Christian Sebastián Cejas (born 21 April 1975) is an Argentine

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manager and former player who manages Sportivo Las Parejas. A former

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and nicknamed ''Terremoto'' (

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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 ...

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, and

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 ...

Club career

Cejas began his career in 1994 in his native country Argentina, where he appeared in 170 games and scored six goals for

. From there he was transferred to

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side

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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

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club

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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

. Prior to his arrival, Fiorentina had gained promotion from

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. 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

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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

won the 2006 Apertura in Chile, their goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, made a move to

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club

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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

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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

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announced the signing of Cejas on a free transfer as a replacement for outgoing veternal keeper

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Coaching career

Cejas served as goalkeeping coach of both

and Vélez Sarsfield before becoming the manager of Santamarina in the

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (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 38 team ...

. 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 *

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: 2006 Clausura, 2007 Apertura

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