Alejandro Meloño

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Alejandro Meloño
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Gabriel Meloño Botta
Date of birth April 27, 1977 (1977-04-27) (age 31)
Place of birth    Montevideo, Uruguay
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Almagro
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997
1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2004
2004
2005
2005
2006
2006
2007
2007-present
Rentistas
San Lorenzo
Nueva Chicago
Almagro
Real Murcia
Almagro
Rosario Central
Chacarita Juniors
Yeovil Town
Deportivo Quito
La Plata FC
Ben Hur
Almagro
   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 12 October 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Alejandro Gabriel Meloño Botta (born April 27, 1977 in Montevideo) is a football player from Uruguay who currently plays for Almagro.

Meloño is a left sided central defender. He started his career in 1996 with Rentistas in Uruguay. In 1997 he moved to Argentina where he played for San Lorenzo, Nueva Chicago and Almagro. In 2000 he came to Europe for the first time and played for Real Murcia in Spain before returning to Argentina a year later in 2001 to play for Almagro again. In 2004 he joined Rosario Central and in 2005 he moved to Chacarita Juniors. He returned to Europe later in 2005 where he joined Yeovil Town on a short term contract before signing for Deportivo Quito of Ecuador. He spent 2006 at minor Argentinian club La Plata FC and the spring of 2007 at Ben Hur before returning to Almagro for a third spell.

He has also played for the Uruguayan Under 20 and Under 23 national teams, including the Sydney Olympics.