Emilio Enrique Zeballos Gutiérrez (born August 5, 1992) is a Uruguayan

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

He made his professional debut on August 25, 2012, at

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, played as a starter against

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and tied 2 to 2. On October 14, he scored his first professional goal was against

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and thanks to his goal won the game Defensor was second in the Apertura tournament, behind Peñarol. Internationally, he debuted on January 24, 2013, against Olimpia classification to the group stage of the

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, tied 0–0 but lost the return leg 2–0. In the Clausura tournament, Emilio maintained ownership. Defensor finished first in the tournament, this time chickadees were in second place. Final Peñarol and Defensor forced to determine the champion Uruguay, was played on June 4 at the

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, but lost 3–1 with a hat-trick from Antonio Pacheco. Zeballos finished the 2012–13 season with 32 games played 90 minutes each, about 33 Defensor Sporting played. The 2013–14 season was irregular for Emilio, since although every game he played the full 90 minutes played, was present in 24 of the 42 meetings which took Defensor Sporting, alternated the position with

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and Ramón Arias. That season he achieved third place in the

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, competition in which he scored his first international goal on March 21 against Cruzeiro in Brazil. Locally made no goals, Defensor ended the tournament Apertura and Clausura 12th place ninth. He started the 2014 Apertura tournament without being summoned, drew 0–0 against Nacional on the first date. And for the next date, he played as a starter and ended the Apertura playing 10 of 15 games, Defensor finished sixth. Torneo Clausura for 2015 was undisputed starter, as he played 15 matches the corresponding 90 minutes each scored a goal on February 22, 2015, in the win over

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6–2, finished fourth. At the annual table, were the fifth so they qualified for the

2015 Copa Sudamericana The 2015 Copa Sudamericana ( pt, Copa Sul-Americana 2015) was the 14th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Colombian team Santa Fe qualified to play in the 2016 Copa Libert ...

. He played his 100th game for Uruguayan club Defensor on November 20, he faced El Tanque Sisley and he played 90 minutes and the score drew 2–2.

Honours

;Chapecoense * Campeonato Catarinense: 2017

References

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1992 births Living people Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Defensor Sporting players Associação Chapecoense de Futebol players C.A. Progreso players Uruguayan Primera División players Men's association football defenders Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Footballers from Montevideo {{Uruguay-footy-defender-1990s-stub