Óscar Guido Trejo (born 26 April 1988) is an Argentine professional

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who plays for and captains

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club

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Li ...

as an

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or forward.

Club career

Trejo was born in Santiago del Estero. A product of Boca Juniors' youth system, he only played once for its first team but, in the game against

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, he scored in a 3–2 away loss after a mere minutes on the pitch – the match was suspended after 63 minutes. In late December 2006, Trejo was bought by RCD Mallorca in Spain, still having not signed his first professional contract. Boca sustained otherwise and the case was taken to FIFA, which ultimately decided for the Balearic Islands club. He made his first appearance in

on 8 April 2007, against Getafe CF; having come on as a 90th-minute substitute, he managed to find the net for a final 2–0 home victory. Sparingly used over the following seasons, Trejo managed to score in the 2007–08 edition of the

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in a 2–1 home win over Real Madrid (3–1 aggregate). After an unassuming 2008–09, he was loaned the following campaign to Segunda División side

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. On 15 August 2010, a similar move ensued, with Trejo joining

in the same tier. He returned to the top flight in the 2011–12 season, scoring four goals from 33 appearances for

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, ...

but suffering relegation. In the summer of 2012,

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made an attempt to buy Trejo, but the deal fell apart. One year later he eventually left Spain, going on to spend several years in the French Ligue 1 with Toulouse FC after agreeing to a four-year contract. Trejo returned to Rayo on 21 June 2017 as

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David Cobeño's first signing, six years after leaving. He scored a career-high 12 goals in his

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, combining with

Raúl de Tomás Raúl de Tomás Gómez (; born 17 October 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Rayo Vallecano and the Spain national team. He began as a youth team player at Real Madrid, making only one substitu ...

for 36 as the club returned to the top division as champions.

Career statistics

Honours

Rayo Vallecano * Segunda División: 2017–18

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Trejo, Oscar 1988 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Footballers from Santiago del Estero Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Argentine Primera División players Boca Juniors footballers La Liga players Segunda División players RCD Mallorca players Elche CF players Rayo Vallecano players Sporting de Gijón players Ligue 1 players Championnat National 3 players Toulouse FC players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in France Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France