Marcelo Otero

{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (born 1971)}}

{{BLP sources|date=November 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Marcelo Otero

| image =

| caption =

| full_name = Marcelo Alejandro Otero Larzábal

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|4|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

| height = 1.76 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1990–1992

| years2 = 1992–1995

| years3 = 1995–1999

| years4 = 1999–2001

| years5 = 2001–2002

| years6 = 2003

| years7 = 2013–

| clubs1 = Rampla Juniors

| clubs2 = Peñarol

| clubs3 = Vicenza

| clubs4 = Sevilla

| clubs5 = Colón de Santa Fe

| clubs6 = Fénix

| clubs7 = Huracán del Paso de la Arena

| caps1 = 40

| caps2 = 57

| caps3 = 96

| caps4 = 40

| caps5 = 14

| caps6 = 12

| caps7 =

| goals1 = 16

| goals2 = 29

| goals3 = 37

| goals4 = 2

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 3

| goals7 =

| nationalyears1 = 1994–2000

| nationalteam1 = Uruguay

| nationalcaps1 = 24

| nationalgoals1 = 10

}}

Marcelo Alejandro Otero Larzábal (born 14 April 1971) is an Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was nicknamed "Marujo" during his career, and is the younger brother of former midfielder Raul Otero.

Otero played in Uruguay for Rampla Juniors and Peñarol, in Italy for Vicenza, and in Spain for Sevilla. Whilst at Vicenza he won the 1996–97 Coppa Italia.{{cite web

|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/coppa_italia/2005/albo/1997_1.html |title=1996/97 Coppa Italia |publisher=gazzetta.it |accessdate=11 November 2013}}

International career

Otero made his senior debut for the Uruguay national team on 19 October 1994 in a friendly match against Peru (1–0 win) in the Estadio Nacional José Díaz in Lima, Peru.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru-intres1995.html |title=Uruguay - International Matches 1991-1995 |accessdate=24 June 2013 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723133440/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uru-intres1995.html |archivedate=23 July 2010 }} RSSSF His older brother Raúl, a defender, also earned his first international cap in the same game. He was also part of the Urugua national side that won the Copa América 1995.{{cite web|title=Copa America 1995 Uruguay » Final » Uruguay - Brazil 5:3|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/report/copa-america-1995-in-uruguay-finale-uruguay-brasilien/|publisher=worldfootball.net|accessdate=18 August 2014}}

Career statistics

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|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="7"|Uruguay{{cite web|title=Marcelo Otero - AUF|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/marcelo-otero/|access-date=21 February 2022}}

|1994

10
1995125
199641
199732
199800
199932
200010
colspan="2"|Total2410

Honours

References

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