Tobías Joel Zárate (born 7 July 2000) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Career

Zárate joined the youth system of Vélez Sarsfield at the age of seven. He scored over fifty goals for their academy. Zárate was promoted to their first-team squad for the start of 2020 under manager

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, initially appearing as an unused substitute for Primera División matches with Gimnasia y Esgrima and Aldosivi towards the end of January. He made his senior debut on 4 February during a

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first stage first leg encounter with Ecuador's Aucas, after replacing Lucas Robertone with eighteen minutes left. Zárate again featured off the bench in the second leg two weeks later. On 5 October 2020, Zárate was announced as a loan signing by

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side Famalicão; initially penning terms until December 2021, having also extended his Vélez contract until June 2023. He would only feature for the Portuguese club's U23s in Liga Revelação. He made his reserve debut on 12 November against

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, before scoring twice in a 2–2 draw away to Académica on 5 December; his last league appearance came on 15 January 2021 versus

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. Zárate returned to Vélez Sarsfield in February, before departing on loan to

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with

Deportivo Morón Club Deportivo Morón is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Morón, Buenos Aires. Deportivo Morón's football team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system. The club was found ...

on 11 March. After a short term loaned at

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in the

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, he returned to Deportivo Morón in June 2022. In 2023, he joined

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on loan until December.

Personal life

Zárate is the son of former footballer Rolando Zárate. He is also the nephew of footballers Mauro, Sergio and

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. From his paternal line, he is of Chilean descent due to the fact that his grandfather, Juvenal, was born in

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, Chile.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zarate, Tobias 2000 births Living people Footballers from Morón Partido Argentine sportspeople of Chilean descent Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Argentine men's footballers Men's association football forwards Argentine Primera División players Primeira Liga players Primera Nacional players Chilean Primera División players Super League Greece 2 players USL Championship players Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers F.C. Famalicão players Deportivo Morón footballers Coquimbo Unido footballers Arsenal de Sarandí footballers Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Miami FC players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Zárate family 21st-century Argentine sportsmen