César Andrés Carignano (born 28 September 1982) is an

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retired

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who played as a forward.

Career

Club

Carignano started his children's football in the local club in the town of Freyre in the San Justo Department, Córdoba in his homeland

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. In 1996 he moved to the youth department of

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and advanced to their first team turning professional four years later. He spent 4 years with Colón, scoring 27 goals in 79 games. On 20 May 2004 it was announced that Carignano had signed for the reigning Swiss champions

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on a four-year contract. It was reported that the transfer had cost the club 4.7m Euro, which made him the most expensive transfer for all

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clubs ever. He joined Basel's first team during their 2004–05 season under head coach

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. After playing in nine test games, Carignano played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the

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on 30 July 2004 as Basel won 2–1 against Servette. As reigning Swiss champions, Basel entered 2004–05 UEFA Champions League in the third qualifying round and their aim was to reach the

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. However, they were drawn against Internazionale and Inter won the qualifier 5–2 on aggregate. Carignano was used as substitute in both legs. Basel subsequently dropped into the

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. Beating Terek Grozny in the first round, Basel qualified for the group stage. A 1–1 draw away against Schalke 04 was followed by a home defeat against Hearts. Carignano was used as substitute in three of these four games and he scored his first European goal against Hearts. But with two victories, 2–1 away against

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and 1–0 at home against

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, saw Basel rise to third place in the group table and advance to the knock-out stage. The home win against Feyenoord, on 16 December, in which Carignano scored the winning goal, saw him become good critics and he was declared as man of the match. In the round of 32 in the

, a home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 17 February 2005, Basel played a goalless draw against

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, but the return leg were defeated 2–0 and were eliminated. At the beginning of the season Carignano was used mainly as substitute, but following his goal against Hearts, he was playing mainly in the starting eleven. In the match against

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on 2 April 2005, however, he injured himself and missed the rest of the season. Nevertheless, Basel completed all the 2004–05 Super League season's seventeen home games undefeated, winning thirteen and drawing four. They ended the season as Swiss champions with 10 points advantage over second placed

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. The injuries Carignano had, groin problems and tendonitis, took a long time to heel. It was not until the end of the following season, after a few games with their U-21 team, that he was able to play in the first team again. But he had only three short appearances and the problems re-occurred. He missed the beginning of their 2005–06 season as well. In February 2007, during the last stages of recuperation, it was decided to loan him out to

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for the

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. He did not play any games during his time at América and on 7 June 2007 it was reported that he had to returned Basel after only four months. On 8 January 2008, it was announced that Basel and Carignano had mutually terminated their contract, which was originally dated up until 30 June 2008, due to the re-occurring injuries. During his time with them, Carignano played a total of 51 games for Basel scoring a total of 29 goals. 19 of these games were in the

, two in the

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, nine in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and UEFA Cup) and 21 were friendly games. He scored seven goals in the domestic league, two in the

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and the other 20 were scored during the test games. Carignano then returned to Colón de Santa Fe. In his second spell with Colón he struggled, making most of his appearances coming off the bench. After a few months he transferred to second division club Independiente Rivadavia. Subsequently, he played for Ferro and

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in the second division. In January 2013, Cesar signed contract for playing in Patronato de Paraná.

National team

Carignano played 3 caps for

. He earned these caps from 2003 to 2004, while he was still at Colón.

National team statistics

Honours

;Basel *

: 2004–05 ;Universidad Católica *

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: 2011 ;Atlético de Rafaela * Copa Ciudad de Rosario: 2012Scored two goals in the final match of Copa Ciudad de Rosario 2012
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References

Sources

* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carignano, Cesar 1982 births Living people Footballers from Córdoba Province, Argentina Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Club Atlético Colón footballers Independiente Rivadavia footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Ferro Carril Oeste footballers FC Basel players Club América footballers Sportivo Belgrano footballers Atlético de Rafaela footballers Club Atlético Patronato footballers Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Liga MX players Swiss Super League players Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Men's association football forwards 21st-century Argentine sportsmen