Ignacio Canuto (born 20 February 1986 in Santa Fe) is an

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

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, who plays as a

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. He has previously played for Unión (Argentina), Ben Hur (Argentina),

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...

(Argentina), Maccabi Haifa (Israel), Libertad (Paraguay), LDU Quito (Ecuador), Tigre (Argentina) and León (Mexico).

Career

Club

Canuto began his playing career in 2004 with Unión. After a loan spell with Ben Hur in 2007, he joined

of the

Argentine Primera División The Primera División (; ), known officially as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Betano for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Argentina and the highest level of the Argentine football league system. Organ ...

in 2008. He was a regular player for the Argentinos Juniors team that won the Clausura 2010 championship. He played in 13 of the club's 19 games during their championship winning campaign. In July 2010, Canuto was sold to Maccabi Haifa of the

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League (, Ligat HaAl, ) is a professional association football league in Israel and the highest level of the Israeli football league system. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and rele ...

. The club signed him to a five-year contract. After a spell in Israel, Canuto joined

Paraguayan Primera División The División Profesional de la Paraguayan Football Association, Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship ...

club Libertad. He played 32 times and scored 6 goals for the club before moving clubs once again as he joined Brazilian top-flight side Figueirense, 3 goals in 28 appearances in all competitions followed. Although he played for Figueirense, Brazilian Série C team Tombense own his federation rights. 2013 saw Canuto leave Brazil for Ecuador as he joined LDU Quito, he only stayed for one season but did play 43 league fixtures for the club while scoring three goals. He returned to Argentina in 2014 to sign for Tigre. His first two games for Tigre ended 0–0, and when he did win his first game with the team it was he who scored the winning goal; versus

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. He made 36 appearances over two campaigns for Tigre before leaving. His next club became Mexican

Liga MX Liga MX, also known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the highest level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and also as Primera Divis ...

side León in January 2015. Four months and 11 games later, Canuto left León before eventually signing for Argentine Primera División club

Atlético Tucumán Club Atlético Tucumán (mostly known as Atlético Tucumán) is an Argentine football club based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán of Tucumán Province. Although several sports are practised at the club, Atlético is mostly known for its footba ...

in 2016.

International

On 20 May 2009 Canuto made his international debut in a friendly match against

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. He came on as a second-half substitute for the

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team, made up of players based in the Primera División Argentina. Canuto scored his first international goal on his third appearance for Argentina on 10 February 2010 to secure a 2–1 win over

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

. He scored in the 93rd minute of the game, only 2 minutes after having come into the game as a late 2nd half substitute.

International goals

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Argentinos Juniors *

(1): Clausura 2010

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Canuto, Ignacio 1986 births Living people Footballers from Santa Fe, Argentina Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Unión de Santa Fe footballers Argentinos Juniors footballers Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Club Libertad footballers Figueirense FC players L.D.U. Quito footballers Club Atlético Tigre footballers Club León footballers Atlético Tucumán footballers Club Atlético Lanús footballers Club Atlético Platense footballers Israeli Premier League players Paraguayan Primera División players Liga MX players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Argentine Primera División players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Israel Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador 21st-century Argentine sportsmen