Matías Caruzzo
 Caruzzo with San Lorenzo in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matías Nicolás Caruzzo | ||
| Date of birth | August 15, 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2005 | Argentinos Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2010 | Argentinos Juniors | 120 | (4) |
| 2010–2014 | Boca Juniors | 73 | (2) |
| 2014 | Universidad de Chile | 9 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Argentinos Juniors | 20 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | San Lorenzo | 79 | (6) |
| 2018–2019 | Rosario Central | 29 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | Argentinos Juniors | 5 | (0) |
| Total | 335 | (15) | |
| International career | |||
| 2008–2017 | Argentina | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Matías Nicolás Caruzzo (born August 15, 1984, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former football defender. He last played for Argentinos Juniors.
Playing career
[edit]Club
[edit]Caruzzo came through Argentinos Juniors youth development system to make his professional debut on March 25, 2006, in a 3–1 away defeat to Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy. He went on to establish himself as an important member of the first team squad.
Caruzzo was an important member of the Argentinos Juniors team that won the 2010 Clausura championship. He played in all 19 games and scored a vital goal in their 4–3 win against Independiente in the penultimate game of their championship winning campaign.
Caruzzo followed Argentinos Juniors 2010 Clausura champion coach Claudio Borghi to Boca Juniors for the dispute of the 2010–11 Argentine Primera División season. Boca paid Argentinos a 2,500,000 US dollars fee, plus a percentage of a future sell.[2] In January 2014, Caruzzo signed a contract with Universidad de Chile for 3 years.[3]
International
[edit]On May 20, 2009, Caruzzo made his international debut in a friendly match against Panama. The Argentine team, made up of players based in the Argentine Primera División, won the game 3–1.
Honours
[edit]Argentinos Juniors
Boca Juniors
San Lorenzo
Rosario Central
References
[edit]- ^ "Matías Caruzzo profile" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors official website. Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
- ^ "Caruzzo, finalmente, pasó a Boca". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 2010-07-10. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
- ^ "Matías Caruzzo: "Llego a la 'U' para jugar la Copa Libertadores" - LA TERCERA". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
External links
[edit]- Argentine Primera statistics[usurped] at Futbol XXI (in Spanish)
- Matías Caruzzo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Player profile at Football-Lineups.com
- Caruzzo, Matías Nicolás at Historia de Boca.com (in Spanish)
- Matías Caruzzo at Soccerway
- Matías Caruzzo at BDFA (in Spanish)
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Buenos Aires
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentina men's international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Argentinos Juniors footballers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Club Universidad de Chile footballers
- San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
- Rosario Central footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Primera Nacional players
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen
- Argentine football defender, 1980s birth stubs