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Marcelo Zalayeta
Zalayeta playing for Peñarol in 2012
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Danubio Zalayeta
Date of birth (1978-12-05) 5 December 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Peñarol
Number 17
Youth career
Danubio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Danubio 32 (12)
1997 Peñarol 32 (13)
1997–2007 Juventus 101 (16)
1998–1999 → Empoli (loan) 17 (2)
1999–2001 → Sevilla (loan) 50 (10)
2004 → Perugia (loan) 5 (0)
2007–2010 Napoli 49 (12)
2009–2010 → Bologna (loan) 29 (4)
2010–2011 Kayserispor 14 (7)
2011– Peñarol 122 (48)
International career
1997– Uruguay[1] 47 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2015

Marcelo Danubio Zalayeta (locally [marˈselo salaˈʃeta]; born 5 December 1978 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan football striker, who currently plays for Peñarol.

Club career

Zalayeta started his career with Danubio and then moving to Peñarol in Uruguay, where he made a name for himself. He moved to Juventus in 1997 but considered a promising young player at the time, he was not given much of a chance to prove himself. He spent a season on loan with Empoli, and he also starred in Uruguay's surge for the Copa América in 1999, who lost in the final to Brazil. Two more years away from the club followed, he played for Sevilla until 2001. At last when it seemed Juve lacked forwards he was brought back to Italy at the start of 2001–02, but he was loaned out to Perugia in 2004 before returning to Juventus in the same year. Although he did not play many matches he performed well when given a chance, winning three Serie A titles (1998, 2002, 2003), two Supercoppa Italiana medals (2002 and 2003), and a Serie B title in 2007, also helping the club to the 2002 Coppa Italia Final; during his time at the club, he was given the nickname "Panteron".[2][3][4]

He scored two very important extra time winners against Spanish opposition upon his return to Juventus. One came in 2003 in the quarter-finals of UEFA Champions League against FC Barcelona; the other against Real Madrid in the 2005 round of 16. In the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Zalayeta was one of the three Juventus players to have their penalty saved by A.C. Milan keeper Nelson Dida in the shootout after a 0-0 draw, as Milan won the title. After a decade with Juventus, he moved to Napoli in the summer of 2007.[5] Napoli paid €1.4million for half of the rights (co-ownership). He played 49 Serie A matches and scored 12 goals in 2 seasons, but at the start of 2009–10 season, he became surplus of the team, and not offered a shirt number.[6][1][7][4]

On 21 August 2009 Zalayeta joined Bologna on loan from Napoli.[8][4]

On 1 July 2010 Zalayeta returned to Napoli but failed to enter first team. On 25 August 2010 he left for Turkish side Kayserispor on 2-year contract.[9][4]

On 17 July 2011 Zalayeta joined Uruguayan Peñarol as a free agent.[1][4]

International career

Zalayeta was called up for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia with the Uruguay national Under-20 Football team, scoring 4 goals throughout the tournament as his team reached the final, only to be defeated by Argentina.[10]

With the senior Uruguay national football team, he took part at the 1999 Copa América, scoring 3 goals in 5 appearances, as they reached the final, only to be defeated by Brazil.[10]

Zalayeta represented Uruguay during his country's campaign to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, notably scoring a hat-trick in a 3-2 home win over Colombia on 4 September 2005.[11] He was selected in a 23-man squad for Uruguay's World Cup intercontinental playoff against Australia on 16 November. Zalayeta was one of two penalty kick takers whose shots were saved by Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer. Zalayeta's failure to convert culminated in Australia winning the play-off 4–2 on penalties, qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany, and eliminating Uruguay in the process. This was his final appearance for Uruguay. In total, he made 47 appearances for the national team between 1997 and 2005, scoring 10 goals.[10][1]

Honours

Uruguay national team

Juventus

Peñarol

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Marcelo Danubio Zalayeta - pid=7015". National Football Teams. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Marcelo Danubio Zalayeta, il Panteron dai gol pesanti" (in Italian). Mai Dire Calcio. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Biografia: Marcelo Zalayeta" (in Italian). Mondi. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Zalayeta, Marcelo Danubio" (in Italian). Tutto Calciatori. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  5. ^ Channel4.com
  6. ^ "Napoli, ecco i numeri di maglia" (in Italian). SSC Napoli. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  7. ^ Stefano Bedeschi (5 December 2013). "Gli eroi in bianconero: Marcelo Danubio ZALAYETA" (in Italian). Tutto Juve. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Marcelo Zalayeta in prestito al Bologna e Luigi Vitale al Livorno" (in Italian). SSC Napoli. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  9. ^ "MARCELO DANUBIO ZALAYETA KULÜBÜMÜZDE". Kayserispor (in Turkish). 25 August 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  10. ^ a b c "Marcelo Zalayeta". FIFA. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  11. ^ Martín Tabeira (31 October 2006). "Uruguay - International Matches 2001-2005". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
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