Ángelo Matías Pizzorno Bracco (born October 21, 1992) is a Uruguayan

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who plays as a

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for

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in Ecuador.

Life and career

Pizzorno was born in Santa Lucía, in the

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of Uruguay. He was a late entrant into professional football. He joined his first amateur club, Wanderers de Santa Lucía, as an under-14 in 2005, and had a short spell in the youth system of Primera División club

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, but soon returned to Wanderers, where he played alongside his brother Gonzalo. He represented Canelones in the Copa Nacional de Selecciones, both at under-18 and senior level, and was a member of the team that won the southern regional title in 2013–14, scoring twice in the final as Canelones beat Colonia 5–3 on aggregate. In January 2015, Pizzorno signed for Primera División club Cerro. He was an unused substitute on the last day of the 2015 Clausura in June, and made his professional debut at the age of 24 the following February, on the first day of the 2016 Clausura, coming on after 84 minutes as his team lost 2–1 to

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. He made eight appearances as Cerro finished third in the table, which enabled them to enter the

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at the second qualifying stage. They were drawn to meet

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of Chile. Despite Pizzorno making the score 2–2 in the first leg, Cerro conceded late in the match, and went on to lose the tie 5–2 on aggregate. His performance in a losing cause impressed the opposition's manager,

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, to the extent that as soon as the transfer window opened, he signed the player. He started in all but one of the 2017 Torneo de Transición matches as the team finished as runners-up.

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* * * 1992 births Living people People from Santa Lucía, Uruguay Footballers from Canelones Department Men's association football defenders Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers C.A. Cerro players Unión Española footballers Burgos CF footballers Cienciano footballers Uruguayan Primera División players Chilean Primera División players Segunda División B players Peruvian Primera División players Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Peru Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Peru 21st-century Uruguayan sportsmen {{Uruguay-footy-defender-1990s-stub