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Eduardo Nicolás Tuzzio (born 31 July 1978) is an Argentine
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
. 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
Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Río de la Plata, Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the Quilmes Partido, eponymous county. With a population of 230 ...
, 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
Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...
, 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 *
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 ...
(3): 2003 Clausura, 2004 Clausura, 2008 Clausura ;Independiente *
Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American ...
(1): 2010


International career

Tuzzio was called up to training with the
Argentina national football team The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina. Nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' ('The White and S ...
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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Argentine Primera statistics
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