Juan Mercier
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Ignacio Mercier[1] | ||
| Date of birth | February 2, 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Campana, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Flandria | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2002 | Flandria | 57 | (5) |
| 2002–2004 | Deportivo Morón | 78 | (4) |
| 2004–2005 | Tristán Suárez | 38 | (3) |
| 2005–2007 | Platense | 73 | (6) |
| 2007–2011 | Argentinos Juniors | 120 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | Al Nassr | 10 | (0) |
| 2012 | Al Wasl | 9 | (0) |
| 2012–2018 | San Lorenzo | 102 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Atlético Tucumán | 22 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | San Martín Tucumán | 20 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Mitre | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | Sacachispas | 11 | (0) |
| 2021 | FADEP | ||
| 2022 | Fénix de Pilar | 10 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2010 | Argentina | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Juan Ignacio Mercier (born 2 February 1980) is a retired Argentine footballer, who played as a midfielder.
Career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Mercier started his playing career in the lower leagues of Argentine football in 2000. He played for four clubs in the regionalised 3rd division, eventually helping Platense to win promotion to Primera B Nacional in 2006.
Mercier joined Argentinos Juniors in 2007, making top flight his debut on August 7, 2007, against San Martín de San Juan. He was an important member of the Argentinos Juniors team that won the Clausura 2010 championship. He played in 18 of the club's 19 games during their championship winning campaign. Mercier scored the opening goal in Argentinos' 2–1 win against Huracán in the final game of the season that secured the championship. On 18 July 2011 he signed a two-year contract with the Saudi club.
On 2 July 2019 San Martín Tucumán announced, that they had signed Mercier.[2]
International career
[edit]Mercier made his international debut for the Argentina national team on 26 January 2010 in a 3–2 win in a friendly match against Costa Rica. His second appearance was in a 2–1 win against Jamaica on 10 February 2010.
Honours
[edit]- Platense
- Primera B Metropolitana: 2005–06
- Argentinos Juniors
- San Lorenzo
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 15 December 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2015.
- ^ Juan Ignacio Mercier es el nuevo refuerzo de San Martín, lv12.com.ar, 2 July 2019
External links
[edit]- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI[usurped] (in Spanish)
- Juan Mercier at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Juan Mercier at National-Football-Teams.com
- Juan Mercier at Soccerway
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentina men's international footballers
- Argentine people of French descent
- People from Campana, Buenos Aires
- Footballers from Buenos Aires Province
- Men's association football midfielders
- Club Atlético Platense footballers
- Argentinos Juniors footballers
- Deportivo Morón footballers
- San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Al Nassr FC players
- Al Wasl F.C. players
- Atlético Tucumán footballers
- Club Atlético Mitre footballers
- Sacachispas Fútbol Club players
- Club Atlético Fénix players
- San Martín de Tucumán footballers
- Saudi Pro League players
- UAE Pro League players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Copa Libertadores–winning players
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen