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Hugo Campagnaro

Argentine association football player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ508010
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Hugo Armando Campagnaro (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈuɣo]; born 27 June 1980) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a centre back.

He started his club career in Argentina with Deportivo Morón, before moving to Europe to play for Italian club Pescara. After five seasons in the Serie A and then Serie B, he joined top flight club Sampdoria. He then spent four seasons at Napoli, where he won the Coppa Italia, and two at Inter Milan. In 2015, he joined Serie B club Pescara, helping them earn a promotion in 2016. He retired at the club in 2020.

He made his debut for Argentina in 2012 at the age of 31. He earned 17 caps for his country, and represented them at the 2014 World Cup, where he won a runners-up medal.

Club career

He started his career at Club Deportivo Morón, playing in the Argentine second and third division. In 2002, having not played first division football, he was signed by Piacenza, who were in Serie A at the time.

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The public source identifies “Hugo Campagnaro” as argentine association football player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Hugo, Campagnaro and Argentine.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1980, 2015, 2016, 2020—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1980-06-27. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Hugo, Campagnaro and Argentine providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q508010. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1980, 2015, 2016 and 2020.

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This entry incorporates text from Hugo Campagnaro” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.