Alejandro Meloño

Alejandro Meloño
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Gabriel Meloño Botta
Date of birth (1977-04-27) April 27, 1977
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997 Rentistas 13 (1)
1998 San Lorenzo 0 (0)
1998–1999 Nueva Chicago 13 (0)
1999–2000 Almagro 153 total (9)
2000–2001 Real Murcia 18 (0)
2001–2004 Almagro (see above)
2004 Rosario Central 1 (0)
2005 Chacarita Juniors 21 (3)
2005 Yeovil Town 2 (0)
2006 Deportivo Quito 2 (0)
2006 La Plata FC 11 (0)
2007 Ben Hur 12 (1)
2007–2009 Almagro (see above)
2010–2011 Boca Unidos ? (?)
2011 Comunicaciones
2012 Sportivo Italiano
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alejandro Gabriel Meloño Botta (born April 27, 1977) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Meloño started his career in 1997 with Rentistas in Uruguay. In 1998, he moved to Argentina where he played for San Lorenzo, Nueva Chicago and Almagro. In 2000, he came to Europe for the first time and played for Real Murcia in Spain before returning to Argentina a year later in 2001 to play for Almagro again. In 2004, he joined Rosario Central and in 2005 he moved to Chacarita Juniors. He returned to Europe later in 2005 where he joined Yeovil Town on a short-term contract before signing for Deportivo Quito of Ecuador. He spent 2006 at minor Argentinian club La Plata FC and the spring of 2007 at Ben Hur before returning to Almagro for a third spell.

He has also played for the Uruguayan Under 20 and Under 23 national teams.

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