Santiago Ezequiel Vera (born 12 December 1998) is an Argentine professional
footballer
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who plays as a
winger for
Paraguayan Primera División club
Olimpia.
Club career
Vera's career began in the ranks of
Almirante Brown, who sold him to
River Plate in 2015.
Marcelo Gallardo
Marcelo Daniel Gallardo (; born 18 January 1976) is an Argentine football coach and former professional player who last managed River Plate. Gallardo began his career in the club's youth divisions, and made his debut in the Argentine Primera D ...
promoted Vera to the club's senior squad for an
Argentine Primera División
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Th ...
match with
San Martín
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on 17 September 2017, with the midfielder subsequently making his professional debut after being substituted on for
Carlos Auzqui with eighteen minutes remaining.
Following a further appearance versus
Tigre in
2018–19, Vera terminated his contract in August 2019 in order to join
Olimpia of the
Paraguayan Primera División.
He made five appearances off the bench, tallying ninety-nine minutes, in the
2019
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campaign.
In January 2020, Vera was loaned to fellow Paraguayan Primera División team
San Lorenzo
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.
His first appearance arrived in February versus
Nacional
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, which preceded the right midfielder scoring his first senior goal on 8 March against newly-promoted
Guaireña.
International career
In September 2018, Vera was selected to train with the
Argentina U17s.
Career statistics
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Honours
;Olimpia
*
Paraguayan Primera División:
2019 Clausura
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vera, Santiago
1998 births
Living people
Sportspeople from La Matanza Partido
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Paraguayan Primera División players
Club Atlético River Plate footballers
Club Olimpia footballers
Club Sportivo San Lorenzo footballers
Club Almirante Brown footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay
Footballers from Buenos Aires Province