Mauro Rodolfo Pittón (born 8 August 1994) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for Unión Santa Fe.

Career

Pittón started with Unión Santa Fe in the club's youth ranks before making the step up to first-team football in 2015, his Primera División debut came on 23 August in an away defeat against Tigre; his only appearance in the

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season. In

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, Pittón made ten appearances but only three were starts. In the following season he started Unión's first eight matches in all competitions. On 15 March 2016, Pittón and his brother

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played together for the first time in a Primera División game against

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. He scored his first goal two years later versus Banfield. 2019 saw Pittón make his

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bow against

Independiente del Valle Club de Alto Rendimiento Especializado Independiente del Valle, known simply as Independiente del Valle, is a professional football club based in Sangolquí Ecuador that currently plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A. Founded in 1958, the club plays ...

. On 21 June 2019, Unión Santa Fe announced that a deal in principle had been agreed with

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for the transfer of Mauro and his brother Bruno; subject to terms and medicals. San Lorenzo confirmed the moves a day later. Mauro was sold for a fee around €1,3 million. On 16 January 2020, Pittón was sold to

Vélez Sarsfield Velez may refer to: People * Vélez (name), a Spanish surname, including a list of people with the name Places * Vélez de Benaudalla, Spain * Vélez Sársfield (barrio), Buenos Aires, Argentina * Vélez-Blanco, Spain * Vélez-Málaga, Spain * Vé ...

for a fee around €1,6 million, signing a deal until the end of June 2023. After only 10 appearances in all competitions for Vélez in his first 12 months at the club, Pittón was loaned to his former club

Unión de Santa Fe Club Atlético Unión (; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe ) is a sports club from Santa Fe, Argentina, Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded on 15 April 1907. Unión is mostly known for its asso ...

in February 2021 until the end of the year. A year later, in February 2022, Pittón was loaned out to

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.Arsenal presentó como nuevo refuerzo a Mauro Pittón
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Personal life

He is the brother of fellow footballer Bruno Pittón.

Career statistics

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pittón, Mauro 1994 births Living people Footballers from Santa Fe, Argentina Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Argentine Primera División players Unión de Santa Fe footballers San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers Arsenal de Sarandí footballers Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero footballers 21st-century Argentine sportsmen