Gastón Machín (born 20 February 1983) is an Argentine retired professional

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who played as a

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Career

Machín is a product of the famous youth system at

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...

, he made his senior debut for the club in 2002. In 2004, he was part of the squad that earned promotion to the

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. Machín played for Argentinos in the Primera until the end of 2005 when he signed for Independiente for the beginning of the Clausura 2006 tournament. Machin was loaned to

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

but the club did not respect some issues with the contract in terms of money and Machin decided to go back to Independiente for the 2009 season. In January 2010

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signed the midfielder on loan for one year, with an option of deal extension and purchase. On 26 June 2019 it was confirmed, that Machín had joined Spanish

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club

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on a 1-year contract. However, he announced his retirement on 12 January 2020.El ex Instituto Gastón Machín se retiró del fútbol
cadena3.com, 12 January 2020

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* 1983 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Argentine Primera División players Argentinos Juniors footballers Club Atlético Independiente footballers Newell's Old Boys footballers Club Atlético Huracán footballers Club Atlético Patronato footballers Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba footballers Burgos CF footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub