Marcelo Alejandro Delgado (born 24 March 1973) is an Argentine former professional

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, best known for his nickname "Chelo". He usually played as a deep-lying forward. He was capped for

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and played at the 1996 Olympic Games and the

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. He was well known for his technical ability and finishing. He played for several clubs, including

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, Racing Club,

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and Mexican

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. His nephew,

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, is a professional footballer.

Coaching and later career

In the summer 2011, Delgado was appointed assistant coach to Raúl Alfredo Cascini at Los Andes. The duo resigned on 9 September 2012. In 2013, Delgado had a short spell at amateur club For ever. In 2016, Delgado played a few matches for his childhood club Defensores de Villa. On 19 December 2019, when his close friend and former pro-player Juan Román Riquelme was appointed vice-president and head of the football department of

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Career statistics

Honours

Boca Juniors * Primera División: 2000 Apertura, 2005 Apertura, 2006 Clausura *

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2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

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2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

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* Intercontinental Cup:

Argentina * Olympic Silver Medal:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Delgado, Marcelo 1973 births Living people Argentine sportspeople of Spanish descent People from San Lorenzo Department Argentine men's footballers Footballers from Santa Fe Province Men's association football forwards Copa Libertadores top scorers Rosario Central footballers Cruz Azul footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Boca Juniors footballers Club Atlético Belgrano footballers Barcelona S.C. footballers Argentine Primera División players Liga MX players Ecuadorian Serie A players Argentina men's youth international footballers Argentina men's under-20 international footballers Olympic footballers for Argentina Argentina men's international footballers Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Copa Libertadores–winning players Copa Sudamericana–winning players 1997 Copa América players 1998 FIFA World Cup players Olympic silver medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador 20th-century Argentine sportsmen