Marcos Agustín Gelabert (born 16 September 1981, in
General Pico,
La Pampa) is an Argentine
footballer who plays for
Gimnasia Mendoza. His position is defensive
midfielder.
Career
Gelabert started his career at
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata ( lit. "Students from La Plata"), simply referred to as Estudiantes de La Plata , is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, wh ...
in the
Primera División Argentina in 2001. He went on to play over 100 games for the club before he moved to
Swiss Super League
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side
FC St. Gallen in 2006. He became, arguably, the club's best player but after their relegation into the
Swiss Challenge League
The Challenge League is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the winners of the league are promoted to the Super League, while the ...
at the end of the 2007–08 season he moved on.
On 16 June 2008 Gelabert signed for
FC Basel penning a three-year contract.
He joined Basel's first team for their
2008–09 season under head coach
Christian Gross. To the beginning of the season Gelabert was member of the Basel team that won the
Uhrencup. They beat
Legia Warsaw
Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning record 15 Ekstraklasa champions titles, a ...
6–1 and played a 2–2 draw with
Borussia Dortmund to end the table on top slot above Dortmund and
Luzern
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.
After playing in seven test games Gelabert played his
domestic league debut for his new club in the away game at the
Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf
The Wankdorf Stadium (; between 2005 and 2020 known as Stade de Suisse) is a football stadium in Bern, Switzerland. The second largest all-seater football stadium in Switzerland, it currently serves as the home ground of the Swiss football te ...
on 18 July as Basel won 2–1 against
Young Boys.
Basel joined the
2008–09 UEFA Champions League
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in the second qualifying round and with an aggregate score of 5–3 they eliminated
IFK Göteborg. Gelabert played his first European game in a Basel shirt on 13 August in the
Champions League Qualifying match draw against
Vitória de Guimarães at
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
The Estádio D. Afonso Henriques (English: ''D. Afonso Henriques Stadium'') is a football stadium in the city of Guimarães, Portugal.
The stadium is home of Guimarães's most successful team, Vitória de Guimarães, presently competing in the to ...
. The first leg ended goalless, but with a 2–1 win in the second leg they eliminated Vitória and advanced to the group stage. Here Basel were matched with
Barcelona,
Sporting CP and
Shakhtar Donetsk, but ended the group in last position, winning just one point after a 1–1 draw in
Camp Nou
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. Gelabert had five European appearances, including the game in Barcelona.
Gelabert scored his first goal for his new club on 30 August in the away game at
Stadion Brügglifeld
Stadion Brügglifeld is a multi-purpose stadium in Aarau, Switzerland. It is primarily used for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Aarau. The current capacity is 9,249 seats, which include 1499 covered seats. 1,187 covered seats are i ...
as Basel won 2–0 against
FC Aarau.
At the end of the
2008–09 Super League season Basel were third in the table, seven points behind new champions
Zürich and one adrift of runners-up
Young Boys.
In the following season Basel joined the
2009–10 UEFA Europa League
The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League was the first season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The competition was previously known as the UEFA Cup, which had been in existence for 38 years.
Spain ...
in the second qualifying round. Gelabert scored his first European goal in the second leg of the tie which Basel won 4–1 against
Santa Coloma.
Basel advanced to the group stage, in which despite winning three of the six games they ended in third position and were eliminated. They finished four points behind group winners
Roma and one behind
Fulham
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, against whom they lost 3–2 in the last game of the stage.
At the end of the 2009–10 season he won the
Double with his club. They won the
League Championship title with 3 points advantage over second placed
Young Boys.
The team won the
Swiss Cup
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, winning the final 6–0 against
Lausanne-Sport
FC Lausanne–Sport (also referred to as LS) is a Swiss football club based in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud. Founded in 1896, Lausanne Sport played in the Swiss Super League in their most recent 2021-22 season, the highest tier of football i ...
.
On 14 June 2010 Gelabert left the club and transferred to
Neuchâtel Xamax.
During his two seasons with the team, he played a total of 105 games for Basel scoring a total of 13 goals. 46 of these games were in the
Swiss Super League
The Swiss Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 season ...
, six in the
Swiss Cup
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, 11 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 40 were friendly games. He scored five goals in the domestic league, three in the
UEFA Europa League and the other five were scored during the test games.
In the summer of 2010, Gelabert joined Xamax, with whom he signed a three-year contract. However, this lost its validity in January 2012 after Xamax initially had its license revoked and the club then filed for bankruptcy.
Honours
Basel
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Swiss Super League
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2010
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Swiss Cup
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:
2010
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Uhren Cup: 2008
External links
Statisticsat Guardian Stats Centre
weltfussball.de
Profile at FC Basel
Profile at Swiss Football League Website
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gelabert, Marcos
1981 births
Living people
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Argentine people of Catalan descent
People from General Pico
Footballers from La Pampa Province
Men's association football midfielders
Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
FC St. Gallen players
FC Basel players
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players
Club Atlético Tigre footballers
San Martín de San Juan footballers
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Swiss Super League players
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland