Rodrigo Iñaki Melo (born 24 September 1995) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Melo started with

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. In his opening two campaigns, 2015 and

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, Melo featured five times in each, three of which on both occasions being starts; though he played for eighteen more minutes in 2016. Having made seventy-one appearances in the following two seasons, Melo left the club in June 2018 to join

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side

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on loan. He made his debut on 25 August during a defeat away to Nueva Chicago.

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* 1995 births Living people Argentine footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Place of birth missing (living people) Association football midfielders Primera B Metropolitana players Primera Nacional players Ecuadorian Serie A players Club Comunicaciones footballers Ferro Carril Oeste footballers Estudiantes de Buenos Aires footballers C.D. Cuenca footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Expatriate footballers in Ecuador {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub