Federico Xavier Azcárate Ochoa (born 15 June 1984) is an Argentine former

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Balcarce, Buenos Aires San José de Balcarce (shortened to Balcarce) is a city in Buenos Aires Province (Argentina) about west of Mar del Plata with a population of approx 44,064 (2010 census). It is the head town of the Balcarce Partido (District of Balcarce). The U ...

, Azcárate moved as a youngster to Spain, first representing lowly

FC Cartagena Fútbol Club Cartagena, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Cartagena, in the Region of Murcia, Spain. Founded in 1995 it currently plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Cartagonova'', with a capacity of 15,105 sp ...

. In 2003, he joined newly promoted club

Real Murcia Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in , playing home matches at Estadio Nueva Condo ...

, but would only appear in a combined nine games over two seasons,

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spent in

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and the second in the

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. From 2005 to 2007, Azcárate represented

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

, but never made it past their reserves which competed in the third level. After spending an unassuming campaign in

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with

AEK Athens F.C. A.E.K. Football Club (), known simply as A.E.K. (; ) in Greece and AEK Athens internationally, is a Greek professional football club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Attica, Greece. Established in Athens by Greek refugees from Constantinople in the ...

he returned to Spain, joining third-tier

Polideportivo Ejido Poli Ejido 2012 Sociedad Deportiva was a Spanish football team based in El Ejido, Province of Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1969 and dissolved in 2012, it held home matches at '' Estadio Municipal Santo Domingo'' ...

.El Poli Ejido presenta a Nakor Bueno y Fede Azcárate y cierra el fichaje del francés Charpenet (Poli Ejido present Nakor Bueno and Fede Azcárate and complete signing of Frenchman Charpenet)
Teleprensa, 22 July 2008 (in Spanish) In 2010, after two seasons in

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, Azcárate switched to another team in that league,

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...

. He was released at the end of 2011–12.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Azcarate, Federico 1984 births Living people People from Balcarce Partido Argentine people of Basque descent Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players FC Cartagena footballers Real Murcia CF players Atlético Madrid B players Polideportivo Ejido footballers CD Leganés players Super League Greece players AEK Athens F.C. players Primera Nacional players Club y Biblioteca Ramón Santamarina footballers Club Atlético Douglas Haig players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece 21st-century Argentine sportsmen