Christian Lombardo (born February 24, 1974) is an Argentinian former

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who had stints in Argentina, and Canada.

Playing career

In 1993, Lombardo began his career in the

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with

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. In 1997, he played abroad in the

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with the

Toronto Lynx Toronto Lynx was a Canadian soccer team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1997, the team last played in the 2014 season of the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Great Lakes D ...

. He made his debut on July 5, 1997, in a match against the

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, coming on as a substitute for

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. Throughout the season he appeared in five matches. He helped Toronto finish fourth in the Northeastern division, which resulted in a playoff berth. Their opponents in the first round of the postseason were the Montreal impact, where the Lynx lost the series by a score of 6–1 on goals of aggregate. In 2001, he signed with the

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of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. He recorded his first goal for the club on June 6, 2001, in a match against

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. Lombardo helped Toronto finish third in the overall standings, and secured a postseason berth. In the

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final Supra faced St. Catharines Wolves, but lost to a score of 1–0. In 2004, he assisted Toronto Supra in securing their first divisional title the Eastern Conference title.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lombardo, Christian Living people Argentine men's footballers Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players SC Toronto players Soccer people from Ontario Toronto Lynx players A-League (1995–2004) players 1974 births Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Victoriano Arenas players Primera D Metropolitana players Footballers from Buenos Aires Province