Alejandro Gabriel Meloño Botta (born April 27, 1977) is a former
football player from
Uruguay
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who played as a centre back.
Meloño is a left sided central
defender. He started his career in 1997 with
Rentistas in
Uruguay
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. In 1998, he moved to
Argentina
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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
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in Spain before returning to
Argentina
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a year later in 2001 to play for
Almagro again. In 2004, he joined
Rosario Central
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and in 2005 he moved to
Chacarita Juniors
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T ...
. He returned to Europe later in 2005 where he joined
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* Yeovil Town L.F.C.
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on a short-term contract before signing for
Deportivo Quito
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of
Ecuador
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. 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
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Alejandro Meloñoat playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es)
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1977 births
Living people
Footballers from Montevideo
Uruguayan footballers
Uruguay under-20 international footballers
Uruguay international footballers
Uruguayan expatriate footballers
Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in England
C.A. Rentistas players
San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
Nueva Chicago footballers
Rosario Central footballers
Chacarita Juniors footballers
La Plata FC footballers
Club Almagro players
La Liga players
Real Murcia players
Yeovil Town F.C. players
S.D. Quito footballers
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Expatriate footballers in England
Expatriate footballers in Ecuador
Expatriate footballers in Argentina
Association football defenders