Carlos Daniel "Lobo" Cordone (born 6 January 1974), is a former

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professional

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player who played as a striker. Cordone started his career at Vélez Sársfield and played there for six seasons before moving to

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in 2000. Later that year he moved to

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for a fee of £500,000, but failed to meet expectations at Newcastle and only played for the club for one season. He scored three goals, against Derby County, Tottenham Hotspur and Bradford City in the League Cup. In 2001, he returned to Argentina to play for

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. After one season with them he moved to

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where he helped the club to win the

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in 2002. Towards the end of his career he has played for

Argentino de Merlo Club Atlético Argentino (mostly known as Argentino de Merlo) is an Argentine football club from Merlo, Buenos Aires. The squad currently plays in Primera D Metropolitana, the regionalised five division of the Argentine football league system. H ...

in the Metropolitan 4th division and

Independiente Rivadavia Club Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia (mostly known simply as Independiente Rivadavia) is a football club from Mendoza, Argentina. The team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second major league in Argentine Football league system. In ...

in the 3rd division Interior.

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