Mauro Cantoro
Roberto Mauro Cantoro (born 1 September 1976 in Ramos Mejia, La Matanza Partido, Argentina), nicknamed El Toro, is an Argentine footballer, who plays for León de Huánuco.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roberto Mauro Cantoro | ||
| Date of birth | 1 September 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Ramos Mejia, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | León de Huánuco | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vélez Sársfield | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2000 | Vélez Sársfield | 8 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Atlético de Rafaela (loan) | (6) | |
| 1998 | → Universitario (loan) | 30 | (13) |
| 1999 | → Universitario (loan) | 20 | (9) |
| 2000 | → Blooming (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2000 | Atlético de Rafaela | (3) | |
| 2001 | Ascoli Calcio | 9 | (2) |
| 2001–2009 | Wisła Kraków | 164 | (10) |
| 2010 | Odra Wodzisław | 12 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Juventud Antoniana | ||
| 2011–2013 | Deportivo Morón | ||
| 2013–2014 | Pacífico | ||
| 2014 | Unión Comercio | 36 | (7) |
| 2014 | Atlético Minero | 7 | (0) |
| 2015– | León de Huánuco | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1993 | Argentina U17 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 March 2015 | |||
Personal life
Having previously gained Italian citizenship,[1] after several years spent in Poland, he gained Polish citizenship in 2008 at the age of 31.[2] His maternal grandfather, Bazyli Wolczak, born 1901, emigrated to Argentina from Galicja at the age of 14.[3]
He married Adrianna, a woman he met in 1990 on a beach in Mar de la Plata.[4] He has two sons; Mauro and Tiago, who both were born and grew up in Poland.[5]
He is fluent in Polish,[6] Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.[7]
Club career
Cantoro started his career at Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield in the Primera Division Argentina in 1994. After three years of limited appearances in the first team he moved to Atlético Rafaela of the Argentine 2nd division for the Clausura 1997 season.
In 1998 and 1999, Cantoro played for Universitario de Deportes of Peru before having short spells with Club Blooming of Bolivia and Ascoli in Italy. He joined Wisła Kraków in 2001, where he became one of the most widely recognised players in the country, and a club icon.[8]
He then joined struggler's Odra Wodzisław in 2010 after leaving Wisła in 2009, however his stay was short lived.
He returned to South America as his career nears its end, where he played for several Argentine lower division clubs. However, he then moved to Peru, where he played for several top-flight clubs.
International career
Cantoro played in U-17 Argentina national football team in World Cup 1993. After receiving a Polish passport in 2007, he was contender to be called up to the national squad, however he was never called up in the end, partly due to the fact he had an appearance in the Argentine U-17's.[9]
Honours
Universitario de Deportes
- Primera División Peruana Apertura: 1998
- Primera División Peruana: 1998, 1999
Wisła Kraków
- Ekstraklasa: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09
- Polish Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03
Individual
- Ekstraklasa Midfielder of the Year: 2004
References
- http://www.przegladsportowy.pl/pilka-nozna/ekstraklasa,cantoro-odchodzi-z-wisly-wisla-w-nowym-roku-bez-cantoro,artykul,64711,1,727.html
- "Cantoro odebrał polski paszport".
- http://www.przegladsportowy.pl/pilka-nozna/ekstraklasa,cantoro-odchodzi-z-wisly-wisla-w-nowym-roku-bez-cantoro,artykul,64711,1,727.html
- "Żona dla obcokrajowca".
- "W trosce o synów".
- "Wyborcza.pl - Najświeższe wiadomości od Gazety Wyborczej".
- "Żona dla obcokrajowca".
- "Raport SportoweFakty.pl: Najlepsi obcokrajowcy w historii T-Mobile Ekstraklasy - 6". 19 August 2014.
- "Pierwsza Liga - 1 Liga piłki nożnej - wyniki, terminarz".
External links
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 July 2012)
- Mauro Cantoro at BDFA (in Spanish)