Franco Cángele (born 16 July 1984 in

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) is an

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, who played as a

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. Cángele went through the

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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

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2003, the

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2003 and the

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2004. In 2005 Cángele was transferred to

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and then later that year to

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. In 2006 and fellow Colón team mate Alejandro Capurro signed contracts with Sakaryaspor in

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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

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in which Argentina finished fourth overall.

Honours

;Kayserispor *

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(1): 2007–08

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