Mario Daniel Pierani Verstraete (born 25 July 1978) is a former

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

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. He had successful spells at San Luis de Quillota and

Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded August 30, 1958 and will play in the Chilean Primera División on 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso ...

Career

Born in , Santa Fe, Argentina, Pierani began his football career with local semi-professional sides Juventud Unida de Venado Tuerto, General Belgrano de Santa Isabel,

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and Cultura de Murphy. He continued to play for semi-professional clubs in

Santa Fe Province The Province of Santa Fe ( es, Provincia de Santa Fe, ) is a Provinces of Argentina, province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco Province, Chaco (divided by the 28th ...

, Argentina until 2009, in addition to stints with Uruguayan clubs

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and

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, when he moved to

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. After seven years in Chile, including one season in the Primera División with San Luis, Pierani returned to Argentina. He scored the goal that qualified for the final stage of the

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Honours

Player

;San Luis Quillota *

Primera B de Chile Campeonato Primera B ( en, Chilean First B Division) is the second tier in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. It was established in 1952 as ''Segunda División'', and later renam ...

(1): 2009 Apertura ;Coquimbo Unido *

(1): 2014 Clausura

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* * 1978 births Living people Footballers from Santa Fe Province Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentino de Rosario footballers Deportivo Español footballers Central Córdoba de Rosario footballers Primera B Metropolitana players Tiro Federal footballers Primera Nacional players Torneo Argentino A players Real Arroyo Seco footballers Torneo Argentino B players San Luis de Quillota footballers Coquimbo Unido footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Rangers de Talca footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Deportivo Colonia players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Men's association football forwards {{Argentina-footy-forward-1970s-stub