Pablo Bastianini (born 9 November 1982 in Zárate,

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

) 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 ...

who plays for the

Coras de Tepic Coras Fútbol Club commonly known as Coras de Tepic is a football club that plays in the Mexican football league system Mexican Liga Premier (third-tier). The club was founded in the late 1950s as Deportivo Tepic and is based in Tepic, Nayarit, Me ...

in the Ascenso MX. Besides Argentina, he has played in England, Greece, Venezuela, Israel, Japan, and Mexico.

Club career

He started his footballing career in the youth divisions of

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the ...

and Club Atlético Independiente. His professional debut was with

Defensores de Belgrano Club Atlético Defensores de Belgrano (usually known as Defensores de Belgrano) is an Argentine sports club from Nuñez, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in Primera Nacional, the regionalised sec ...

in 2002 against

Club Almagro Club Almagro is an Argentine sports club from José Ingenieros, Buenos Aires, although its headquarters are in the Almagro district. The football team currently plays in the Primera Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league s ...

in the

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 team ...

, a game which finished 1-1. in 2003 he joined

Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the 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 eponymous county. With a population of 230,810, it is located south of the ...

where he played in the

Copa Sudamericana 2004 The 2004 Copa Nissan Sudamericana was the 3rd edition of CONMEBOL's secondary international football tournament. It was won by Argentine club Boca Juniors, who defeated Bolívar of Bolivia to win their first title. First stage Argentina P ...

and

Copa Libertadores 2005 The 2005 Copa Libertadores was the 46th edition of the Copa Libertadores. The champion also qualified for the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship. It was the first time ever that two teams from the same country reached the final. This year's tour ...

. In 2005, he moved to England to join Football League One team

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on a two-year contract. In 2006 he moved to the

Greek Super League The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

with

Ionikos FC Ionikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Ιωνικός) or Ionikos Nikaia is a Greek professional football club based in Nikaia, Piraeus, Greece, currently competing in the Super League Greece, the top-tier of the Greek football league system. Fr ...

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. In 2008, he returned to South America, more precisely to the

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

n team

Caracas FC Caracas Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan football team based in Caracas. The club has won twelve First Division titles making it the most successful in Venezuelan football history. They are nicknamed ''Los Rojos del Ávila'', or the "Reds from � ...

who recruited for the

Copa Libertadores 2008 The 2008 Copa Libertadores de América was the 49th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. This marked the first year the competition was sponsored by Spanish bank Santander. As such, the compe ...

group stage where they played in a group with Cruzeiro, San Lorenzo and Real Potosí. At the end of the season

played the final against

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, defining the overall champion of

between the champions of the Apertura and Clausura, which they won. In June 2008 he signed a 1-year contract with

Maccabi Petah Tikva Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. ( he, מכבי פתח תקווה) (Full name: "Maccabi Avshalom Ironi Petah Tikva F.C., ) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Petah Tikva. It is part of the Maccabi World Union for international Jewish spo ...

team from the

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and in May 2009 he was released from his contract. In January 2010, he was transferred to

Yokohama F. Marinos is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club competes in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Having won the J-League title four times an ...

of J1 League, Japan.新外国籍選手加入のお知らせ

References

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Argentine Primera statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bastianini, Pablo 1982 births Living people People from Zárate, Buenos Aires Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Argentine footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Men's association football forwards Defensores de Belgrano footballers Primera Nacional players Quilmes Atlético Club footballers Yeovil Town F.C. players Ionikos F.C. players Caracas FC players Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players English Football League players J1 League players Yokohama F. Marinos players Chacarita Juniors footballers Club Atlético Patronato footballers Boca Unidos footballers Central Córdoba de Rosario footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate footballers in Japan Argentine expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate footballers in Israel Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Expatriate footballers in Venezuela Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece