Mariano Sebastián Trípodi (born 3 July 1987) is an Argentine
footballer
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who plays for
Metropolitano
Metropolitano S.A. was a privately owned consortium formed in 1994 to take over concessions granted by the Argentine government as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem for the operation of commuter rail services i ...
as a
striker.
Club career
Born in
Buenos Aires
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, Trípodi started his career playing for the famous
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...
academy which has a habit of producing star players. Clubs from across the continent started to become aware of Tripodi's goalscoring for the Boca Juniors U18s team, scoring 31 times in his first season. He was then quickly taken on by
Köln
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 million ...
, of Germany, where he played one match, against
Duisburg
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, in which he scored his only goal for the club,
and then was demoted to Köln II.
He then returned to Argentina, where he joined
San Martín de San Juan
Club Atlético San Martín, mostly known as San Martín de San Juan, is an Argentine football club from the city of San Juan. The team currently plays in the Argentine Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system ...
,
playing four matches for the club.
On February 7, 2008, he was signed by
Santos of Brazil,
and on February 21, 2008, Trípodi played his first match as a Santos player when his club beat
Guarani 3–1.
On August 22, 2008, he was loaned by Santos to
Vitória,
and on August 30, 2008, he played his first match as a Vitória player, when his club and
Ipatinga
Ipatinga is a municipality in eastern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The city was founded on 29 April 1964 and covers a total area of . Its population is 267,333 as of 2021. It is part of the Vale do Aço (Steel Valley) metropolitan area (populati ...
drew 0-0.
Trípodi joined
Atlético Mineiro
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Sports Teams Athletico
*Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy
*Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...
on March 5, 2009.
Tripodi is regularly scouted and it was no surprise that it was announced that he had agreed to a ten-day trial at
Leeds United
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on August 5, 2009, arriving in England on August 6, 2009.
He played and scored the opening goal on August 12, 2009, in a behind closed doors game against a Newcastle United XI, which Leeds won 5–1. After a half year with
Clube Atlético Metropolitano
Clube Atlético Metropolitano is a Brazilian football club based in the city of Blumenau, Santa Catarina state
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in Brazil,
he returned in June 2010 to Argentina and signed a one-year contract for
Arsenal de Sarandí
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.
References
External links
Argentine Primera statisticsat Fútbol XXI
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1987 births
Living people
Footballers from Buenos Aires
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Argentine Primera División players
Boca Juniors footballers
San Martín de San Juan footballers
Arsenal de Sarandí footballers
1. FC Köln players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Santos FC players
Esporte Clube Vitória players
Clube Atlético Mineiro players
Clube Atlético Metropolitano players
Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul players
Rio Branco Sport Club players
Joinville Esporte Clube players
Unión San Felipe footballers
Primera B de Chile players
J2 League players
Tochigi SC players
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
Expatriate men's footballers in Liechtenstein
Expatriate men's footballers in Chile