Leandro Caruso

Leandro Caruso
Personal information
Full name	Leandro Rubén Caruso
Date of birth	14 July 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Avellaneda, Argentina
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Independiente
	Dock Sud
	Racing Club (futsal)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2005	Arsenal de Sarandí
2004–2005	→ Pioneros de Obregón (loan)
2006	El Porvenir
2006	Tijuana
2007	Real Colima
2008–2009	Godoy Cruz
2009–2012	Udinese
2009–2010	→ Vélez Sársfield (loan)
2010–2011	→ River Plate (loan)
2011–2012	→ Godoy Cruz (loan)
2012–2013	Argentinos Juniors
2013–2014	Huracán
2014–2015	All Boys
2015	Godoy Cruz
2016	Juventud Unida Universitario
2018–2022	Dock Sud
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leandro Rubén Caruso (born 14 July 1982) is an Argentine former football striker.

Career

Caruso started playing for Independiente's youth divisions, in his native city of Avellaneda.^[1] Later, following his brother Hernán's footsteps, he played futsal in Racing.^[1] After seeing some success, he returned to the big field training with Racing's reserves.^[1]

In 2001, he started his professional career with Arsenal de Sarandí. He was part of the squad that won promotion to the Argentine Primera in 2002. He then played for a number of lower league teams in Mexico including Pioneros de Ciudad Obregón, Tijuana and Real Colima; as well as El Porvenir in the Primera B Nacional (Argentine second division).

In 2008, he returned to Argentina to join Godoy Cruz of the 2nd division, where he helped the club to secure promotion to the Primera. He maintained his good form when playing in the first division, scoring 14 goals in the 2008–09 season.

On 9 June 2009 Udinese Calcio signed the Argentine forward from Godoy Cruz on a 5-year deal, to officially join the club after the season.^[2] The deal was made in €4,000,000.^[1] Caruso played the last game for Godoy Cruz on 21 June 2009.

On 19 August 2009 Vélez Sársfield signed the Argentine forward on loan from Udinese for one season, with an option to buy. Caruso had his first great game with Vélez in the 2–2 away draw against Unión Española on the 2009 Copa Sudamericana, where he scored twice to secure Vélez' comeback from a 0–2.^[3] The team qualified for the next stage with a 5–4 global victory. On 19 June 2010 River Plate loaned the Argentine forward from Udinese until 30 June 2011.^[4] On 12 August 2011, Caruso joined Godoy Cruz, where he spent the 2008–2009 season, on a season-long loan deal.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "El baby le quedaba chico" (in Spanish). Olé. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
^ "Leandro Ruben Caruso in bianconero" (in Italian). Udinese.it. 9 June 2009. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
^ "El gran Caruso" (in Spanish). Olé. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
^ "Leandro Caruso es el nuevo refuerzo de River Plate – MDZ Online". Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2010.

External links

(in Spanish) Profile at Vélez Sársfield's official website
(in Spanish) ESPN statistics
(in Spanish) Argentine Primera Statistics^[usurped] at Fútbol XXI
(in Spanish) Career details at BDFA

[Ole1-1] "El baby le quedaba chico" (in Spanish). Olé. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2009.

[2] "Leandro Ruben Caruso in bianconero" (in Italian). Udinese.it. 9 June 2009. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2009.

[3] "El gran Caruso" (in Spanish). Olé. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2009.

[4] "Leandro Caruso es el nuevo refuerzo de River Plate – MDZ Online". Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2010.

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