Gerardo Traverso

Gerardo Traverso
Personal information
Full name Gerardo Adrián Traverso Píriz
Date of birth 7 October 1975 (1975-10-07) (age 36)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
Rubio Ñú
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992 Rubio Ñú
1993–1997 Nacional (Paraguay)
1997 Tianjin Lifei
San Lorenzo
Monterrey
–2000 Durazno
2000 Barcelona (loan)
2001 Guaraní
2002 Dundee 2 (0)
2002 Cerro Porteño
2003 Sportivo Luqueño
2003–2004 Tacuary
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Gerardo Adrián Traverso (born 7 October 1975 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan football player.[1]

Club career

Traverso moved to Paraguay as a youth player and began his professional career with Rubio Ñú before moving to Nacional in the Primera División de Paraguay.[2] He played on loan for Barcelona in Serie A de Ecuador.[3] He also had a brief spell with Dundee in the Scottish Premier League.[4]

Traverso's career ended following a serious injury sustained in an automobile crash in Asunción in May 2004. His wife was also injured in the accident.[5]

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