Gastón Puerari (born 23 January 1986 in

Paysandú Paysandú () is the capital and most populous city of the Paysandú Department in western Uruguay. Located on the banks of the Uruguay River, it is the country's List of cities in Uruguay, fourth-largest city and a vital cultural and economic hu ...

) is an

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who most recently played for Plaza Colonia.

Career

Uruguay

Puerari, a diminutive striker who can play as a left or right winger, started his career with Selección de Paysandú. After impressing several First Division clubs he joined

Rampla Juniors Rampla Juniors Fútbol Club, commonly known as Rampla Juniors, is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. The team was actively playing the 2021 season by January 2021. In their home stadium, Rampla won the Uruguayan championship in 1927. I ...

in 2007. With Rampla Juniors Puerari appeared in 30 league matches and scored 6 goals. During the 2008 season he was loaned to top Ecuadorian club Emelec. Following a short stint in the Ecuadorian top flight he returned to Rampla Juniors. In 2009, he joined Montevideo Wanderers and quickly established himself as a key player for the top Uruguayan side. In the 2010 Apertura season Puerari scored 5 goals in fourteen matches with Wanderers.

United States

On February 3, 2011 it was announced that Puerari was joining Chicago Fire in

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional Association football, soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, and is sanc ...

. After starting off very well with the MLS club, Puerari failed to impress.

Mexico

On June 15, 2011, having played just fourteen MLS games for Chicago, it was announced that Puerari had been sold to Club Atlas in

Primera División de México Liga MX, also known as Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Mexico and the highest level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Liga Mayor (1943–1949) and also as Primera Divi ...

References

External links

* * 1986 births Living people Footballers from Paysandú Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Uruguayan men's footballers Men's association football forwards Rampla Juniors players C.S. Emelec footballers Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players Chicago Fire FC players Atlas F.C. footballers Defensor Sporting players El Tanque Sisley players Juventud de Las Piedras players Club Plaza Colonia de Deportes players Uruguayan Primera División players Major League Soccer players Liga MX players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in the United States Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador 21st-century Uruguayan sportsmen {{Uruguay-footy-forward-1980s-stub