Alejandro Gabriel Meloño Botta (born April 27, 1977) is a former football player from

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who played as a centre back. Meloño is a left sided central defender. He started his career in 1997 with

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. In 1998, he moved to

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where he played for

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, Nueva Chicago and

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. In 2000, he came to Europe for the first time and played for

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in Spain before returning to

a year later in 2001 to play for

again. In 2004, he joined

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and in 2005 he moved to

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. He returned to Europe later in 2005 where he joined Yeovil Town on a short-term contract before signing for

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. He spent 2006 at minor Argentinian club

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and the spring of 2007 at Ben Hur before returning to

for a third spell. He has also played for the Uruguayan Under 20 and Under 23 national teams.

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