Matías Caruzzo

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Matías Caruzzo
File:Matías Caruzzo.jpg
Caruzzo with San Lorenzo in 2016
Personal information
Full name Matías Nicolás Caruzzo
Date of birth (1984-08-15) August 15, 1984 (age 41)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position 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

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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 Claudio Borghi, the 2010 Clausura champion coach of Argentinos Juniors, to Boca Juniors for the dispute of the 2010–11 Argentine Primera División season. Boca paid Argentinos a 2,500,000 US dollar fee, plus a percentage of the future sale.[2] In January 2014, Caruzzo signed a contract with Universidad de Chile for 3 years.[3]

International

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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

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Argentinos Juniors

Boca Juniors

San Lorenzo

Rosario Central

References

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