Marcos Emiliano Pirchio (January 25, 1986) is an Argentine

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who plays for Royal Pari of the

Bolivian Primera División The División de Fútbol Profesional is the top-flight professional football league in Bolivia. Until 2017 it was known as the "Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano" (; en, Bolivian Professional Football League). Since 1950, a total of 16 club ...

in Bolivia. He plays as a striker or a deep lying centre forward.

Career

Pirchio hails from

Casilda Casilda is a city in the provinces of Argentina, province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe, Argentina. It is the head town of the Caseros Department, and lies about west of Rosario and 202 km south-southwest of the provincial capital Santa Fe, ...

, hometown of another Estudiantes great,

Marcelo Trobbiani Marcelo Antonio Trobbiani Ughetto (born 17 February 1955 in Casilda, Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe) is an Argentina, Argentine Association football, football coach and a former player, who played as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking m ...

. He made his top flight debut on May 7, 2006 against Gimnasia de La Plata. On September 5, 2007 Pirchio scored his first competitive goal for Estudiantes in a Copa Sudamericana fixture against Club Atlético Lanús. In 2008, he transferred to

Olimpo de Bahía Blanca Club Olimpo, usually referred to as Olimpo de Bahía Blanca, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province. The club was founded October 15th, 1910. Its primary activity is soccer. The club is recognized i ...

, where he played until July 2009. Subsequently he moved to

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...

and signed for

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. He returned to Argentina subsequently, joining

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side

Unión de Santa Fe Club Atlético Unión (; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe ) is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded on April 15, 1907 and plays in the Argentine Primera División. Althou ...

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* * * * 1986 births Living people People from Casilda Footballers from Santa Fe Province Argentine men's footballers Men's association football forwards Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Ecuadorian Serie A players Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Club Olimpo footballers S.D. Quito footballers Unión de Santa Fe footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Colorado Rapids players C.S.D. Macará footballers All Boys footballers C.D. Jorge Wilstermann players Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in Peru Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Peru Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States {{Argentina-footy-forward-1980s-stub