Matías Caruzzo

Matías Caruzzo

Personal information
Full name	Matías Nicolás Caruzzo
Date of birth	August 15, 1984 (1984-08-15) (age 27)
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.

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

Argentinos Juniors

• Primera División: 1

2010 Clausura

References

1. ^ "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. 
2. ^ "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)

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Name	Caruzzo, Matías
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Date of birth	1984-08-15
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
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