Carlos Damián Casteglione (sometimes spelt Casteglioni; born on 9 May 1980, in
Avellaneda
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,
Buenos Aires Province
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) is an
Argentine
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football
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defender or defensive midfielder who plays for
Juventud Universitario in
Torneo Argentino A.
Career
Casteglione started his career in 2002 with
Arsenal de Sarandí. He had a short spell in 2004 on loan with
Juventud Unida Universitario in the regionalised
Argentine third division.
After his loan spell he returned to Arsenal and played for the club during the most successful period in its history. In
2006-07 he helped Arsenal to qualify for the
Copa Libertadores
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for the first time in the club's history.
In 2007, he was the captain of the Arsenal team that won the
Copa Sudamericana
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, but he missed the second leg of the final due to a red card in the first leg in the
Azteca stadium. In 2008, Casteglione scored Arsenal's winning goal in the
Suruga Bank Championship
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The tournament was previously officially called the ...
.
After several years service as the Arsenal club captain, Casteglione joined the Greek club
Panionios F.C.
Panionios G.S.S. Football Club ( Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'' ...
in 2009 on a 1-year loan deal. He returned to Argentina in June 2010 to join recently promoted first division team
All Boys.
Honours
References
External links
Argentine Primera statisticsat Futbol XXI
Carlos Casteglione at Football Lineups*
1981 births
Living people
Copa Sudamericana-winning players
Footballers from Avellaneda
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Argentine Primera División players
Arsenal de Sarandí footballers
Panionios F.C. players
All Boys footballers
Club Atlético Tigre footballers
Rosario Central footballers
Super League Greece players
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
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