Marcelo Carrusca

Marcelo Carrusca

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Adrián Carrusca
Date of birth	1 September 1983 (1983-09-01) (age 28)
Place of birth	La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left winger
Club information
Current club	San Martín de San Juan (on loan from Galatasaray)
Number	8
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2006	Estudiantes	103	(12)
2006–2009	Galatasaray	14	(1)
2008–2009	→ Cruz Azul (loan)	11	(1)
2009–2010	→ Estudiantes (loan)	17	(2)
2010-2011	→ Banfield (loan)	23	(2)
2011-present	San Martín de San Juan	0	(0)
National team‡
2003–2004	Argentina U-20	16	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:43, 6 August 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 05:59, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Marcelo Adrián Carrusca (born September 1, 1983 in La Plata, Argentina), is an Argentine professional footballer currently playing for San Martín de San Juan of the Argentine Primera División on loan from Galatasaray. He usually plays as a left winger.

Career

Club

Carrusca is a product of Estudiantes de La Plata's youth divisions. He made his first appearance for the club in 2001, and played 103 league games (12 goals) for the team until 2006.

On 27 July 2006 he signed for Turkish Galatasaray, opting for a 5-year contract worth around €1.8 Million. He played one year for the club, but on 25 July 2007 Galatasaray Manager Karl Heinz Feldkamp reported officially that he did not wish to keep Carrusca on the team and asked the board to sell him in order to open space for a new foreign transfer.

After lack of first team appearances in Galatasaray, he was loaned for 1 year to Mexican Primera División team Cruz Azul for 2008-09 football season. He then re-joined Estudiantes to play with the team during the 2009-10 Argentine Primera División season and the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.

On July 8, 2010, Carrusca joined Banfield on loan from Galatasaray to replace recently transferred left winger James Rodríguez.^[1]

National team

Carrusca played as an U-20 Argentina international. He scored 2 goals in 16 of his appearances and was a member of the Argentina Under-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Honours

• Argentina U-20
  • CONMEBOL U-20 Championship: 1 (2003)
• Galatasaray
  • Turkish League: 1 (2007-08)

References

1. ^ "Carrusca ya gambetea en el Sur" (in Spanish). Clarín. 2010-07-08. http://www.clarin.com/deportes/futbol/Carrusca-gambetea-Sur_0_294570646.html. Retrieved 2010-07-08. 

External links

• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)
• Statistics at Irish Times
• Profile at TFF.org
• Profile at transfermarkt.de

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Name	Carrusca, Marcelo
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Date of birth	1 September 1983
Place of birth	La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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