Marcelo Sarmiento (born November 3, 1979 in Córdoba) is an Argentine former professional

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who last played for

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Playing career

Sarmiento spent most of his career in Argentina with

Talleres de Córdoba Club Atlético Talleres (; (lit. Workshops Athletic Club) mostly known simply as Talleres (lit. Workshops) or Talleres de Córdoba ) (Córdoba Workshops) is an Argentine sports club from the city of Córdoba. The institution is mostly known f ...

, Olimpo and

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. He had a brief spell on loan to Bulgarian team

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and he spent the early part of the 2006–07 season on loan at English club

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. Sarmiento arrived at Southampton as a holding midfielder to organize the midfield but on 19 January 2007 he was released, having only made four appearances for the club, three in the

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and one in the

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. Sarmiento re-joined his previous club Argentinos Juniors on loan until June 2007 before joining

Larissa Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...

in Greece on a free transfer on a two-year contract plus one year extension option. For the next two seasons, Sarmiento was a fundamental part of Larissa's squad, playing more than 60 games in total with the ''maroons'', and being one of the key players in midfield. In summer 2009, he transferred to

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, rejoining his old Larissa coach

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. After a two-year stint at Atromitos, he left Greece to join the newly promoted

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side Unión in July 2011.

References

External links

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Marcelo Sarmiento – Official WebsiteGuardian statistics

Argentine Primera statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarmiento, Marcelo 1979 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Footballers from Córdoba, Argentina Talleres de Córdoba footballers Club Olimpo footballers Argentinos Juniors footballers PFC Litex Lovech players Southampton F.C. players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Atromitos F.C. players Unión de Santa Fe footballers Super League Greece players Argentine Primera División players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Men's association football midfielders