Alejandro Meloño

Alejandro Meloño
Personal information
Full name	Alejandro Gabriel Meloño Botta
Date of birth	April 27, 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997	Rentistas
1998	San Lorenzo
1998–1999	Nueva Chicago
1999–2000	Almagro
2000–2001	Real Murcia
2001–2004	Almagro
2004	Rosario Central
2005	Chacarita Juniors
2005	Yeovil Town
2006	Deportivo Quito
2006	La Plata FC
2007	Ben Hur
2007–2009	Almagro
2010–2011	Boca Unidos
2011	Comunicaciones
2012	Sportivo Italiano
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:35, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Alejandro Gabriel Meloño Botta (born April 27, 1977) is a former football player from Uruguay who played as a centre back.

Meloño is a left sided central defender. He 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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