Marco Natanael Torsiglieri (born 12 January 1988) is an Argentine
footballer who plays as a
central defender or a
left-back.
Club career
Born in
Castelar,
Buenos Aires Province
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, Torsiglieri made his
Primera División
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debut for
Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield on 18 November 2006, being loaned to
Primera B Nacional club
Talleres de Córdoba for the 2007–08 season. Returning to ''El Fortín'' he would be part of the
Clausura 2009-winning squad, although he did not play in any of the games.
Torsiglieri left Vélez in June 2010 to play for
Sporting Clube de Portugal
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, signing for
€3.4 million. In July 2010, 50% of the player's rights regarding a future transfer were sold to investment group
Quality Football Ireland Limited, for €1.7 million.
Torsiglieri made his official debut for Sporting on 16 September 2010, playing the full 90 minutes in a
2–1 group stage away win against
Lille OSC
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in the
UEFA Europa League. His first
Primeira Liga
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appearance came on 24 October in a 1–0 home success over
Rio Ave FC, and he finished
his only season with the ''Lions'' with 23 matches all competitions comprised, with the team ranking third 36 points behind eventual champions
FC Porto
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.
In July 2011, Torsiglieri joined
FC Metalist Kharkiv on loan, and in December he signed a permanent five-year deal with the
Ukrainians. On 3 August 2013, in the same predicament, he moved teams and countries again, signing a one-year deal with
La Liga side
UD Almería.
After spells playing for
Boca Juniors
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,
Monarcas Morelia,
Rosario Central and
Racing Club de Avellaneda, Torsiglieri returned to Vélez – his first professional team – for the second half of the
2017–18 season.
Honours
Vélez
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Argentine Primera División
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Th ...
:
2009 Clausura
References
External links
Argentine League statistics
Official Vélez profile
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1988 births
Living people
Footballers from Buenos Aires Province
Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Argentine Primera División players
Primera Nacional players
Primeira Liga players
La Liga players
Liga MX players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Bolivian Primera División players
Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers
Talleres de Córdoba footballers
Boca Juniors footballers
Rosario Central footballers
Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
Club Atlético Lanús footballers
Sporting CP footballers
FC Metalist Kharkiv players
UD Almería players
Atlético Morelia players
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers
C.D. Jorge Wilstermann players
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia