Francisco Cassiani Gómez (born 22 April 1968 in

Arboletes Arboletes is a town and municipality in the subregion of Urabá in Antioquia Department, Colombia. The municipality is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the north, the department of Córdoba to the north and east, the municipality of San Pedro de ...

Antioquia Antioquia is the Spanish form of Antioch. Antioquia may also refer to: * Antioquia Department Antioquia () is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders th ...

), known as Francisco Cassiani, is a Colombian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

for clubs in Colombia, Argentina, Peru and Chile. He is the older brother of Geovanis Cassiani.

Teams

Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the country's history, the other ...

1986–1992 *

América de Cali América de Cali S. A., best known as América de Cali or América, is a Colombian professional football club based in Cali. It competes in the Categoría Primera A, the top-flight league of Colombian football. The team plays its home games at ...

1993 *

Atlético Junior Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A. (), commonly known as Junior de Barranquilla, by its old name Atlético Junior or simply as Junior, is a Colombian professional football team based in Barranquilla, capital of the department of Atlantic ...

1993–1997 *

Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central (), more commonly referred to as Rosario Central, or simply Central, is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on 24 December 1889, ...

1998 *

Deportes Quindío Deportes Quindío is a Colombian professional football club based in Armenia that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. The club was founded on 8 January 1951, and its best achievement was winning the 1956 league tournament. They play thei ...

1999 *

Santiago Wanderers Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their ...

2000–2001 *

Alianza Atlético Club Alianza Atlético de Sullana, shorted to Alianza Atlético, is a Peru, Peruvian professional association football, football club, located in the city of Sullana. The club was founded in 1920 and promoted to the Primera División Peruana, Peruv ...

2002–2003

Honours

Atlético Nacional *

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournam ...

: 1989 Santiago Wanderers *

Chilean Primera División The Chilean Primera División () is a professional association football league in Chile and the highest level of the Chilean football league system. Founded in 1933, it is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP). The l ...

: 2001

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* Living people 1968 births Footballers from Antioquia Department Colombian men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Colombia men's international footballers 1995 Copa América players Categoría Primera A players Argentine Primera División players Chilean Primera División players Atlético Nacional footballers América de Cali footballers Atlético Junior footballers Rosario Central footballers Deportes Quindío footballers Santiago Wanderers footballers Alianza Atlético footballers Colombian expatriate men's footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Peru Expatriate men's footballers in Peru Cassiani family 20th-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-footy-defender-stub