Marcelo Tejera (born August 6, 1973) is a former

Uruguayan Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while borderi ...

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who played as an

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. Tejera made his debut for the Uruguay national team in a

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against

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(1–1 draw) on November 20, 1991 in

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, substituting

Gabriel Cedrés Néstor Gabriel Cedrés Vera (born March 3, 1970, in Minas Minas or MINAS may refer to: People with the given name Minas * Menas of Ethiopia (died 1563) * Saint Menas (Minas, 285–309) * Minias of Florence (Minas, Miniato, died 250) * Min ...

in the 75th minute.

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