Geovanis Cassiani Gómez (born January 10, 1970, in

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, Antioquia), known as Geovanis Cassiani, is a Colombia former

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who played as a

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. He played for the Colombia national team at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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, Spain, wearing the #13 jersey. Cassiani also was a member of the

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Me ...

squad. In Argentina, he played 10 matches in Rosario Central, in the 1998–99 season. He is the younger brother of Francisco Cassiani.

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* * 1970 births Living people Colombian footballers Colombian people of Italian descent Association football defenders Colombia international footballers Colombia under-20 international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players Categoría Primera A players Atlético Nacional footballers América de Cali footballers Deportes Tolima footballers Envigado F.C. players Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Colombia Rosario Central footballers Sportspeople from Antioquia Department Colombian expatriate footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Expatriate footballers in Argentina {{Colombia-footy-defender-stub