Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alejandro Gabriel Meloño Botta | ||
Date of birth | April 27, 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997 | Rentistas | 13 | (1) |
1998 | San Lorenzo | 0 | (0) |
1998–1999 | Nueva Chicago | 13 | (0) |
1999–2000 | Almagro | 153 total | (9) |
2000–2001 | Real Murcia | 0 | (0) |
2001–2004 | Almagro | (see above) | |
2004 | Rosario Central | 1 | (0) |
2005 | Chacarita Juniors | 21 | (3) |
2005 | Yeovil Town | 2 | (0) |
2006 | Deportivo Quito | 2 | (0) |
2006 | La Plata FC | 11 | (0) |
2007 | Ben Hur | 12 | (1) |
2007–2009 | Almagro | (see above) | |
2010–2011 | Boca Unidos | ? | (?) |
2011 | Comunicaciones | ||
2012 | Sportivo Italiano | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:35, 23 September 2010 (UTC) |
Alejandro Gabriel Meloño Botta (born April 27, 1977) is a former football player from Uruguay who played as a centre back.
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.
References
- Alejandro Meloño at Soccerbase
- Alejandro Meloño at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Alejandro Meloño at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es)