Marcelo Alejandro Penta (born 26 August 1985) is an

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who last played as a

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for Greek

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club A.O. Ypato.

Career

Born in

Las Heras, Mendoza Las Heras is a city in the province of Mendoza, Argentina, located in the north of the metropolitan area of the provincial capital (Greater Mendoza). It has more than 180,000 inhabitants as per the and is the head town of the department of the s ...

, Penta began playing professional football for

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 ...

in the

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. In order to have regular playing time, he went on loan to

Chacarita Juniors Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Gre ...

in July 2007. He did not appear for the first team after returning to Newell's, and left for Greece in July 2009.

References

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Profile at Futbol Passion
1985 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Newell's Old Boys footballers Tiro Federal footballers Chacarita Juniors footballers S.F.K. Pierikos (football) players Ethnikos Achna FC players Aiginiakos F.C. players Volos F.C. players Veria NFC players Argentine Primera División players Cypriot First Division players Football League (Greece) players Men's association football midfielders Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub