Sergio Oscar Almirón (born 20 September 1985) is an Argentine

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who plays as a forward for Torneo Descentralizado side UTC.

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Club

Almirón has played football in Paraguay, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia and Colombia during his career. He began in Paraguay with 12 de Octubre in 2006, before spells with

Provincial Osorno Provincial Osorno is a association football, football club based in Osorno, Chile, Osorno, Los Lagos Region, Chile. The club is currently playing at the fourth tier of the Chilean football system, the Chilean Tercera División, Tercera División ...

, Colegio Nacional Iquitos and

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

in Chile, Peru and Argentina respectively before returning to Paraguay to join Olimpia in 2011 where he won the 2011 Paraguayan Primera División Clausura. Between 2012 and 2013, Almirón played for

León de Huánuco Club Social Deportivo León de Huánuco is a professional Peruvian football (soccer), football club based in the city of Huánuco. It is the biggest football club of Huánuco city. The club was founded in 1946 and play in the Copa Peru (''Peruvian ...

and

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in the

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and made a total of 32 appearances and scored 11 goals. 2014 saw Almirón enter Bolivian football for the first time as he joined Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano team

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. After two campaigns with Blooming and 24 goals in 57 games, Almirón left the club to join fellow top-flight Bolivian side

Oriente Petrolero Club Deportivo Oriente Petrolero () is a Bolivian football club based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. They play at the 38,000-capacity Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera. Oriente have been Bolivian champions five times, Copa Aerosur winners two ti ...

. He scored 21 goals in 38 matches for Oriente Petrolero. In September 2016, Almirón joined Argentine Primera División team

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. However, after just three appearances in 2016–17 he left at the end of 2016 and subsequently went to Categoría Primera A side Atlético Huila in Colombia in 2017.

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;Olimpia *

Paraguayan Primera División The División Profesional de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship reasons Copa de Primera TIGO-Vi ...

(1) 2011 Clausura

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1985 births Living people Argentine footballers Association football forwards Argentine expatriate footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Peru Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Expatriate footballers in Chile Expatriate footballers in Peru Expatriate footballers in Paraguay Expatriate footballers in Bolivia Expatriate footballers in Colombia Expatriate footballers in Venezuela 12 de Octubre Football Club players Provincial Osorno footballers Colegio Nacional Iquitos footballers Newell's Old Boys footballers Club Olimpia footballers León de Huánuco footballers José Gálvez FBC footballers Club Blooming players Oriente Petrolero players Atlético de Rafaela footballers Atlético Huila footballers Primera B de Chile players Argentine Primera División players Peruvian Primera División players Paraguayan Primera División players Categoría Primera A players Bolivian Primera División players Ontinyent CF players Segunda División B players Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca footballers Venezuelan Primera División players Deportivo Táchira F.C. players People from San Nicolás de los Arroyos Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province {{Argentina-footy-defender-1980s-stub