Franco Cángele (born 16 July 1984 in
Francisco Madero
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,
Buenos Aires
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) is an
Argentine
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footballer
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, who played as a
forward
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.
Cángele went through the
Boca Juniors
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youth system to make his debut for the club in 2002, he played a total of 57 games for the club in all competitions, scoring 10 goals. Cángele won three trophies in his time at Boca; the
Primera Division Argentina
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Apertura
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2003, the
Copa Libertadores
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2003 and the
Copa Sudamericana
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2004.
In 2005 Cángele was transferred to
Club Atlético Independiente
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and then later that year to
Colón de Santa Fe Colón may refer to:
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. In 2006 and fellow Colón team mate
Alejandro Capurro signed contracts with Sakaryaspor in
Turkey
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.
In 2013 Cángele left Turkey for a personal problem, and after a few months training with the first team of Boca Juniors. He confirm the return to the first team this season.
The day 27 of June 2013 Franco, in dialogue with Argentinian Radio La Red on Buenos Aires declare "I am a Boca Juniors player again. I just know about it," declare the midfield of 28 years. As well he added:"I can play as a winger or as a second striker," he predicted, excited for the chance to back to the first team of Boca Juniors.
Honours
International career
He came to international attention playing for the
Argentina Under-20 team in the
2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
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in which Argentina finished fourth overall.
Honours
;Kayserispor
*
Turkish Cup
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(1):
2007–08
References
External links
Statisticsat Guardian StatsCentre
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1984 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province
Argentine footballers
Argentina under-20 international footballers
Argentine expatriate footballers
Association football forwards
Boca Juniors footballers
Boca Unidos footballers
Club Atlético Independiente footballers
Club Atlético Colón footballers
Sakaryaspor footballers
Kayserispor footballers
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
Argentine Primera División players
Primera Nacional players
Süper Lig players
TFF First League players
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
Pan American Games medalists in football
Footballers at the 2003 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
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