Marcelo Verón

Marcelo Verón
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Andrés Verón
Date of birth (1978-01-08) 8 January 1978 (age 47)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Platense
2000 Salgueiros
2000–2001 Platense 44 (23)
2001 Motagua 21 (7)
2002 Stade Tunisien
2002 Cobras de Ciudad Juárez
2002–2003 Cartagonova
2003–2004 Ceuta
2004 Colo-Colo
2005 Novelda
2005–2006 Deportivo Suchitepéquez (?)
2006 Platense 13 (5)
2007–2008 Deportivo Suchitepéquez (?)
2008–2009 Defensores de Belgrano (?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2013-7-22

Marcelo Andrés Verón (born January 8, 1978, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine former footballer who played for 11 clubs. He played and scored for Colo-Colo in the 2004 Chilean Primera División Clausura.[1][2] He is well known in Honduras, for playing in Platense (in two spells) and F.C. Motagua.

Club career

In 2000, he was hired by C.D. Platense in Honduras. He won the top goalscorer title in the 2000–01 Apertura with 13 goals scored and the league title in the 2000–01 Clausura against Olimpia. Verón was then transferred to F.C. Motagua in the 2001–02 Apertura, scoring 7 goals for them and winning the league title against C.D. Marathón. In 2006, he returned for a short spell at Platense, scoring 5 goals. Verón is one of the all-time goalscorers of Platense, with 28 goals in total.

Career statistics

Team Season Games Goal
Club Deportivo Platense 2000-01 A 22 13
Club Deportivo Platense 2000-01 C 22 10
F.C. Motagua 2001-02 A 21 7
Club Deportivo Platense 2006-07 C 13 5

References

  1. ^ "South American roundup". SI.com. Reuters. 17 August 2004. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  2. ^ Andrés, Juan Pablo (14 April 2005). "Chile 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 September 2012.


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