Marcelo Sarmiento
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcelo Sarmiento | ||
| Date of birth | November 3, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Córdoba, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Unión | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1997 | Club Atletico las Flores | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–2002 | Talleres | 32 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Litex Lovech | 4 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Olimpo | 64 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Argentinos Juniors | 31 | (0) |
| 2006 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | Argentinos Juniors | 15 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Larissa | 56 | (3) |
| 2009–2011 | Atromitos | 50 | (2) |
| 2011– | Unión | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of the end of 2009–2010 season. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Marcelo Sarmiento (born November 3, 1979 in Córdoba) is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Unión de Santa Fe.
Sarmiento has spent most of his career in Argentina with Talleres de Córdoba, Olimpo and Argentinos Juniors. He had a brief spell on loan to Bulgarian team Litex Lovech and he spent the early part of the 2006–07 season on loan at English side Southampton.[1] Sarmiento arrived at Southampton as a holding midfielder to organize the midfield but on 19 January 2007 he was released by Southampton,[2] having only made four appearances for the club, three in the Football League Cup and one in the FA Cup.
Sarmiento re-joined his previous club Argentinos Juniors on loan until June 2007 before joining Larissa in Greece on a free transfer on a two year contract plus one year extension option.
For the next two seasons, Sarmiento was a fundamental part of Larissa squad, playing more than 60 games in total with the maroons, and being one of the key players in midfield.
In summer 2009, he transferred to Atromitos, rejoining his old Larissa coach Giorgos Donis.
After a two-year stint at Atromitos, he left Greece to join the newly-promoted Argentine Primera División side Unión in July 2011.
[edit] References
- ^ "Saints sign Argentine Sarmiento". BBC Sport. 8 June 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/5124444.stm. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ Marcelo released
[edit] External links
- Marcelo Sarmiento career stats at Soccerbase
- Marcelo Sarmiento – Official Website
- Guardian statistics
- (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Argentine footballers
- Argentine people of Spanish descent
- People from Córdoba, Córdoba Province
- Talleres footballers
- Olimpo footballers
- Argentinos Juniors footballers
- PFC Litex Lovech players
- Southampton F.C. players
- Larissa F.C. players
- Atromitos F.C. players
- Unión de Santa Fe footballers
- Superleague Greece players
- Primera División Argentina players
- Bulgarian A Professional Football Group players
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
