Marcos Agustín Gelabert (born 16 September 1981, in General Pico, La Pampa) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Gimnasia Mendoza. His position is defensive midfielder.

Career

Gelabert started his career at

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in the Primera División Argentina in 2001. He went on to play over 100 games for the club before he moved to

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side FC St. Gallen in 2006. He became, arguably, the club's best player but after their relegation into the

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at the end of the 2007–08 season he moved on. On 16 June 2008 Gelabert signed for FC Basel penning a three-year contract. He joined Basel's first team for their 2008–09 season under head coach Christian Gross. To the beginning of the season Gelabert was member of the Basel team that won the Uhrencup. They beat

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6–1 and played a 2–2 draw with Borussia Dortmund to end the table on top slot above Dortmund and

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. After playing in seven test games Gelabert played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game at the

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on 18 July as Basel won 2–1 against Young Boys. Basel joined the

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in the second qualifying round and with an aggregate score of 5–3 they eliminated IFK Göteborg. Gelabert played his first European game in a Basel shirt on 13 August in the Champions League Qualifying match draw against Vitória de Guimarães at

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. The first leg ended goalless, but with a 2–1 win in the second leg they eliminated Vitória and advanced to the group stage. Here Basel were matched with Barcelona, Sporting CP and Shakhtar Donetsk, but ended the group in last position, winning just one point after a 1–1 draw in

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. Gelabert had five European appearances, including the game in Barcelona. Gelabert scored his first goal for his new club on 30 August in the away game at

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as Basel won 2–0 against FC Aarau. At the end of the 2008–09 Super League season Basel were third in the table, seven points behind new champions Zürich and one adrift of runners-up Young Boys. In the following season Basel joined the

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in the second qualifying round. Gelabert scored his first European goal in the second leg of the tie which Basel won 4–1 against Santa Coloma. Basel advanced to the group stage, in which despite winning three of the six games they ended in third position and were eliminated. They finished four points behind group winners Roma and one behind

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, against whom they lost 3–2 in the last game of the stage. At the end of the 2009–10 season he won the Double with his club. They won the League Championship title with 3 points advantage over second placed Young Boys. The team won the

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, winning the final 6–0 against

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. On 14 June 2010 Gelabert left the club and transferred to Neuchâtel Xamax. During his two seasons with the team, he played a total of 105 games for Basel scoring a total of 13 goals. 46 of these games were in the

, six in the

, 11 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 40 were friendly games. He scored five goals in the domestic league, three in the UEFA Europa League and the other five were scored during the test games. In the summer of 2010, Gelabert joined Xamax, with whom he signed a three-year contract. However, this lost its validity in January 2012 after Xamax initially had its license revoked and the club then filed for bankruptcy.

Honours

Basel *

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* Uhren Cup: 2008

External links

Statistics
at Guardian Stats Centre
weltfussball.de

Profile at FC Basel

Profile at Swiss Football League Website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gelabert, Marcos 1981 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine people of Catalan descent People from General Pico Footballers from La Pampa Province Men's association football midfielders Estudiantes de La Plata footballers FC St. Gallen players FC Basel players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players Club Atlético Tigre footballers San Martín de San Juan footballers Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza footballers Argentine Primera División players Swiss Super League players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland