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Marcelo Carrusca

Marcelo Carrusca

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Carrusca is a product of Estudiantes de La Plata's youth divisions. He made his first appearance for the club in 2001, and played 103 league games (12 goals) for the team until 2006. On 27 July 2006 he signed for Turkish club Galatasaray, opting for a five-year contract worth around €1.8 million. He played one year for the club, but on 25 July 2007 Galatasaray manager Karl Heinz Feldkamp reported officially that he did not wish to keep Carrusca on the team and asked the board to sell him in order to open space for a new foreign transfer. After lack of first team appearances in Galatasaray, he was loaned for one year to Mexican Primera División team Cruz Azul for 2008–09 football season. He then re-joined Estudiantes to play with the team during the 2009-10 Argentine Primera División season and the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup. On 8 July 2010, Carrusca joined Banfield on loan from Estudiantes to replace recently transferred left winger James Rodríguez.

Adelaide United

On 3 August 2012, it was announced Carrusca had agreed to sign with A-League club Adelaide United on an undisclosed two-year contract. Carrusca scored a goal and assisted a further two in a man of the match performance during Adelaide United's 4–2 home win over Melbourne Victory on 7 December 2012, in Round 10 of the A-League. On 23 May 2017, Carrusca became an Australian citizen, and can be included as a non-visa player in the A-League. In July 2017 it was confirmed that Carrusca would not re-sign with…

International career

Carrusca played as an U-20 Argentina international. He scored 2 goals in 16 appearances and was a member of the Argentina Under-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Club
Cruz Azul (2008–2009)
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Galatasaray S.K. (2006–2009)
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San Martín de San Juan (2011–2012)
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Adelaide United Football Club (2012–)
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Club Atlético Banfield (2010–2011)
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Estudiantes de La Plata (2001–2006)
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Estudiantes de La Plata (2009–2011)
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Argentina national under-20 football team (2003–2004)
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Quilmes Atlético Club (2011–2011)

Legacy

Honours

Galatasaray

Turkish League: 2007–08 Adelaide United

A-League Championship: 2015–16 A-League Premiership: 2015–16 FFA Cup: 2014 Argentina

CONMEBOL U-20 Championship: 2003 Individual

A-League PFA Team of the Season: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 A-League All Star: 2013, 2014

Clubs

Played together with

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Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Description

Argentine-Australian footballer (born 1983)

Position

wing half

Extract from Wikipedia

Marcelo Adrián Carrusca, is an Argentine-Australian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and is the current Head of Junior Development for Adelaide United.

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