Christian Rodrigo Zurita (born July 24, 1979 in

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) is an

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. He currently plays as captain for

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of the Spor Toto Super League in

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. Zurita started his career at his local club Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta in the

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in 1997, at the end of the 1997–1998 season the club were relegated to the Argentine 2nd division and Zurita decided to stay with the club. When Gimnasia y Tiro failed to secure promotion back to the primera, Zurita moved to

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, the club with which he has had the most success to date. In 2003 Zurita was sold to

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and 2 seasons later he joined Colón de Santa Fe and during the summer of 2006 Zurita joined Gaziantepspor in Turkey and in 2009 he became the team captain.

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