Alejandro Meloño

Alejandro Meloño
Personal information
Full nameAlejandro Gabriel Meloño Botta
Date of birthApril 27, 1977
Place of birthMontevideo, Uruguay
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Boca Unidos
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997Rentistas13(1)
1998San Lorenzo0(0)
1998-1999Nueva Chicago13(0)
1999-2000Almagro153 total(9)
2000-2001Real Murcia0(0)
2001-2004Almagro(see above)
2004Rosario Central1(0)
2005Chacarita Juniors21(3)
2005Yeovil Town2(0)
2006Deportivo Quito2(0)
2006La Plata FC11(0)
2007Ben Hur12(1)
2007–2009Almagro(see above)
2010–Boca Unidos?(?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:35, 23 September 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

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

Meloño is a left sided central defender. He started his career in 1997 with Rentistas in Uruguay. In 1998 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.

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