Rodrigo Gastón Mieres Pérez (born 19 April 1989) is a Uruguayan professional

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who plays as a defender for

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Club career

Mieres' career began in his homeland with

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of the Primera División. He made his bow on 25 April against

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, which turned out to be his sole match for the club. Mieres spend the

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season out on loan with

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, featuring twelve times. Brazil's

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completed the loan signing of Mieres on 9 January 2013. He scored on his starting debut in the

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, netting the winner in a 2–1 victory over

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in March. A total of eight appearances arrived with Toledo. He returned to Uruguay later that year, subsequently joining top-flight

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. Having scored one goal in thirteen fixtures for Sud América in the 2013–14 season, Mieres was loaned to

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team

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in January 2014. Twelve months later,

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of Argentina done likewise. He played full seasons for both sides, scoring against Liga de Loja and

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respectively, as he notably won the league title, and subsequent promotion, with Atlético Tucumán. Mieres went back to Uruguay in early 2016 with Sud América, but soon sealed a return to Argentina after agreeing a move to Central Córdoba in July. Central Córdoba suffered relegation from the

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, though Mieres stayed in the second tier after being signed by

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- a team just relegated from the Primera División. A sixty-two minute appearance against Juventud Unida was the defender's only feature in the 2017–18 campaign, after suffering a knee ligament injury in the match.

International career

Mieres was selected by Uruguay for the

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in Egypt, though didn't make an appearance as they were eliminated in the round of sixteen by

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. A year previous, Mieres was selected for the L'Alcúdia International Tournament.

Career statistics

Honours

;Rentistas *

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;Atlético Tucumán *

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References

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