Marcelo Sarmiento

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| name = Marcelo Sarmiento

| image =

| fullname = Marcelo Sarmiento

| height = 1.75m

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|11|3|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Córdoba, Argentina

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1995–1997

| youthclubs1 = Club Atletico las Flores

| years1 = 1997–2002

| clubs1 = Talleres

| caps1 = 32

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2002–2003

| clubs2 = Litex Lovech

| caps2 = 4

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2003–2005

| clubs3 = Olimpo

| caps3 = 64

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2005–2006

| clubs4 = Argentinos Juniors

| caps4 = 31

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2006–2007

| clubs5 = Southampton

| caps5 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2007

| clubs6 = Argentinos Juniors

| caps6 = 15

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2007–2009

| clubs7 = Larissa

| caps7 = 56

| goals7 = 3

| years8 = 2009–2012

| clubs8 = Atromitos

| caps8 = 50

| goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2012–2013

| clubs9 = Unión

| caps9 = 32

| goals9 = 0

| totalcaps = 284 | totalgoals = 7

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Marcelo Sarmiento (born November 3, 1979, in Córdoba) is an Argentine former professional footballer who last played for Unión de Santa Fe.

Playing career

Sarmiento 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 club Southampton.{{cite web|title=Saints sign Argentine Sarmiento |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/5124444.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=4 October 2010|date=8 June 2006}} Sarmiento arrived at Southampton as a holding midfielder to organize the midfield but on 19 January 2007 he was released,{{Cite web |url=http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/article.php?page_id=8002 |title=Marcelo released |access-date=2007-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926222005/http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/articles/article.php?page_id=8002 |archive-date=2007-09-26 |url-status=dead }} 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's 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

External links

{{Soccerbase}}
[http://www.marcelo-sarmiento.com/ Marcelo Sarmiento – Official Website]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120811022042/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=31&CPID=76&pStr=Player&PLID=55232&TEID=679 Guardian statistics]
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Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:Argentine men's footballers

Category:Footballers from Córdoba, Argentina

Category:Talleres de Córdoba footballers

Category:Club Olimpo footballers

Category:Argentinos Juniors footballers

Category:FC Lovech players

Category:Southampton F.C. players

Category:Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players

Category:Atromitos F.C. players

Category:Unión de Santa Fe footballers