Ignacio Canuto

Ignacio Canuto
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Canuto
Date of birth (1986-02-20) February 20, 1986
Place of birth Santa Fe, Argentina
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Free Agent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2004–2007 Unión 60 (2)
2006 → Ben Hur (loan) 6 (0)
2008–2010 Argentinos Juniors 50 (6)
2010-2011 Maccabi Haifa 17 (0)
2011-2012 Libertad 32 (6)
2012-2013 Figueirense 14 (0)
2013-2014 LDU Quito 43 (3)
2014-2015 Tigre 19 (1)
2015– León 6[1] (0)
National team‡
2009– Argentina 3 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 March 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 5, 2012

Ignacio Canuto (born 20 February 1986 in Santa Fe) is an Argentine football central defender, who played for León.

Playing career

Club

Canuto began his playing career in 2004 with Unión after a loan spell with Ben Hur in 2007 he joined Argentinos Juniors of the Argentine Primera División in 2008. He was a regular player for the Argentinos Juniors team that won the Clausura 2010 championship. He played in 13 of the clubs 19 games during their championship winning campaign. In July 2010, Canuto was sold to Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Premier League for €1 million. The club signed him to a five-year contract.

International

On 20 May 2009 Canuto made his international debut in a friendly match against Panama. He came on as a second-half substitute for the Argentina 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. 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

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1February 10, 2010Mar del Plata,Estadio José María Minella, Argentina Jamaica2 – 12 – 1Friendly

Titles

Argentinos Juniors

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External links

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