Fernando Javier Crosa (born 28 February 1979 in

Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city, located northwest of Buenos Aires on the west bank of the Paraná River, is the third-most populous city in the ...

) is an Argentinian

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who plays as a defender. He was part of the

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team that won the

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in 1999.

Playing career

Club

Crosa began his playing career with

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

in 1997, he made his league debut on 23 November in a 0–4 defeat in the Rosario derby. He went on to make 165 league appearances for Newell's, scoring 12 goals. In 2003 Crosa joined River Plate where he was part of the squad that won the Clausra 2004 championship. In 2005, he joined

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, he then had stints with

Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Rio de la Plata, in the , on the southeast end of the Greater Buenos Aires, being some away from the urban centre area of Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and is the seat of the eponymous '' ...

, Gimnasia (LP) and

Talleres de Córdoba Club Atlético Talleres (; ), mostly known simply as Talleres ( in Rioplatense Spanish, Rioplatense accent and or in Cordobés Spanish, Cordobés accent; ), is an Football in Argentina, Argentine professional sports club based in the city of C ...

before joining

Chacarita Juniors Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Gre ...

in July 2008.Grabinski y Fernando Crosa nuevos jugadores de Chacarita
at Yahoo Deportes

International

Crosa played for the

team in 1999, when they won the

and played in the

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. He also played for Argentina U-23 in 2000.

Titles

Argentina U-20 * 1999 South American Youth Championship: River Plate *

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: Clausra 2004

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* * * * 1979 births Living people Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Newell's Old Boys footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers Quilmes Atlético Club footballers Club Atlético Colón footballers Talleres de Córdoba footballers Chacarita Juniors footballers Argentine Primera División players Argentina men's youth international footballers Argentina men's under-20 international footballers 20th-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-defender-1970s-stub