Carlo Corazzin
 Corazzin pictured in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | 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) |
| 2003–2006 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 53 | (14) |
| Total | 468 | (143) | |
| International career | |||
| 1994–2004 | Canada | 59 | (11) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Giancarlo Michele "Carlo" Corazzin (born December 25, 1971) is a retired professional Canadian soccer player who played as a forward, and who represented Winnipeg Fury, Vancouver 86ers, Cambridge United, Plymouth Argyle, Northampton Town, Oldham Athletic and Vancouver Whitecaps at club level. At international level, he was capped 59 times for the Canadian national team, scoring 11 goals. He is of Italian descent.
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.
Oldham Athletic
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". He was also present in the side which made the 2002/03 play-off and scored the winning goal in that season's League Cup against Premiership side West Ham United.[3]
Return to Canada
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.
International career
Corazzin made his Canadian national team debut on June 1, 1994 in a 1–1 tie with Morocco. Corazzin scored the majority of his international goals between 1999–2000 and formed an effective striker partnership with Paul Peschisolido for Canada over the years. In 2000, Corazzin won the Golden Boot as top scorer of the CONCACAF Gold Cup with 4 goals and was named in the best XI of the tournament as Canada won the competition for the first time. Corazzin played in all of Canada's three games at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Corazzin earned 59 caps for Canada from 1994–2004 scoring 11 goals, ranking him tied-seventh in the all-time scoring for Canada. He has represented Canada in 23 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in three FIFA World Cup qualification campaigns (1998, 2002 and 2006) .[4]
His final international cap 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.
International goals
- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
Honours
Club
- English Third Division:
- Third place (promoted): 1999–2000
International
- CONCACAF Gold Cup:
- Winners: 2000
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI: 2000
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Golden Boot: 2000
Broadcasting career
In 2012, Corazzin became an soccer analyst on the pre- and post-match shows of Vancouver Whitecaps FC radio broadcasts on The TEAM 1040 in Vancouver.
References
- ^ Cowdery, Rick; Curno, Mike (2009). Plymouth Argyle: Miscellany. Durrington: Pitch Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-905411-40-5.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ "Carlo Corazzin". Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^ "Hammers crash out". BBC. 6 November 2002. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
External links
- Player profile - CanadaSoccer
- Carlo Corazzin at National-Football-Teams.com
- Carlo Corazzin 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
- Canada 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 Whitecaps (1986–2010) players
- Cambridge United F.C. players
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
- Northampton Town F.C. players
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) players
- American Professional Soccer League players
- English Football League players
- USL First Division players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- USL A-League players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in England