Carlo Corazzin
 Corazzin pictured in 2009 |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Giancarlo Michele Corazzin[1] | ||
| Date of birth | December 25, 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1992 | Winnipeg Fury | 24 | (10) |
| 1993 | Vancouver 86ers | 24 | (7) |
| 1994–1996 | Cambridge United | 105 | (39) |
| 1996–1998 | Plymouth Argyle | 74 | (23) |
| 1998–2000 | Northampton Town | 78 | (30) |
| 2000–2002 | Oldham Athletic | 110 | (20) |
| 2003–2005 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 53 | (14) |
| Total | 468 | (143) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994–2004 | Canada | 59 | (11) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Giancarlo Michele "Carlo" Corazzin (born December 25, 1971) is a retired professional Canadian soccer player who represented Winnipeg Fury, Vancouver 86ers, Cambridge United, Plymouth Argyle, Northampton Town, Oldham Athletic and Vancouver Whitecaps. He was capped 59 times for the Canadian national team, scoring 11 goals. He is of Italian descent.
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[edit] Club career
Corazzin began his career with Winnipeg Fury of the Canadian Soccer League in 1992, scoring 10 goals in 24 games and helping the team win the CSL Championship. In 1993, Corazzin signed with the Vancouver Whitecaps of the A-League (now known as the USL First Division, where he finished second in the team's scoring charts with 7 goals in 24 games.
Corazzin signed with Cambridge United of the English Second Division (now known as League 1) on December 10, 1993, scoring 43 goals in 117 games over two-and-a-half seasons. In his final year with Cambridge, the team was relegated, and on March 28, 1996, Corazzin signed with Plymouth Argyle for a transfer fee of £150 000. In two-and-a-half seasons at Argyle, Corazzin scored 24 goals in 86 games.
Corazzin joined Northampton Town of the third division on June 26, 1998, netting 32 goals in 89 games over two seasons. Northampton Town were relegated in 1999, but with Corazzin's help, the club regained promotion in 2000.
On July 28, 2000, after a successful CONCACAF Gold Cup with Canada, Corazzin signed with Oldham Athletic and scored 22 goals in 129 games over three seasons. His finest moment with Oldham came in a match against Wrexham when Corazzin scored 4 in a 5-1 victory in 2001, finishing it off with his trademark celebration "The Carlo Spin".
In 2003, Corazzin re-signed with Vancouver Whitecaps, where he scored 7 goals in a 13-game undefeated streak. Corazzin played with the Whitecaps for 3 years until he was released in 2006.
[edit] International career
Corazzin made his Canadian national team debut on June 1, 1994 in a 1-1 tie with Morocco. In 2000, Corazzin won the Golden Boot as top scorer of the CONCACAF Gold Cup with 4 goals as Canada won the competition for the first time. Corazzin has recorded 11 goals in 59 games for Canada, ranking him seventh in the all-time scoring charts. He has represented Canada in 13 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[2]
His final international was an October 2004 World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica, a game which also marked the end of the international careers of Mark Watson and Jason de Vos.
[edit] International goals
- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
- English Third Division:
- Third place (promoted): 1999-2000
[edit] Country
- CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2000
- Third place: 2002
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI: 2000
[edit] References
- ^ Cowdery, Rick & Curno, Mike (2009). Plymouth Argyle: Miscellany. Durrington: Pitch Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-9054114-0-5.
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
[edit] External links
- Player profile - CanadaSoccer
- Career stats - National Football Teams
- Carlo Corazzin career stats at Soccerbase
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from New Westminster
- Canadian people of Italian descent
- Association football forwards
- Soccer people from British Columbia
- Canadian soccer players
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Canadian men's international soccer players
- CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players
- 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Winnipeg Fury players
- Vancouver 86ers (APSL) players
- Cambridge United F.C. players
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
- Northampton Town F.C. players
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- Vancouver Whitecaps (USL A-League) players
- Vancouver Whitecaps (USL First Division) players
- Canadian Soccer League (original) players
- American Professional Soccer League players
- The Football League players
- USL First Division players
- Expatriate footballers in England
