Matías Caruzzo

Matías Caruzzo
Personal information
Full name	Matías Nicolás Caruzzo
Date of birth	August 15, 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Argentinos Juniors
Number	21
Youth career
2003–2005	Argentinos Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2010	Argentinos Juniors
2010–2014	Boca Juniors
2014	Universidad de Chile
2014–2015	Argentinos Juniors
2015–2018	San Lorenzo
2018–2019	Rosario Central
2020–	Argentinos Juniors
International career‡
2008–	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:47, 19 October 2020 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 April 2019

Matías Nicolás Caruzzo (born August 15, 1984 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a defender for Argentine Primera División club Argentinos Juniors.

Playing career

Club

Caruzzo came through Argentinos Juniors youth development system to make his professional debut on March 25, 2006 in a 3–1 away defeat to Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy. He went on to establish himself as an important member of the first team squad.

Caruzzo was an important member of the Argentinos Juniors team that won the 2010 Clausura championship. He played in all 19 games and scored a vital goal in their 4–3 win against Independiente in the penultimate game of their championship winning campaign.

Caruzzo followed Argentinos Juniors 2010 Clausura champion coach Claudio Borghi to Boca Juniors for the dispute of the 2010–11 Argentine Primera División season. Boca paid Argentinos a 2,500,000 US dollars fee, plus a percentage of a future sell.^[2] In January 2014, Caruzzo signed a contract with Universidad de Chile for 3 years.^[3]

International

On May 20, 2009 Caruzzo made his international debut in a friendly match against Panama. The Argentine team, made up of players based in the Argentine Primera División, won the game 3–1.