César Carignano

Club

Carignano started his children's football in the local club in the town of Freyre in the San Justo Department, Córdoba in his homeland Argentina. In 1996 he moved to the youth department of Colón de Santa Fe and advanced to their first team turning professional four years later. He spent 4 years with Colón, scoring 27 goals in 79 games. On 20 May 2004 it was announced that Carignano had signed for the reigning Swiss champions FC Basel on a four-year contract. It was reported that the transfer had cost the club 4.7m Euro, which made him the most expensive transfer for all Swiss Super League clubs ever. He joined Basel's first team during their 2004–05 season under head coach Christian Gross. After playing in nine test games, Carignano played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Stade de Genève on 30 July 2004 as Basel won 2–1 against Servette. As reigning Swiss champions, Basel entered 2004–05 UEFA Champions League in the third qualifying round and their aim was to reach the group stage. However, they were drawn against Internazionale and Inter won the qualifier 5–2 on aggregate. Carignano was used as substitute in both legs. Basel subsequently dropped into the 2004–05 UEFA Cup. Beating Terek Grozny in the first round, Basel qualified for the group stage. A 1–1 draw away against Schalke 04 was followed by a home defeat against Hearts. Carignano was used as substitute in three of these four games and he scored his first European goal…

Basel Swiss Super League: 2004–05 Universidad Católica Copa Chile: 2011 Atlético de Rafaela Copa Ciudad de Rosario: 2012