarter-finals of the championship.
After his spell in Chile, he returned to his country to play in the recently promoted team in the Argentine Primera División Instituto de Córdoba and then he joined Spanish club Real Oviedo, remaining in Europe a short time. Pezzuti returned to his country, to play for Atlético de Rafaela and Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy.
Atlético Nacional
[edit]On 8 June 2009, Pezzuti joined Primera División de Colombia team Atlético Nacional, signing a one-year contract. One of the factors that helped in his transfer to the verdolaga club was the signing of his former coach of Lanús, Ramón Cabrero, who managed the player at that club in 2003 and requested Pezzuti as the club's first goalkeeper. He made his club debut on 10 July 2009 in a 1–1 draw with La Equidad.
Because his good performances for the club, Pezzuti was promoted to captain of the club for the 2010 season, that was disappointing for Atlético, failing to win the championship, one of the season's objectives. Pezzuti was supposed to leave the team, as his contract ended in 2011, but shortly after it was renewed for one more season.[1]
In 2011, Pezzuti was established as figure and idol of the team, after saving three penalties during the 2011 Apertura final's penalty kicks against La Equidad, winning the championship.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Racing Club
- Atlético Nacional
International
[edit]- Argentina U20
References
[edit]- ^ "Pezzuti renovó otro año". 13 December 2010. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011.
External links
[edit]- Gaston Fernando Pezzuti at BDFA (in Spanish)
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentina men's youth international footballers
- Argentina men's under-20 international footballers
- Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy footballers
- Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba footballers
- Club Atlético Lanús footballers
- Real Oviedo players
- Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
- Atlético de Rafaela footballers
- Atlético Nacional footballers
- Rosario Central footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Categoría Primera A players
- Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia
- Footballers from Buenos Aires
- Men's association football goalkeepers