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
Position(s)	Defender
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	(0)
International career‡
2009–	Argentina	3	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 March 2015 ‡ 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.
1	February 10, 2010	Mar del Plata,Estadio José María Minella, Argentina	Jamaica	2 – 1	2 – 1	Friendly

Titles

Argentinos Juniors

• Argentine Primera División (1): Clausura 2010

External links

• Ignacio Canuto Liga MX stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• Ignacio Canuto at National-Football-Teams.com
• LDU player card