Alejandro Meloño
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Alejandro Meloño | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Alejandro Gabriel Meloño Botta | |
Date of birth | April 27, 1977 | |
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 |
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1 Senior club appearances and 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.