Germán Ariel Pietrobon (born 1 April 1983, in

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) is an Argentine

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striker.

Club career

Pietrobon came through the youth system of

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, but before making his first team debut, he was transferred to CA San Martín, he then had a spell with Central Córdoba before signing with the Bulgarian club

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. After 2 seasons with

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he signed

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sports Club of the Army'' ...

. Pietrobon underwent trials with FC

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, as

had reached the limit of non-EU players they could use on the field, but the talks with the

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eventually failed to materialize and he returned to

. On 7 September 2009, Pietrobon terminated his contract with CSKA with immediate effect after a meeting with the club's bosses. A few days later, he signed with Sportist Svoge for one year.

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* 1983 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria San Martín de San Juan footballers PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players PFC CSKA Sofia players FC Sportist Svoge players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Santa Fe Province 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-forward-1980s-stub