MatÃas Leonardo Escobar (born April 21, 1982) is an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
football
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midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
who most recently played for
Club Atletico Los Andes in the
Primera B Nacional
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.
Quilmes excluyó a siete jugadores
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Career
Escobar started his professional career in 2004 with Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (; ''La Plata Gymnastics and Fencing Club''), also known simply as Gimnasia, is an Argentine professional sports club based in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1887 as "Club de Gimnasia ...
where he made over 100 appearances. In 2008, he joined Kayserispor
Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the Kadir Has Stadium in red and yellow kits.
The team has won one Turkish Cup in 2008 and also fini ...
but returned to Argentina on loan to Rosario Central
Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the Englis ...
in 2009. In August 2009, he was loaned to Atlético Tucumán
Club Atlético Tucumán (mostly known as Atlético Tucumán) is an Argentinian football club based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán of Tucumán Province. Although several sports are practised at the club, Atlético is mostly known for its fo ...
References
External links
Argentine Primera statistics
at Futbol XXI
Guardian statistics
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1982 births
Living people
Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers
Rosario Central footballers
Atlético Tucumán footballers
Kayserispor footballers
Boca Unidos footballers
Club Atlético Tigre footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Doxa Katokopias FC players
Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Argentine Primera División players
Süper Lig players
Cypriot First Division players
Men's association football midfielders
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