Marcelo Escudero

Marcelo Escudero
Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Alejandro Escudero
Date of birth	25 July 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Punta Alta, Argentina
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	River Plate (reserves manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1992	Sporting Punta Alta
1992–1996	Newell's Old Boys
1996–2002	River Plate
2003	Fortaleza
2004–2005	Olimpo
International career
1994–1995	Argentina
Managerial career
2012–2014	River Plate (assistant)
2016	Fénix
2020–2021	River Plate (youth)
2021	Newell's Old Boys (assistant)
2022	River Plate (youth)
2023–	River Plate (reserves)
2024	River Plate (interim)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcelo Alejandro Escudero (born 25 July 1972) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of River Plate's reserve team.

Career

Born in Punta Alta, Escudero started his career with Sporting Punta Alta in the South Bahia Blanca regional League of Argentine football. Shortly afterwards, he was transferred to Newell's Old Boys in 1992. He made his professional debut in the Argentine First Division with Newell's, where he was part of the squad that won the Clausura 1992 championship.

In 1995 Escudero was selected to join the Argentina squad for the Copa América in 1995.

In 1996, he joined River Plate where he won five league championships, as well as the Copa Libertadores in 1996, and the Supercopa Sudamericana in 1997.

In 2003, he had an unsuccessful spell with Fortaleza in Brazil. His last club was Olimpo de Bahía Blanca where he retired in 2005.

Honours

Newell's Old Boys

Primera División Argentina: Clausura 1992

River Plate

External links

Marcelo Escudero at National-Football-Teams.com
(in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics^[usurped]

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