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Matías Caruzzo Personal information Full name Matías Nicolás Caruzzo Date of birth August 15, 1984 Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] Playing position Centre back / Sweeper Club information Current club Boca Juniors Number 6 Youth career 2003–2005 Argentinos Juniors Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2006–2010 Argentinos Juniors 125 (4) 2010– Club Atlético Boca Juniors 36 (-) National team‡ 2008– Argentina 5 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:05, May 20, 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:08, October 21, 2010 (UTC)Matías Nicolás Caruzzo (born August 15, 1984 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football defender who plays for Boca Juniors in the Argentine Primera División.
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Playing career
Club
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]
National team
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.
Achievements
Club
- Primera División: 1
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- 2010 Clausura
References
- ^ "Matías Caruzzo profile" (in Spanish). Boca Juniors official website. Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. http://www.bocajuniors.com.ar/futbol/ficha/caruzzo-matias-nicolas. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
- ^ "Caruzzo, finalmente, pasó a Boca" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 2010-07-10. Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=1057844&s=arg&type=story. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
External links
- Argentine Primera statistics at Futbol XXI (Spanish)
- Matías Caruzzo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Player profile at Football-Lineups.com
- Caruzzo, Matías Nicolás at Historia de Boca.com (Spanish)
Boca Juniors – current squad 1 Orión · 2 Schiavi · 3 Rodríguez · 4 F. Sosa · 5 Battaglia · 6 Caruzzo · 7 Mouche · 8 Rivero · 9 Viatri · 10 Riquelme · 11 Erviti · 12 D'Angelo · 13 S. Sosa · 14 Ruiz · 15 Colazo · 16 Méndez · 17 Blandi · 18 Somoza · 19 Gracián · 20 Cvitanich · 21 Chávez · 22 Erbes · 23 Roncaglia · 24 Araujo · 25 Giménez · 26 Sauro · 27 Gaona Lugo · 28 Sánchez Miño · 29 Insaurralde · 31 Fragapane · 32 Paredes · Manager: FalcioniCategories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Buenos Aires
- Argentine footballers
- Argentina international footballers
- Association football defenders
- Argentinos Juniors footballers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Primera División Argentina players
- Argentine football defender stubs
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