Marcelo Escudero

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Marcelo Escudero
Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Alejandro Escudero
Date of birth	(1972-07-25) July 25, 1972
Place of birth	Punta Alta, Argentina
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1991–1992	Sporting Punta Alta	?	(?)
1992–1996	Newell's Old Boys	90	(10)
1996–2002	River Plate	113	(12)
2003	Fortaleza	1	(0)
2004–2005	Olimpo	21	(2)
National team
1994–1995	Argentina	9	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marcelo Alejandro Escudero (born 25 July 1972 in Punta Alta) is a retired Argentine football midfielder who won five league titles and the Copa Libertadores 1996 with River Plate.

Escudero started his career with Sporting Punta Alta in the regional leagues of Argentine football. In 1992 he joined Newell's Old Boys where he was part of the squad that won the Clausura 1992 championship.

In 1995 Escudero was selected to join the Argentina squad for Copa América 1995.

In 1996 he joined River Plate where he won five league championships, Copa Libertadores 1996 and Supercopa Sudamericana in 1997.

In 2003 he had an unsuccessful spell with Fortaleza in Brazil. His last club was Olimpo de Bahía Blanca where he retired in 2005.

Titles

Season	Team	Title
Clausura 1992	Newell's Old Boys	Primera División Argentina
Apertura 1996	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1996	River Plate	Copa Libertadores
Clausura 1997	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1997	River Plate	Supercopa Sudamericana
Apertura 1999	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
Clausura 2000	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
Clausura 2002	River Plate	Primera División Argentina

External links

Marcelo Escudero at National-Football-Teams.com
(Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics

v t e Argentina squad – 1995 King Fahd Cup Runners-up

1 Bossio 2 Ayala 3 Chamot 4 Zanetti 5 Pérez 6 Fabbri 7 Ortega 8 Escudero 9 Batistuta 10 Espina (c) 11 Rambert 12 Burgos 13 Rotchen 14 Arruabarrena 15 Vivas 16 Jiménez 17 Gallardo 18 López 19 Crespo 20 Bassedas Coach: Passarella

v t e Argentina squad – 1995 Copa América

1 Cristante 2 Ayala 3 Chamot 4 Zanetti 5 Pérez 6 Cáceres 7 Balbo 8 Simeone 9 Batistuta 10 Gallardo 11 Berti 12 Bossio 13 Altamirano 14 Schürrer 15 Fabbri 16 Astrada 17 Escudero 18 Espina (c) 19 Ortega 20 Acosta 21 Borrelli 22 Burgos Coach: Passarella

Persondata
Name	Escudero, Marcelo
Alternative names
Short description	Argentine footballer
Date of birth	25 July 1972
Place of birth	Punta Alta, Argentina
Date of death
Place of death

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