Sebastián Cejas
 Cejas in 2005 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christian Sebastián Cejas | ||
| Date of birth | 21 April 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Gualeguay, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sportivo Las Parejas (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1994 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2001 | Newell's Old Boys | 172 | (6) |
| 2001–2002 | Roma | 0 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Siena (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Ascoli | 35 | (1) |
| 2003–2006 | Fiorentina | 55 | (0) |
| 2006 | Empoli | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Colo-Colo | 50 | (0) |
| 2007 | Gimnasia LP | 18 | (0) |
| 2009 | Pisa | 12 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Chacarita Juniors | 19 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Newell's Old Boys (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2018–2020 | Vélez Sarsfield (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Santamarina | ||
| 2023 | Argentino de Rosario (assistant) | ||
| 2024– | Sportivo Las Parejas | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Christian Sebastián Cejas (born 21 April 1975) is an Argentine former footballer that played as goalkeeper and his last club was Chacarita Juniors of the Primera B Nacional. Nicknamed Terremoto (Earthquake), he also played for teams such as Newell's Old Boys, Fiorentina, and Colo-Colo. He is currently in charge of Sportivo Las Parejas.
Club career
[edit]Cejas began his career in 1994 in his native country Argentina, where he appeared in 170 games and scored six goals for Newell's Old Boys. From there he was transferred to Roma in 2001. While with Newell's Old Boys, Cejas was a regular with the first team. That was not the case while he was with Roma, where he never appeared in a match. Cejas was loaned out to the than Serie B club Siena, where he appeared in the last seventeen games of the season. From there he was transferred to a Serie B club Ascoli. There he appeared in 35 games and scored a rare goal for goalkeeper in Italian football.
Cejas was then sold to another Serie B squad Fiorentina. Prior to his arrival, Fiorentina had gained promotion from Serie C2 to Serie C1. However, because of Caso Catania, Fiorentina gained promotion to Serie B. Cejas than helped complete the remarkable comeback of Fiorentina to Serie A. He appeared in 55 league games with the club before being sold to Empoli.
On 25 January 2006, Fiorentina acquired goalkeeper Gianluca Berti from Empoli in exchange for Cejas. However he only appeared in six games with Empoli before asking the club to terminate his contract. Cejas was upset that he had been dropped from the first team squad.
After Colo-Colo won the 2006 Apertura in Chile, their goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, made a move to La Liga club Real Sociedad, leaving them without a goalkeeper. Colo-Colo then signed Cejas as a replacement. He helped Colo-Colo win the 2006 Clausura and 2007 Apertura, as well as reaching the 2006 Copa Sudamericana Finals.
In July 2008, Cejas joined Premier League club Hull City on trial, but was not offered a contract by the Premier League newcomers. On 22 February 2009, Serie B club Pisa announced the signing of Cejas on a free transfer as a replacement for outgoing veternal keeper Daniele Balli.[2]
Coaching career
[edit]Cejas served as goalkeeping coach of both Newell's Old Boys and Vélez Sarsfield[3] before becoming the manager of Santamarina in the Primera B Nacional.[4] In 2023, he served as assistant of Daniel Fagiani in Argentino de Rosario. The next year, he assumed as the manager of Sportivo Las Parejas.[5][6]
Personal life
[edit]His younger brother Mauro Cejas plays for Tecos UAG in Mexico.
Honours
[edit]- Colo-Colo
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Profile". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ "NUOVO ARRIVO IN CASA NERAZZURRA: DALL'ARGENTINA ECCO L'ESPERTO PORTIERE SEBASTIAN CEJAS" (in Italian). Pisa Calcio. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "Sebastián Cejas inicia su carrera como entrenador lejos de Heinze". TyC Sports (in Spanish). 20 August 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ Vega, Diego (21 July 2022). "Fue campeón con Colo Colo y apareció de sorpresa en el Monumental después de 15 años". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Un Terremoto en Las Parejas: Sebastián Cejas asumió como nuevo entrenador de Sportivo". Diario El Ciudadano y la Región (in Spanish). 23 January 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Perfil: Sebastián Cejas - Sportivo Las Parejas". www.soloascenso.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- Statistics at Irish Times
- (in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics[usurped] at Futbol XXI
- Lega Serie A Profile (in Italian)
- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Gualeguay Department
- Footballers from Entre Ríos Province
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Newell's Old Boys footballers
- Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers
- Chacarita Juniors footballers
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- AS Roma players
- Siena FC SSD players
- Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players
- ACF Fiorentina players
- Empoli FC players
- Pisa SC players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Colo-Colo footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
- Association football goalkeeping coaches
- Argentine football coaches
- Argentine football managers
- Primera B Nacional managers