Maurico Ariel Caranta (born 31 July 1978 in
Bell Ville
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,
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* Córdoba, Argentina, the second largest city in Argentina and the capital of Córdoba Province
Córdoba or Cord ...
) is an
Argentine
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football
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manager
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and former player who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
Career
Caranta started his career with
Instituto de Córdoba in 1999. He helped Instituto to win the
Primera B Nacional
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Apertura
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in the
2003–04 season and promotion to the
Primera División at the end of the 2003–04 season. He made a total of 139 league appearances for Instituto.
In 2005, he moved to Mexican club
Santos Laguna
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Founded in 1983 as Club Santos I ...
, where he made 47 league appearances before returning to Argentina to sign for Boca Juniors in 2007. He made his debut for Boca on 10 February 2007 in a 4–0 victory over
Club Atlético Banfield
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.
He was the first-choice goalkeeper in the
2007 Copa Libertadores
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as Boca won the competition, beating Brazilian club
Grêmio in the
final
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in June 2007. In December 2007 he played in the
2007
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Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
FIFA Club World Cup
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, in which Boca reached the
final
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where they lost 4–2 to Italian club
A.C. Milan
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at the
Nissan Stadium Nissan Stadium may refer to:
* Nissan Stadium (Nashville)
* Nissan Stadium (Yokohama)
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,
Yokohama
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, Japan on 16 December 2007.
In August 2008 he played in both legs of the
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
Recopa Sudamericana
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final, which Boca won 5–3 on aggregate against
Arsenal de Sarandí
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The football team currently plays in Primera Nacional, t ...
.
Following the completion of the Torneo Apertura 2008 team won the gold and blue, the conflict with his club's goalkeeper was aggravated because Caranta tried to leave the club and could not reach any agreement to be released or transferred. Finally, after much back and forth, on March 26, 2009, he signed for
Lanús
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.
Honours
Instituto
*
Primera B Nacional
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:
1998–99,
2003–04
Boca Juniors
*
Primera División:
2008 Apertura
*
Copa Libertadores
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:
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
*
Recopa Sudamericana
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:
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
Rosario Central
*
Primera B Nacional
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:
2012–13
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Talleres
*
Primera B Nacional
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:
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
References
External links
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* at Fútbol XXI
Football lineups player profile*
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1978 births
Living people
Footballers from Córdoba Province, Argentina
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba footballers
Santos Laguna footballers
Boca Juniors footballers
Club Atlético Lanús footballers
Rosario Central footballers
Talleres de Córdoba footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Primera Nacional players
Copa Libertadores–winning players
Liga MX players
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Men's association football goalkeepers
Argentine football managers
Instituto managers