Giancarlo Maldonado

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Giancarlo Maldonado
Personal information
Full name	Giancarlo Gregorio Maldonado Marrero
Date of birth	June 29, 1982 (1982-06-29) (age 25)
Place of birth	San Cristobal, Venezuela
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Foward
Club information
Current club	CF Atlante
Number	9
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2003 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 2006-2007 2007-	River Plate → Deportivo Táchira (loan) → Mineros de Guayana (loan) Unión Atlético Maracaibo Club Deportivo O'Higgins CF Atlante	32 (16) 26 (22)
National team2
2003-	Venezuela	33 (13)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 7 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of June 7 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Giancarlo Gregorio Maldonado Marrero (born June 29, 1982 in San Cristóbal, Táchira) is a Venezuelan footballer currently playing as a striker for CF Atlante in Mexico. On his debut with Atlante, he scored the first goal in the first minute of the match.

Contents 1 Atlante 2 International career 3 Honours 3.1 National Championships 3.2 Individual Honours 4 External links

[edit] Atlante

Maldonado first arrived to Atlante from O'Higgins in Chile. In his first game with Atlante, he scored his first goal. He has achieved success as also has Atlante. Atlante won the Apertura 2007.

[edit] International career

Considered by many to be Venezuela's best foward, Maldonado played for Venezuela in the Copa América 2007. He scored Venezuela's opening goal of the tournament in the 2-2 draw with Bolivia. He led Venezuela to success in that tournament by helping them make it through the first round for the first time ever. Later, Venezuela lost to Uruguay 4-1.

[edit] Honours

[edit] National Championships

• Apertura 2007

[edit] Individual Honours

• 1 Americas Golden Boot (season 2007-2008)^[[1]]

[edit] External links

• Vinotintos en el exterior
• [2], player profile at Mediotiempo.com (Spanish)

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