Christian Sebastián Cejas (born 21 April 1975) is an Argentine
football
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manager and former player who manages
Sportivo Las Parejas. A former
goalkeeper
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and nicknamed ''Terremoto'' (
Earthquake
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), he played for teams such as
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football.
A ...
,
Fiorentina
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, and
Colo-Colo
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.
Club career
Cejas began his career in 1994 in his native country Argentina, where he appeared in 170 games and scored six goals for
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football.
A ...
. From there he was transferred to
Serie A
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side
Roma
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in 2001. While with Newell's Old Boys, Cejas was a regular with the first team. That was not the case while he was with Roma, where he never appeared in a match. Cejas was loaned out to the than
Serie B
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club
Siena
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, where he appeared in the last seventeen games of the season. From there he was transferred to a Serie B club
Ascoli. There he appeared in 35 games and scored a rare goal for goalkeeper in Italian football.
Cejas was then sold to another Serie B squad
Fiorentina
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. Prior to his arrival, Fiorentina had gained promotion from
Serie C2
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History
Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging t ...
to
Serie C1
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History
Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Se ...
. However, because of ''
Caso Catania'', Fiorentina gained promotion to Serie B. Cejas than helped complete the remarkable comeback of Fiorentina to Serie A. He appeared in 55 league games with the club before being sold to
Empoli
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.
On 25 January 2006, Fiorentina acquired goalkeeper
Gianluca Berti from Empoli in exchange for Cejas. However he only appeared in six games with Empoli before asking the club to terminate his contract. Cejas was upset that he had been dropped from the first team squad.
After
Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...
won the 2006 Apertura in Chile, their goalkeeper
Claudio Bravo, made a move to
La Liga
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club
Real Sociedad
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, leaving them without a goalkeeper. Colo-Colo then signed Cejas as a replacement. He helped Colo-Colo win the 2006 Clausura and
2007 Apertura, as well as reaching the
2006 Copa Sudamericana Finals.
In July 2008, Cejas joined
Premier League
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club
Hull City on trial, but was not offered a contract by the Premier League newcomers. On 22 February 2009, Serie B club
Pisa
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announced the signing of Cejas on a free transfer as a replacement for outgoing veternal keeper
Daniele Balli
Daniele Balli (born 16 September 1967) is a former Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career
Grown up in the Empoli youth system, Balli spent his early professional years with several Serie C1 and Serie C2 teams (Trento, Mobilieri ...
.
Coaching career
Cejas served as goalkeeping coach of both
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football.
A ...
and
Vélez Sarsfield before becoming the manager of
Santamarina in the
Primera B Nacional
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. In 2023, he served as assistant of
Daniel Fagiani in
Argentino de Rosario. The next year, he assumed as the manager of
Sportivo Las Parejas.
Personal life
His younger brother
Mauro Cejas is also a former professional footballer.
Honours
;Colo-Colo
*
Primera División de Chile
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:
2006 Clausura,
2007 Apertura
References
External links
Statisticsat
Irish Times
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* at Futbol XXI
Lega Serie A Profile
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1975 births
Living people
People from Gualeguay Department
Footballers from Entre Ríos Province
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Argentine Primera División players
Newell's Old Boys footballers
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers
Chacarita Juniors footballers
Serie A players
Serie B players
AS Roma players
Siena FC SSD players
Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players
ACF Fiorentina players
Empoli FC players
Pisa SC players
Chilean Primera División players
Colo-Colo footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
Association football goalkeeping coaches
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Primera B Nacional managers