| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcos Alberto Angeleri | ||
| Date of birth | 7 April 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | La Plata, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) [1] | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sunderland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2010 | Estudiantes | 184 | (2) |
| 2010– | Sunderland | 3 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009- | Argentina | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 July 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Marcos Alberto Angeleri (born 7 April 1983) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Sunderland as a defender.
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Born in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Angeleri made his first appearance for Estudiantes in 2002. He played in the championship decider for the Apertura 2006 title, and in 2008 was called by Diego Maradona to the Argentina national football team.
Angeleri is mostly deployed as a wingback on the right, where he is noted for his aggressive defense and solid transition play along the right flank. Under coach Diego Simeone he also played as a libero. His freedom to join the attack was increased after the arrival of Leonardo Astrada as coach in mid-2008, causing Angeleri to be noticed by Maradona and by South American sports journalists, who voted Angeleri in a top-ten place in the 2008 edition of the South American Footballer of the Year award.[2]
In 2008 Angeleri was part of the Estudiantes team that finishing as runners up in Copa Sudamericana 2008, and then was a regular player in the team that won the Copa Libertadores 2009, although he missed the latter stages of the tournament through an injury, which also frustrated a transfer to Europe, where several top sides were interested in him. Having fully recovered, Angeleri is played in the 2010 Clausura tournament and the 2010 Copa Libertadores.
Angeleri's nicknames have been a matter of some good-natured controversy. Former Estudiantes coach Carlos Bilardo, who is noted for his superstitions, argued that "Mambrú" was a poor choice [3] ("Mambrú" is the subject of a children's song that relates how the Duke of Marlborough died fighting a war).[4] "Comandante" was proposed (referring to Subcomandante Marcos), as well as "Cacique" (chief). Angeleri revealed that his childhood nickname was "Cascarita" (egg shell); other nicknames bestowed upon him are "Gordo" (fat guy) and "Cobra" (for his aggressive defending).
He has also developed several nicknames at his new club Sunderland. Many refer to him as the 'Beautiful Argentinian' whilst others opt for 'Wally' after the fictional character who conveniently wears the red and white stripes of the team.
Angeleri signed for Sunderland in the Premier League for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £1.5 million on a three-year contract on 24 July 2010.[5] He was included in Sunderland's 25-man squad for the 2010–11 season.[6] He made his debut on December 26, 2010 against Manchester United as a late replacement for Bolo Zenden in a 2-0 defeat. He made his first start for Sunderland in a FA Cup match against Notts County on January 8, 2011. In March, Angeleri was selected for the Argentina national squad despite having played only three matches during the season.[7]
In May 2011, Angeleri returned to Argentina to see a knee specialist about an injury problem picked up during the pre-season game between Sunderland and Benfica in Portugal.[8]
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