Marcelo Lipatín López (born January 28, 1977) is a

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an professional

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player.

Playing career

In July 2008, Lipatin was offered a contract from Maccabi Tel Aviv after they discovered that Lipatin's father is Jewish and his mother

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. This would allow him to play in Israel and not count as a foreigner. After his negotiations with Maccabi failed, he was offered to city rivals

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Club statistics

Honours

Yokohama F. Marinos * J.League Cup:

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

América *

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: Verano 2002 Grêmio * Série B:

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* Campeonato Gaúcho:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lipatin, Marcelo 1977 births Living people Footballers from Montevideo Uruguayan people of Jewish descent Uruguayan Christians Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players Defensor Sporting players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Grêmio FBPA players Yokohama F. Marinos players Club América footballers SSC Bari players C.S. Marítimo players Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Serie B players J1 League players Primeira Liga players PAS Giannina F.C. players Super League Greece players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Uruguayan Primera División players Liga MX players C.D. Nacional players C.D. Trofense players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Men's association football forwards