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, 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.

References

• Alejandro Meloño at Soccerbase
• Alejandro Meloño at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Alejandro Meloño at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es)