Matías Nicolás Caruzzo (born August 15, 1984, in

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) is an Argentine former

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defender. He last played for

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

Playing career

Club

Caruzzo came through Argentinos Juniors' youth development system to make his professional debut on March 25, 2006, in a 3–1 away defeat to

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. He went on to establish himself as an important member of the first-team squad. Caruzzo was an important member of the Argentinos Juniors team that won the 2010 Clausura championship. He played in all 19 games and scored a vital goal in their 4–3 win against Independiente in the penultimate game of their championship-winning campaign. Caruzzo followed Claudio Borghi, the 2010 Clausura champion coach of Argentinos Juniors, to

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

for the dispute of the

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. Boca paid Argentinos a 2,500,000 US dollar fee, plus a percentage of the future sale. In January 2014, Caruzzo signed a contract with Universidad de Chile for 3 years.

International

On May 20, 2009, Caruzzo made his international debut in a friendly match against

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. The Argentine team, made up of players based in the

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, won the game 3–1.

Honours

Argentinos Juniors * Primera División: 2010 Clausura Boca Juniors * Primera División: 2011 Apertura *

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: 2011–12 San Lorenzo *

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Rosario Central *

: 2017–18

References

External links

* at Futbol XXI *
Player profile
at Football-Lineups.com
Caruzzo, Matías Nicolás
at Historia de Boca.com * * 1984 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Argentinos Juniors footballers Boca Juniors footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Rosario Central footballers Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Chile 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-defender-1980s-stub