Mauricio Caranta

Mauricio Caranta

Personal information
Full name	Mauricio Ariel Caranta
Date of birth	31 July 1978 (1978-07-31) (age 33)
Place of birth	Bell Ville, Argentina
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Lanús
Number	31
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2004	Instituto	135	(0)
2005–2006	Santos Laguna	47	(0)
2007–2008	Boca Juniors	55	(0)
2009–	Lanús	28	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:12, 27 July 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Maurico Ariel Caranta (born on 31 July 1978 in Bell Ville, Córdoba) is an Argentine footballer goalkeeper who plays for Lanús.

Career

Caranta started his career with Instituto de Córdoba in 1999. He helped Instituto to win the Primera B Nacional Apertura 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, 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.^[1] He was the first-choice goalkeeper in the Copa Libertadores 2007 as Boca won the competition, beating Brazilian club Grêmio in the final in June 2007. In December 2007 he played in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup, in which Boca reached the final where they lost 4-2 to Italian club A.C. Milan at the Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan on 16 December 2007.

In August 2008 he played in both legs of the 2008 Recopa Sudamericana final, which Boca won 5-3 on aggregate against Arsenal de Sarandí.^[2]

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.

Honours

Title	Club	Season
Primera División Argentina	Boca Juniors	Apertura 2008
Recopa Sudamericana	Boca Juniors	2008
Copa Libertadores	Boca Juniors	2007
Primera B Nacional Apertura	Instituto	2003-04

References

1. ^ "Mauricio Caranta profile". Boca Juniors. Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20080804030117/http://www.bocajuniors.com.ar/english/futbol_prof_plantel_ficha.php?id=55. Retrieved 2008-10-23. 
2. ^ "Argentina's Boca Juniors' goalkeeper Mauricio Caranta, centre holding up the trophy". eurosport.yahoo.com. 28 August 2008. http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/28082008/71/bild/argentina-s-boca-juniors-goalkeeper-mauricio-caranta-center-holding-up.html. Retrieved 2008-10-23. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Statistics at Guardian StatsCentre
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• Football lineups player profile

Persondata
Name	Caranta, Mauricio
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Date of birth	31 July 1978
Place of birth	Bell Ville, Argentina
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