Ezequiel Elías Umeres (born 10 December 1995) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for

Plaza Colonia Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes, or simply Plaza Colonia, is a Uruguayan professional football club from Colonia del Sacramento, that competes in the Uruguayan Primera Division. Founded in 1917, the club plays its home games at the 3,000 seater E ...

Career

Umeres' career started in 2015 with Estudiantes in the

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. He made his professional debut on 17 April during a 1–1 draw with Rosario Central at the

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. That was his only appearance in

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, Umeres went on to make eight more appearances throughout

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and 2016–17 for Estudiantes. He failed to feature during 2017–18 and subsequently departed the club in January 2018 to join Uruguayan Segunda División side

. He scored his first senior goal on 18 August versus

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, in a season which ended with promotion to the 2019 Uruguayan Primera División. After goals against

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and

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in the top-flight for Plaza Colonia as they secured

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qualification, Umeres returned to Argentina with

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in January 2020. He made two appearances before the league's curtailment due to the

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. In October 2020, Umeres rejoined Plaza Colonia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Umeres, Elías 1995 births Living people People from General López Department Argentine men's footballers Men's association football forwards Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Argentine Primera División players Uruguayan Segunda División players Uruguayan Primera División players Primera Nacional players Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Plaza Colonia players Guillermo Brown de Puerto Madryn footballers Footballers from Santa Fe Province