Marcelo Sarmiento

Marcelo Sarmiento

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Sarmiento
Date of birth	November 3, 1979 (1979-11-03) (age 32)
Place of birth	Córdoba, Argentina
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Unión
Youth career
1995–1997	Club Atletico las Flores
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–2002	Talleres	32	(1)
2002–2003	Litex Lovech	4	(0)
2003–2005	Olimpo	64	(1)
2005–2006	Argentinos Juniors	31	(0)
2006	Southampton	0	(0)
2007	Argentinos Juniors	15	(0)
2007–2009	Larissa	56	(3)
2009–2011	Atromitos	50	(2)
2011–	Unión
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of the end of 2009–2010 season. † Appearances (Goals).

Marcelo Sarmiento (born November 3, 1979 in Córdoba) is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Unión de Santa Fe.

Sarmiento has spent most of his career in Argentina with Talleres de Córdoba, Olimpo and Argentinos Juniors. He had a brief spell on loan to Bulgarian team Litex Lovech and he spent the early part of the 2006–07 season on loan at English side Southampton.^[1] Sarmiento arrived at Southampton as a holding midfielder to organize the midfield but on 19 January 2007 he was released by Southampton,^[2] having only made four appearances for the club, three in the Football League Cup and one in the FA Cup.

Sarmiento re-joined his previous club Argentinos Juniors on loan until June 2007 before joining Larissa in Greece on a free transfer on a two year contract plus one year extension option.

For the next two seasons, Sarmiento was a fundamental part of Larissa squad, playing more than 60 games in total with the maroons, and being one of the key players in midfield.

In summer 2009, he transferred to Atromitos, rejoining his old Larissa coach Giorgos Donis.

After a two-year stint at Atromitos, he left Greece to join the newly-promoted Argentine Primera División side Unión in July 2011.

References

1. ^ "Saints sign Argentine Sarmiento". BBC Sport. 8 June 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/5124444.stm. Retrieved 4 October 2010. 
2. ^ Marcelo released

External links

• Marcelo Sarmiento career stats at Soccerbase
• Marcelo Sarmiento – Official Website
• Guardian statistics
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics

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Name	Sarmiento, Marcelo
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Date of birth	November 3, 1979
Place of birth	Córdoba, Argentina
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