Darío Cvitanich

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Darío Cvitanich
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Personal information
Full name Darío Cvitanich
Date of birth 16 May 1984 (1984-05-16) (age 27)
Place of birth Baradero, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Boca Juniors
Number 20
Youth career
Banfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2003–2008 Banfield 92 (37)
2008– Ajax 30 (13)
2010-2011 → Pachuca (loan) 32 (13)
2011- → Boca Juniors (loan) 16 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05 Jul 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).

Darío Cvitanich (Croatian: Dario Cvitanić; born 16 May 1984 in Baradero) is an Argentine-Croatian football striker who plays for Boca Juniors.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Banfield

Dario started his career in Club Atlético Banfield's youth and made his debut for the clubs first team at the age of 18 on 20 October 2003 in a 3–1 defeat to Olimpo de Bahía Blanca. He scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 win against Newell's Old Boys on 27 April 2007. He played, and scored, for Banfield in the Copa Libertadores 2007.[1] He also served as a loyal member of Banfield during his early youth years in Argentina. Just prior to leaving his childhood side, he excelled his final loyalty by scoring 13 times during Banfields run at the Clausura 2008 tournament.

[edit] AFC Ajax

Cvitanich signed for AFC Ajax, although he did not leave Banfield until the end of the 2008 season. He was labelled the successor to Klaas-Jan Huntelaar[2] and scored his first goal against NAC Breda on 12 December 2008.[3] Following the match against NAC, Cvitanich scored his first brace and his first hat-trick in subsequent weeks against De Graafschap and ADO Den Haag. He scored his first hat-trick of the 2009/10 season against NAC Breda.

[edit] Pachuca

Cvitanich joined Mexican side C.F. Pachuca on loan on 1 January 2010.,[4] until the end of 2010.[5] On 3 November 2010 it was announced that Cvitanich will return to Ajax.

[edit] Boca Juniors

Cvitanich signed for Boca Juniors in July 2011. The Argentine sports club hired him for one year. Cvitanich scored his first goal for Boca on August 28, 2011, against San Lorenzo de Almagro. Dario scored again in the last games of the tournament against Godoy Cruz, two goals against Banfield and one against All Boys.

[edit] Career statistics

As of 24 October 2011[6]
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Argentina League Cup South America Total
2002-03 Banfield Primera División 0 0 - - - - 0 0
2003-04 4 0 - - - - 4 0
2004-05 12 3 - - - - 12 3
2005-06 21 5 - - - - 21 5
2006-07 25 10 - - - - 25 10
2007-08 30 19 - - - - 30 19
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Europe Total
2008–09 AFC Ajax Eredivisie 18 9 - - - - 18 9
2009–10 6 4 - - - - 6 4
Mexico League Cup North America Total
2009–10 Pachuca (loan) Primera División 16 5 - - 2 0 18 5
2010–11 16 8 - - 2 2 18 10
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Europe Total
2010–11 AFC Ajax Eredivisie 6 0 1 0 1 0 8 0
Argentina League Cup South America Total
2011–12 Boca Juniors (loan) Primera División 16 7 - - - - 16 7
Total Argentina 107 43 - - - - 107 43
Mexico 32 13 - - 4 2 36 15
Netherlands 30 13 1 0 1 0 32 13
Career total 169 68 1 0 5 2 175 71

[edit] International career

Cvitanich was born in Argentina with distant Croatian heritage. He established himself as a quality footballer in his home country playing for Banfield in the Argentine Primera División. After much consideration he eventually pledged to play for the Croatia national team, stating that "such an opportunity only comes once and you must take it".[7] It became known on 14 January 2009 that he couldn't play for Croatia, because the FIFA rules do not allow nationality to be taken from the great grandfather.[8]

[edit] Personal life

Cvitanich obtained a Croatian passport in August 2008.[9]

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

C.F. Pachuca

AFC Ajax

Boca Juniors

[edit] References

  1. ^ Flamengo, the first qualified to the round of 16
  2. ^ "Ajax and Real Madrid agree on transfer". ajax.nl. 2008-12-03. http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154814/contentid=68208. Retrieved 2008-12-03. 
  3. ^ "Ajax too strong for NAC". ajax.nl. 2008-12-13. http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154814/contentid=68292. Retrieved 2008-12-13. 
  4. ^ Official: Pachuca Sign Ajax Striker Dario Cvitanich On Loan
  5. ^ Darío Cvitanich, delantero croata que llega a Pachuca
  6. ^ "Dario Cvitanich". Soccerway.com. http://www.soccerway.com/players/dario-cvitanich/13860. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
  7. ^ Cvitanich Pins His Future to Croatia – Australian FourFourTwo – The Ultimate football Website
  8. ^ Imposibilitado de jugar por Croacia El Periódico Austral. 2009-01-14. Retrieved on 2009-01-31.
  9. ^ http://www.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154417/contentid=67106

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