Omar Merlo
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![]() Omar Merlo allowing himself to be photographed with a steelworker fan | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Omar Jesús Merlo | ||
Date of birth | 12 June 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sporting Cristal | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2007 | Colón | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2010 | Colón | 25 | (1) |
2008 | → River Plate (loan) | 2 | (1) |
2010 | Platense | 5 | (0) |
2011 | Unión San Felipe | 36 | (2) |
2012–2017 | Huachipato | 163 | (6) |
2018– | Sporting Cristal | 41 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 January 2018 |
Omar Jesús Merlo (Spanish pronunciation: [oˈmaɾ ˈmeɾlo], born 12 June 1987) is an Argentine-born Chilean professional footballer that currently plays for Peruvian club Sporting Cristal as a centre back.
Merlo made his first team debut for Colón in 2006, and quickly established himself as a regular member of the first team squad. In February 2008, he signed up with powerhouse team River Plate, where he won the Torneo Clausura. Seasons later, Merlo was a key player at the squad of Primera División club Huachipato that earned 2012 Torneo Clausura, scoring the winning penalty in the final.
Personal life
Merlo naturalized Chilean by residence when he was a player of Huachipato.[1]
Honours
Club
- River Plate
- Huachipato
- Peruvian Primera División (1): 2020
- Copa Bicentenario (1): 2021
- Torneo Apertura (1): 2021
- Torneo Clausura; runner-up: 2020
References
- ^ Munizaga, Sebastián (13 April 2020). "Omar Merlo no pierde la esperanza: "Me hubiese gustado y me gustaría jugar en la selección chilena"". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2022.
External links
- Omar Merlo at Soccerway
- (in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
- Merlo at Football-Lineups
Categories:
- CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Santa Fe, Argentina
- Argentine footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Argentine emigrants to Chile
- Naturalized citizens of Chile
- Chilean footballers
- Association football defenders
- Argentine Primera División players
- Club Atlético Colón footballers
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Primera B Metropolitana players
- Club Atlético Platense footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Unión San Felipe footballers
- C.D. Huachipato footballers
- Peruvian Primera División players
- Sporting Cristal footballers
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Expatriate footballers in Chile
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Peru
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Peru
- Expatriate footballers in Peru