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|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gastón Fernando Pezzuti Carro | ||
| Date of birth | 9 June 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Atlético Nacional | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1997 | Racing Club | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–2004 | Racing Club | 16 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Lanús (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2005 | Deportes Concepción | 22 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Instituto de Córdoba | 23 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Real Oviedo | 12 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Atlético Rafaela | 11 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Gimnasia de Jujuy | 28 | (0) |
| 2009– | Atlético Nacional | 64 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1995 | Argentina U20 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:24, 20 June 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Gastón Fernando Pezzuti Carro (born 9 June 1976) is a Argentine footballer that plays as goalkeeper. His currently club is Atlético Nacional of the Primera Division de Colombia. He previously played in Argentina, Chile and Spain.
Pezzuti was member of the Argentine squad that won the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship in Qatar.
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Pezzuti began his career at an Argentine giant team Racing Club, the keeper was promoted to the first team in 1997, two years later of his international achievement at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship held in Qatar. He made his competitive debut in the 1–1 draw against Ferro Carril Oeste. In 2002, he was loaned to Lanús, and then he returned to Racing on June of the next year.
In 2005, Pezzuti was signed for Chilean Primera División side Deportes Concepción, being this his first pass for a foreign club. He made his debut for the purples in a 2–0 away win over Coquimbo Unido for a league game. Pezzuti was the first goalkeeper of the good team of Concepción that qualified to the quarter-finals of the championship playoffs.
After his spell in Chile, he returned to his country for play in the recently promoted team to the Argentine Primera División Instituto de Córdoba and then he joined to the Spanish club Real Oviedo, remaining him in Europe short time because that Pezzuti once returned to his country, now for play in Atlético de Rafaela and Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy.
On 8 June 2009, it was confirmed that Pezzuti joined to Primera División de Colombia team Atlético Nacional, signing a one-year contract. One of the factors that helped in the transference of the player to the verdolaga club was the signing of his former coach of Lanús, Ramón Cabrero, who managed the player at that club in 2003 and solicited to Pezzuti as the club's first goalkeeper. He made his club debut on 10 July 2009 in a 1–1 draw with La Equidad.
Because his good performances for the club, Pezzuti was promoted to captain of the club for the 2010 season, that was irregular for Atlético, failing to proclaiming champion, one of the season's objectives. It was supposed that Pezzuti leave the team, because his contract ended in 2011, but shortly after was renewed for one season more.[1]
In 2011, Pezzuti was consecrated as figure and idol of the team, after of save three penalties during the 2011 Apertura final's pentalty kicks against La Equidad, proclaiming him after champion of Colombia.
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