Ricardo Matias Verón (born 22 January 1981 in Santa Fe) is an

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Career

Verón started his professional career at

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in the

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in 1999. In 2001, he was sold to Reggina. He has spent time on loan at

Salernitana Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919 is an Italian professional football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recently in 2011. The current ...

in Italy, at

Lanús Lanús () is the capital of Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires, in the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, metropolitan area. The List of cities in Argentina, city has a populati ...

and

in Argentina, at

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side F.C. Crotone. He played in

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on a co-ownership deal with Reggina. On 22 January 2008, incidentally his birthday, Veron signed for Greek club

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

on a loan deal. After a quite successful 6-month period,

came to terms with

and Matias signed a new three-year contract, in the summer of 2008. He has gradually become a mainstay in the midfield, being one of the most-capped players of the 2008–09 season. The 2009–10 season has not been equally successful though, as Veron has fallen out of favor and rarely makes any appearances, even as a substitute. In July 2010, a new chapter in Veron's career started, as he moved to

OFI Crete OFI Football Club (, ''Heraklion Sportsmen Club 1925 FC''), commonly referred to as OFI, is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Heraklion, on the island of Crete. It is part of the O.F.I. (sports club), OFI mul ...

, the historic club from Crete, Greece.

Clausura 2001

The highlight of his career to date was being part of the San Lorenzo squad that won the 2001 Primera Division Clausura tournament.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Veron, Ricardo Matias Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football goalkeepers PAOK FC players OFI Crete F.C. players San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Club Atlético Lanús footballers Argentine Primera División players Serie A players Serie B players Super League Greece players AS Reggina 1914 players US Salernitana 1919 players FC Crotone players Siena FC SSD players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Footballers from Santa Fe, Argentina 1981 births Living people 21st-century Argentine sportsmen