Marcelo Verón

Marcelo Verón

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Andrés Verón
Date of birth	(1978-01-08) 8 January 1978
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Platense
2000	Salgueiros
2000–2001	Platense	44	(23)
2001	Motagua	21	(7)
2002	Stade Tunisien
2002	Cobras de Ciudad Juárez
2002–2003	Cartagonova
2003–2004	Ceuta
2004	Colo-Colo
2005	Novelda
2005–2006	Deportivo Suchitepéquez		(?)
2006	Platense	13	(5)
2007–2008	Deportivo Suchitepéquez		(?)
2008–2009	Defensores de Belgrano		(?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2013-7-22

Marcelo Andrés Verón (born January 8, 1978, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine former footballer who played for 11 clubs. He played and scored for Colo-Colo in the 2004 Chilean Primera División Clausura. He is well known in Honduras, for playing in Platense (in two spells) and F.C. Motagua.

Club career

In 2000, he was hired by C.D. Platense in Honduras. He won the top goalscorer title in the 2000–01 Apertura with 13 goals scored and the league title in the 2000–01 Clausura against Olimpia. Verón was then transferred to F.C. Motagua in the 2001–02 Apertura, scoring 7 goals for them and winning the league title against C.D. Marathón. In 2006, he returned for a short spell at Platense, scoring 5 goals. Verón is one of the all-time goalscorers of Platense, with 28 goals in total.

Career statistics

Team	Season	Games	Goal
Club Deportivo Platense	2000-01 A	22	13
Club Deportivo Platense	2000-01 C	22	10
F.C. Motagua	2001-02 A	21	7
Club Deportivo Platense	2006-07 C	13	5

External links

• Marcelo Verón at WorldFootball.net
• Marcelo Verón at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Marcelo Verón at BDFutbol
• Marcelo Verón at PlaymakerStats.com