Damián Emilio Akerman (born March 25, 1980 in

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, Córdoba Province) is an

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striker who currently plays for

Deportivo Morón Club Deportivo Morón is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Morón, Buenos Aires. Deportivo Morón's football team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system. The club was fo ...

in the

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. Nicknamed "El Cabro", Akerman began at the youth sector of club

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. He made his debut in 2000 with

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in the Primera B Metropolitana. In 2003, he relocated to Chile to play for first division club

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, but after five months he returned to Argentina and signed with

, which he eventually would spend most of his career with. After four stints at Morón, Akerman became the all-time leading scorer in the club's history with 141 goals altogether in both, second and third division. He also had a brief spell in the

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with Gimnasia de La Plata in 2005. Moreover, he spent some time with

Ferro Carril Oeste Club Ferro Carril Oeste, known simply as Ferro Carril Oeste or familiarly, Ferro, is an Argentine sports club from the neighbourhood of Caballito, Buenos Aires. Although many activities are hosted by the club, Ferro is mostly known for its footb ...

between 2006 and 2007. In July 2009, Akerman was loaned to Bolivian side

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. He made his debut in the

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on August 8, 2009 against Nacional Potosí. With the help of his goals in crucial games Blooming obtained the 2009 Clausura title, the first in his career. After a year in Bolivia, Akerman returned to Morón once again.Morón trajo a Damián Akerman y suma incorporaciones
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Club titles

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Argentine Primera statistics

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Akerman, Damian 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Córdoba Province, Argentina Argentine expatriate footballers Argentine footballers Association football forwards Ferro Carril Oeste footballers Deportivo Morón footballers Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers Club Blooming players Deportes La Serena footballers Expatriate footballers in Bolivia Expatriate footballers in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Argentine people of German descent Argentino de Rosario footballers