Eduardo Nicolás Tuzzio (born 31 July 1978) is an Argentine

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. He also holds an

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passport.

Career

Tuzzio began his professional career in 1993 with

San Lorenzo de Almagro Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro, commonly known as San Lorenzo de Almagro or simply San Lorenzo (in English: ''Saint Lawrence''), is a sports club of Argentina in the Boedo district of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team ...

. In 1995, he was loaned to

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, staying there just one season before returning to San Lorenzo. In 2001, he was transferred to

Olympique Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; oc, Olimpic de Marselha, ), also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional men's football club based in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Founded in 1899, the club pl ...

in France's

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, where he played for two seasons. He returned to Argentina joining River Plate in 2003. He played one season on loan for RCD Mallorca in Spain's

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, before returning to River in 2006. Tuzzio transferred to Independiente following the 2008 Apertura.

Honours

;San Lorenzo *

Argentine Primera División The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). Th ...

(1): 2001 Clausura ;River Plate *

(3): 2003 Clausura, 2004 Clausura, 2008 Clausura ;Independiente *

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(1): 2010

International career

Tuzzio was called up to training with the

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in preparation for the 2007 Copa América. However, he was not part of the final squad. He earned his second cap against

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on 18 April 2007.

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at Fútbol XXI * 1974 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine footballers Argentina international footballers San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Quilmes Atlético Club footballers Olympique de Marseille players Club Atlético River Plate footballers Argentine Primera División players Ligue 1 players La Liga players RCD Mallorca players Club Atlético Independiente footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Association football defenders {{Argentina-footy-defender-1970s-stub