What happened to Carlos Izquierdoz? The great star of Santos Laguna

A few weeks before the Apertura 2024 officially begins, the Lagunera fans are expectant about the performance that Santos Laguna will show in this new season, after their chaotic time in the Clausura, where unfortunately the albiverde team failed to stand out.

However, while this tournament begins, fans remember the great stars who once wore the green and white shirt, among them the name of Carlos Izquierdoz stood out, that Argentine player who brought great glories to the La Laguna team, wondering… what happened to he?

It was in May 2014 when Club Santos announced the signing of Carlos Izquierdoz, in the victory of the Lagunero team against the now extinct team, Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz.

He won his first title with the team on November 4, when Santos defeated Puebla on penalties in the final of the 2014 Mexico Apertura Cup. By 2015, he became the team’s captain after the departure of Oswaldo Sánchez.

In his second tournament in Liga MX and his first as captain, he won the league title when Santos defeated Querétaro in the final. He won his second title with the team by defeating Club América in the 2014-15 Champion of Champions match.

In 2017 he played 100 games with Santos, and in May 2018 he was once again proclaimed Liga MX champion by defeating Toluca in the Clausura final, with an aggregate score of 3-2.

After his time at Santos Laguna, Carlos Izquierdoz returned to Argentina in 2018, where he began playing for the Boca Juniors.

There, the player stood out again, since in 2019, he became, together with his team, the champion of the 2018 Argentine Super Cup, after defeating Club Atlético Rosario Central on penalties.

In 2022, already consolidated as captain of the team, he suffered a spectacular injury during the Xeneize match against Estudiantes de la Plata, where Carlos fractured the base of the fifth metatarsal of his left foot, this injury would require more than 3 months outside of The fields. Fortunately, he managed to return and played for Boca Juniors until 2022, where he managed to win several significant cups in Argentina.

In July of that year, his transfer to the Spanish second division team was announced. Real Sporting de Guijón, debuting in August. For the second league matchday he scored his first goal after finishing off a cross in the 4-1 victory against Club Andorra.

Now, two years after his time at the Spanish club, it has been announced that Carlos has “very advanced negotiations to return to the club.” Club Atlético Lanús”, the first team in which he debuted in the First Division.