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{{Short description|Canadian soccer player (born 1971)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Carlo Corazzin
| fullname    = Giancarlo Michele Corazzin<ref>{{cite book |first1=Rick |last1=Cowdery |first2=Mike |last2=Curno |title=Plymouth Argyle: Miscellany |year=2009 |publisher=Pitch Publishing |location=Durrington |isbn=978-1-905411-40-5 |name-list-style=amp |page=21}}</ref>
| image       = CarloCorazzin.jpg
| upright  = 0.9
| caption     = Corazzin pictured in 2009
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1971|12|25|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[New Westminster]], [[British Columbia]], Canada
| height      = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Carlo Corazzin|url=http://canadasoccer.com/index.php?t=roster&pid=781|publisher=Canadian Soccer Association|access-date=11 June 2013}}</ref>
| position    = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]  
| years1 = 1992
| years2 = 1993
| years3 = 1994–1996
| years4 = 1996–1998
| years5 = 1998–2000
| years6 = 2000–2002
| years7 = 2003–2006
| clubs1 = [[Winnipeg Fury]]
| clubs2 = [[Vancouver 86ers]]
| clubs3 = [[Cambridge United F.C.|Cambridge United]]
| clubs4 = [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]]
| clubs5 = [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]]
| clubs6 = [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]]
| clubs7 = [[Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010)|Vancouver Whitecaps]]
| caps1 = 24
| caps2 = 24
| caps3 = 105
| caps4 = 74
| caps5 = 78
| caps6 = 110
| caps7 = 53
| goals1 = 10
| goals2 = 7
| goals3 = 39
| goals4 = 23
| goals5 = 30
| goals6 = 20
| goals7 = 14
| totalcaps  = 468
| totalgoals = 143
| nationalyears1 = 1994–2004
| nationalteam1 = [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]]
| nationalcaps1 = 59
| nationalgoals1 = 11
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|CAN}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|soccer]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000 United States]]|}}
}}
'''Giancarlo Michele "Carlo" Corazzin''' (born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian retired professional [[association football|soccer]] player who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]] for [[Winnipeg Fury]], [[Vancouver 86ers]], [[Cambridge United F.C.|Cambridge United]], [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]], [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]], [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]] and [[Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010)|Vancouver Whitecaps]] at club level. At international level, he was [[Cap (sport)|capped]] 59 times for the [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada national team]], scoring 11 goals.

==Club career==
Corazzin began his career with [[Winnipeg Fury]] of the [[Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992)|Canadian Soccer League]] in 1992, scoring 10 goals in 24 games and helping the team win the [[Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992)|CSL]] Championship. In 1993, Corazzin signed with the [[Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010)|Vancouver Whitecaps]] of the [[USL First Division|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 F.C.|Cambridge United]] of the [[Football League One|English Second Division]] (now known as [[Football League One|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 F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]] for a transfer fee of [[Pound sterling|£]]150 000. In two-and-a-half seasons at [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Argyle]], Corazzin scored 24 goals in 86 games.

Corazzin joined [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]] of the [[Football League Two|third division]] on June 26, 1998, netting 32 goals in 89 games over two seasons. [[Northampton Town F.C.|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 men's national soccer team|Canada]], Corazzin signed with [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]] and scored 22 goals in 129 games over three seasons. His finest moment with [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|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 [[English League Cup|League Cup]] against [[English Premier League|Premiership]] side [[West Ham United]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2390963.stm
|title=Hammers crash out
|publisher=BBC
|date=6 November 2002 |access-date=5 October 2017}}</ref>

===Return to Canada===
In 2003, Corazzin re-signed with [[Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010)|Vancouver Whitecaps]], where he scored 7 goals in a 13-game undefeated streak. Corazzin played with the [[Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010)|Whitecaps]] for 3 years until he was released in 2006.

==International career==
Corazzin made his [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada national team]] debut on June 1, 1994, in a 1–1 tie with [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]]. Corazzin scored the majority of his international goals between 1999–2000 and formed an effective striker partnership with [[Paul Peschisolido]] for [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]] over the years. In 2000, Corazzin won the Golden Boot as top scorer of the [[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|CONCACAF Gold Cup]] with four 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 to 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 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|1998]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|2002]] and [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|2006]]) .<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121101025106/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=185036/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA</ref>

His final international cap was an October 2004 World Cup qualification match against [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]], a game which also marked the end of the international careers of [[Mark Watson (Canadian footballer)|Mark Watson]] and [[Jason de Vos]].

==Broadcasting career==
In 2012, Corazzin became a soccer analyst on the pre- and post-match shows of Vancouver Whitecaps FC radio broadcasts on [https://web.archive.org/web/20061121224807/http://www.team1040.ca/ The TEAM 1040] in Vancouver.

==Personal life==
Corazzin is of Italian descent.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

==Career statistics==
:''Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Corazzin goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Carlo Corazzin
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 10 January 1996 || [[Angel Stadium of Anaheim|Edison International Field]], [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]], United States || {{fb|HON}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || [[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 30 August 1996 || [[Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton)|Commonwealth Stadium]], [[Edmonton]], Canada || {{fb|PAN}} || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || 12 October 1997 || Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada || {{fb|MEX}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 || 8 October 1999 || [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]], [[Los Angeles]], United States || {{fb|SLV}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || [[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup#Qualification play-off|2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification play off]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5 || rowspan="2"|10 October 1999 || rowspan="2"|Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States || rowspan="2"|{{fb|HAI}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || rowspan="2"|2–1 || rowspan="2"|2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification play off
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 
|-
| style="text-align:center"|7 || rowspan="2"|13 February 2000 || rowspan="2"|[[Qualcomm Stadium]], [[San Diego]], United States || rowspan="2"|{{fb|CRC}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || rowspan="2"|2–2 || rowspan="2"|[[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|8 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 
|-
| style="text-align:center"|9 || 20 February 2000 || Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States || {{fb|MEX}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
|-
| style="text-align:center"|10 || 27 February 2000 || [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]], [[Los Angeles]], United States || {{fb|COL}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
|-
| style="text-align:center"|11 || 18 January 2004 || [[Bridgetown]], Barbados || {{fb|BAR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Northampton Town'''
*[[Football League Two|English Third Division]] third place (promoted): [[1999-2000 in English football|1999–2000]]

'''Canada'''
*[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]: [[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/00gc-full.html|title=CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000 - Full Details|access-date=April 20, 2025}}</ref>

===Individual===
*[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]] Best XI: [[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000]]
*[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]] Golden Boot: [[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Canada Soccer player|id=781}} / [[Canada Soccer Hall of Fame]]
* {{NFT player|1267}}
* {{Soccerbase}}

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