Geovanis Cassiani Gómez (born 10 January 1970, in

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), known as Geovanis Cassiani, is a Colombia former

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who played as a

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. He played for the Colombia national team at the

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, Spain, wearing the #13 jersey. Cassiani also was a member of the

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squad. In Argentina, he played 10 matches in

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, in the 1998–99 season. He is the younger brother of Francisco Cassiani.

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* 1970 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Colombian people of Italian descent Men's association football defenders Colombia men's international footballers Colombia men's under-20 international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players Categoría Primera A players Atlético Nacional footballers Copa Libertadores–winning players América de Cali footballers Deportes Tolima footballers Envigado F.C. players Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Colombia Rosario Central footballers Footballers from Antioquia Department Colombian expatriate men's footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Cassiani family 20th-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-footy-defender-stub