Carlo Corazzin

Football player infobox| playername= Carlo Corazzin
fullname = Giancarlo Michele Corazzin


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1971|12|25
cityofbirth = New Westminster, British Columbia
countryofbirth = Canada
height = height|ft=5|in=11
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber =
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1992 1993 1994–1995 1996–1998 1998–2000 2000–2002 2003–2005
clubs = Winnipeg Fury Vancouver 86ers Cambridge United Plymouth Argyle Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Vancouver Whitecaps
caps(goals) = 024 (10) 024 0(7) 117 (43) 086 (24) 089 (32) 129 (22) 040 (11)
nationalyears = 1994–2004
nationalteam = Canada
nationalcaps(goals) = 059 (11)
pcupdate = 11 September 2006
ntupdate = 5 April 2006

Giancarlo Michele 'Carlo' Corazzin (born December 25, 1971) is a former professional Canadian soccer player who has appeared for the Canadian national team 59 times and has scored 11 goals. He is of Italian descent.

Biography

Club

Corazzin began his career with Winnipeg Fury of the Canadian Soccer League in 1992, scoring 10 goals in 24 games and helping the team win the CSL Championship. In 1993, Corazzin signed with the Vancouver Whitecaps of the A-League (now known as the USL First Division, where he finished second in the team's scoring charts with 7 goals in 24 games.

Corazzin signed with Cambridge United of the English Second Division (now known as League 1 on December 10, 1993, scoring 43 goals in 117 games over two-and-a-half seasons. In his final year with Cambridge, the team was relegated, and on March 28, 1996, Corazzin signed with Plymouth Argyle for a transfer fee of £150 000. In two-and-a-half seasons at Argyle, Corazzin scored 24 goals in 86 games.

Corazzin joined Northampton Town of the third division on June 26, 1998, netting 32 goals in 89 games over two seasons. Northampton Town were relegated in 1999, but with Corazzin's help, the club regained promotion in 2000.

On July 28, 2000, after a successful CONCACAF Gold Cup with Canada, Corazzin signed with Oldham Athletic and scored 22 goals in 129 games over three seasons. His finest moment with Oldham came in a match against Wrexham when Corazzin scored 4 in a 5-1 victory in 2001, finishing it off with his trademark celebration "The Carlo Spin".

In 2003, Corazzin re-signed with Vancouver Whitecaps, where he scored 7 goals in a 13-game undefeated streak. Corazzin played with the Whitecaps for 3 years until he was released in 2006.

Country

Corazzin made his Canadian national team debut on June 1, 1994 in a 1-1 tie with Morocco. In 2000, Corazzin won the Golden Boot as top scorer of the CONCACAF Gold Cup with 4 goals as Canada won the competition for the first time. Corazzin has recorded 11 goals in 59 games for Canada, ranking him sixth in the all-time scoring charts as of June 16, 2000
*CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI: 2000

Club

Northampton Town F.C.
*English Third Division:
**Third place (promoted): 1999-2000

Country

Canada
*CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2000
**Third place: 2002

External links

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