Jesús Alberto Dátolo (born 19 May 1984) is an Argentine professional

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who last played as a

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for Tristán Suárez.

Club career

Dátolo started his career in 2000 at Cañuelas in

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, Argentina's fourth division. In 2002, he signed for Primera División club, Banfield and broke into the first team squad in 2005. He played with his future Boca Juniors colleagues;

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and Gabriel Paletta. Dátolo moved to

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during the mid-year transfer period of 2006. Boca bought 50% of his pass, and 100% of the sports rights. He was a regular in the Boca starting line-up since the 2007 Apertura, where his performances gradually improved. He was a part of the Boca Juniors team that won the 2007 Copa Libertadores. In the 2008 Copa Libertadores, Datolo scored in Boca's 3–0 win against Venezuela's Maracaibo, as Boca progressed to the knock-out stages after being required to win by at least three goals. Datolo would again score in Boca's 2–1 first-leg win against Brazil's Cruzeiro at the Round of 16 stage. Boca reached the semi-final stage of the Copa Libertadores where which they were eliminated by Brazil's Fluminense. Boca Juniors went on to win the 2008 Torneo Apertura. After the ''Torneo de Verano'' of January 2009 Dátolo would go on to sign for Italian

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club,

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. On 16 January 2010, it was announced that

's 25-year-old midfielder will play on loan for Olympiakos F.C. until the end of the season. Datolo had asked Napoli for a transfer in order to gain regular game time to secure a place in Argentina's team at the

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. Greek club Olympiacos had beaten off a deal with Datolo ahead of

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, who were chasing his signature as well. Dátolo played for Internacional, after arriving from

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. On 9 August 2013, he signed with

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. After the end of his contract, Dátolo signed with Vitória in January 2017. He scored his first two goals on 15 February, including one direct from a corner.

Career statistics

International career

Dátolo made his international debut for

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in a friendly match against

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on 12 August 2009; he scored his first goal after just 20 seconds on the pitch. His first competitive goal came in a 3–1 loss against

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with a 30-yard shot.

International goals

Honours

;Boca Juniors *

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2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

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: Apertura 2008 ;Internacional *

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho (English: Gaúcho Championship), officially named as Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Série A and commonly known as the Gauchão or the Gauchão Ipiranga (company), Ipiranga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-flight profess ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

;Atlético Mineiro *

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Datolo, Jesus 1984 births Living people People from Ezeiza Partido Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Argentine Primera División players Cañuelas Fútbol Club footballers Club Atlético Banfield footballers Boca Juniors footballers Serie A players SSC Napoli players Super League Greece players Olympiacos F.C. players La Liga players RCD Espanyol footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players SC Internacional players Clube Atlético Mineiro players Esporte Clube Vitória players Argentina men's international footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Copa Libertadores–winning players 21st-century Argentine sportsmen