Marcelo Cañete (born 16 April 1990) is an Argentine-

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

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who plays as an

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for

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in the

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Career

Cañete started his professional career with

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

, debuting with the first team in 2010. In 2011, he was loaned to Chilean Universidad Católica. After a good performance at Universidad Católica he was signed by

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for three million US$ ($3,000,000). In 2013, he was loaned to Portuguesa. In 2014, he was back on

's roster but did not perform well. He suffered minor injuries, was taken off the squad and placed in the reserves. He later trained with the Sub-20 squad, in the training center in Cotia. He was loaned to Náutico August 2014. In 2021, Cañete joined

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from

Cobresal Club de Deportes Cobresal, or simply Cobresal, is a Chilean football club based in El Salvador, Atacama, a Chilean mining camp, and participates in Campeonato Nacional. The team was founded on 5 May 1979, and the name of the club comes from the ...

Personal life

Cañete naturalized Paraguayan since his mother is from

. Cañete is the cousin of the footballer

Ezequiel Cañete Martín Ezequiel Cañete (born 17 June 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Unión Santa Fe. Professional career Cañete joined Unión in January 2020, on loan from Boca Juniors. Cañete made his profess ...

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* * * 1990 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine sportspeople of Paraguayan descent Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Naturalized citizens of Paraguay Paraguayan men's footballers Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers Boca Juniors footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers São Paulo FC players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Clube Náutico Capibaribe players São Bernardo FC players Clube de Regatas Brasil players Club Libertad footballers Club Guaraní players Sportivo Luqueño players Club Deportivo Capiatá players C.D. Cobresal footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Huachipato FC footballers Santiago Wanderers footballers Argentine Primera División players Chilean Primera División players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Paraguayan Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Argentine sportsmen 21st-century Paraguayan sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub