Gerónimo Beato (born 10 November 1995 in

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) is an Uruguayan

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. He is the son of Vito Beato, who is a football manager.

Club career

Born in

, Beato started in the youth levels of

River Plate Montevideo A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wa ...

. In March 2014, he travelled to

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to try luck on

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side Ripa La Fenadora. He could not play much after suffering a long injury and he left the club after finishing his contract, staying a long time without playing. Later, he went to

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signing with

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. He did not have minutes in the first team and remained some months till he finally returned to

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to defend his father's coaching team

Villa Teresa Club Atlético Villa Teresa, is a Uruguayan football and cycling team club based in Montevideo. It was founded in 1941. History In 2011 Villa Teresa achieved promotion from Segunda División Amateur (third level) and returned to the Profe ...

which had just promoted to Uruguayan Top Division. After one year at

Huracán Huracan (; es, Huracán; myn, Hunraqan, "one legged"), often referred to as ''U Kʼux Kaj'', the "Heart of Sky", is a Kʼicheʼ people, Kʼicheʼ Maya mythology, Maya god of wind, storm, fire and one of the creator deities who participated in ...

, Beato returned to

in 2019.Villa Teresa: Dos nuevas altas…
elascenso.com, 26 March 2019

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* * 1995 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players FC Lugano players Villa Teresa players Huracán F.C. players Uruguayan Primera División players Uruguayan Segunda División players Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Italy {{Uruguay-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub