Marcelo Alberto Barovero (born 18 February 1984) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. He often goes by the nickname of "Trapito" (Spanish for "Little Rag").

Career

Early years

His first steps in the practice of football were at the club of his hometown, ''Porteña Asociación Cultural y Deportiva'', then he played at the youth academy of

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until his professional debut.

Professional career

Atlético Rafaela

Barovero started his professional career in 2003 playing for

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in the

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(Argentine second division). In his first season, the club won the championship and promotion to the Primera División. Barovero was used as the club's third choice goalkeeper in the first division, behind Ángel David Comizzo and

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. Rafaela was relegated at the end of the 2003–04 season, but Barovero stayed with the club and established himself as the first choice goalkeeper back in the B Nacional. He totalled 113 appearances for Atlético de Rafaela, before his move to

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(of the first division) in 2007.

Huracán

In the 2007/2008 season, he played all the 38 matches that his team disputed. At the end of this season, he was bought by Vélez Sársfield.

Velez Sarsfield

In 2008, after one season as a starter in Huracán, Barovero was bought by Vélez Sársfield to compete with

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for the position of first choice goalkeeper. During the 2009 Clausura he was part of the Vélez team that won the championship, being an unused substitute during the tournament. He eventually caught his break during the 2010 Apertura, during which he started in all but three games of his team's runner-up campaign. He finished the tournament with only 6 goals conceded in 16 games, and kept a

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in 12 of the games. At the end of the tournament, he was awarded the

Ubaldo Matildo Fillol Award The Ubaldo Fillol Award (from the Spanish: ''Premio Ubaldo Fillol''), was a football award that went to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio of each tournament of the Argentine Primera División. The award was created by Argentine Wo ...

for being the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio. The following semester, Barovero started in all 19 games of Vélez 2011 Clausura winning campaign, and all 12 of the team's

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semifinalist campaign.

River Plate

After his successful spell in Velez, in the 2012 Argentine winter transfer window giant River Plate picked him up for a US$250,000 season-long loan. He soon became the undisputed starting goalkeeper during his first semester at the club, and upon completion of the loan, River made his move permanent for a reported fee of US$950,000. Since then he's been one of the stars of the Argentine side and was named Man of the Match in more than one occasion, but most notably on an intense fixture in the 2013 Copa Sudamericana against Buenos Aires rivals San Lorenzo to advance to the Round of Sixteen. He won multiple titles with the squad, most notably the 2015 Copa Libertadores. The fans consider him an idol of the team.

Club Necaxa

Marcelo Barovero was officially transferred from River Plate to

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, on 9 July 2016.

C.F. Monterrey

Monterrey football club unveiled May 23, 2018, the signing of Barovero, through the club's Twitter account. Barovero arrived for the 2018 Apertura MX tournament as one of the first reinforcements of the team led by

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. The Argentine came from spending two years with

, where he won the

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at the Clausura 2018. Atlético San Luis Barovero was unveiled in 2021.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Atlético Rafaela *

: 2002–03 Vélez Sársfield *

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: 2009 Clausura, 2011 Clausura River Plate *Argentine Primera División: 2014 Final *

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: 2013–14 *

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Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American ...

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Necaxa *

: Clausura 2018 Monterrey *

: Apertura 2019 *

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Individual *

Ubaldo Fillol Award The Ubaldo Fillol Award (from the Spanish: ''Premio Ubaldo Fillol''), was a football award that went to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio of each tournament of the Argentine Primera División. The award was created by Argentine ...

: 2010 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2013 Inicial, 2014 Primera División *

Best Player:

Golden Glove: 2017–18 *

Golden Glove:

*CONCACAF Champions League Team of the Tournament: 2019

References

External links

Profile
at Vélez Sársfield's official website
Argentine Primera statistics
at Fútbol XXI
Statistics
at

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