Carlo Corazzin

Carlo Corazzin
Corazzin pictured in 2009
Personal information
Full name Giancarlo Michele Corazzin[1]
Date of birth (1971-12-25) December 25, 1971
Place of birth New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992 Winnipeg Fury 24 (10)
1993 Vancouver 86ers 24 (7)
1994–1996 Cambridge United 105 (39)
1996–1998 Plymouth Argyle 74 (23)
1998–2000 Northampton Town 78 (30)
2000–2002 Oldham Athletic 110 (20)
2003–2006 Vancouver Whitecaps 53 (14)
Total 468 (143)
National team
1994–2004 Canada 59 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Giancarlo Michele "Carlo" Corazzin (born December 25, 1971) is a retired professional Canadian soccer player who played as a forward, and who represented Winnipeg Fury, Vancouver 86ers, Cambridge United, Plymouth Argyle, Northampton Town, Oldham Athletic and Vancouver Whitecaps at club level. At international level, he was capped 59 times for the Canadian national team, scoring 11 goals. He is of Italian descent.

Club career

Corazzin began his career with Winnipeg Fury of the Canadian Soccer League in 1992, scoring 10 goals in 24 games and helping the team win the CSL Championship. In 1993, Corazzin signed with the Vancouver Whitecaps of the A-League (now known as the USL First Division, where he finished second in the team's scoring charts with 7 goals in 24 games.

Corazzin signed with Cambridge United of the English Second Division (now known as League 1) on December 10, 1993, scoring 43 goals in 117 games over two-and-a-half seasons. In his final year with Cambridge, the team was relegated, and on March 28, 1996, Corazzin signed with Plymouth Argyle for a transfer fee of £150 000. In two-and-a-half seasons at Argyle, Corazzin scored 24 goals in 86 games.

Corazzin joined Northampton Town of the third division on June 26, 1998, netting 32 goals in 89 games over two seasons. Northampton Town were relegated in 1999, but with Corazzin's help, the club regained promotion in 2000.

Oldham Athletic

On July 28, 2000, after a successful CONCACAF Gold Cup with Canada, Corazzin signed with Oldham Athletic and scored 22 goals in 129 games over three seasons. His finest moment with Oldham came in a match against Wrexham when Corazzin scored 4 in a 5–1 victory in 2001, finishing it off with his trademark celebration "The Carlo Spin". He was also present in the side which made the 2002/03 play-off and scored the winning goal in that season's League Cup against Premiership side West Ham United.[3]

Return to Canada

In 2003, Corazzin re-signed with Vancouver Whitecaps, where he scored 7 goals in a 13-game undefeated streak. Corazzin played with the Whitecaps for 3 years until he was released in 2006.

International career

Corazzin made his Canadian national team debut on June 1, 1994 in a 1–1 tie with Morocco. Corazzin scored the majority of his international goals between 1999–2000 and formed an effective striker partnership with Paul Peschisolido for Canada over the years. In 2000, Corazzin won the Golden Boot as top scorer of the CONCACAF Gold Cup with 4 goals and was named in the best XI of the tournament as Canada won the competition for the first time. Corazzin played in all of Canada's three games at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Corazzin earned 59 caps for Canada from 1994–2004 scoring 11 goals, ranking him tied-seventh in the all-time scoring for Canada. He has represented Canada in 23 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in three FIFA World Cup qualification campaigns (1998, 2002 and 2006) .[4]

His final international cap was an October 2004 World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica, a game which also marked the end of the international careers of Mark Watson and Jason de Vos.

International goals

Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 January 1996Edison International Field, Anaheim, United States Honduras1–03–11996 CONCACAF Gold Cup
230 August 1996Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada Panama3–13–11998 FIFA World Cup qualification
312 October 1997Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada Mexico2–12–21998 FIFA World Cup qualification
48 October 1999Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States El Salvador1–02–12000 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification play off
510 October 1999Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States Haiti1–02–12000 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification play off
610 October 1999Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States Haiti2–02–22000 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification play off
713 February 2000Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States Costa Rica1–12–22000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
813 February 2000Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States Costa Rica2–22–22000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
920 February 2000Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States Mexico1–12–12000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1027 February 2000Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States Colombia2–02–02000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1118 January 2004Bridgetown, Barbados Barbados1–01–0Friendly match

Honours

Club

Northampton Town F.C.

International

Canada

Broadcasting career

In 2012, Corazzin became an soccer analyst on the pre- and post-match shows of Vancouver Whitecaps FC radio broadcasts on The TEAM 1040 in Vancouver.

References

  1. ↑ Cowdery, Rick & Curno, Mike (2009). Plymouth Argyle: Miscellany. Durrington: Pitch Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-905411-40-5.
  2. ↑ "Carlo Corazzin". Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Hammers crash out". BBC. 6 November 2002. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
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