Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mariano Andrés Armentano Lepera | ||
Date of birth | (1974-07-12) 12 July 1974 (age 49) | ||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991â1994 | VĂ©lez Sarsfield | 23 | (4) |
1994â1995 | Estudiantes LP | 23 | (10) |
1995â1996 | Racing Club | 9 | (0) |
1996â1997 | Basel | 24 | (2) |
1997â1998 | VĂ©lez Sarsfield | 6 | (0) |
1998 | Rosario Central | 8 | (0) |
1998â2000 | Elche | 72 | (19) |
2000â2002 | Osasuna | 49 | (8) |
2002â2003 | Elche | 22 | (4) |
2003â2004 | Algeciras | 39 | (14) |
2004 | CĂłrdoba | 18 | (2) |
2005â2007 | Rayo Vallecano | 64 | (13) |
Total | 357 | (76) | |
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Mariano Andrés Armentano Lepera (born 12 July 1974) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a striker.
He also held Italian nationality, although he spent most of his professional career in Spain.
Club careerâ»
Armentano was born in Buenos Aires. After beginning in his country with Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield, Estudiantes de La Plata and Racing Club de Avellaneda, he had a brief stint in Switzerland.
Armentano joined FC Basel's first team for their 1996â97 season under head coach Karl Engel. After playing in one test game Armentano made his debut for his new club in the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup match on 22 June 1996. It was the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium as Basel played a two all draw with Shakhtar Donetsk. After playing in three test games and one further UIC match, Armentano played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in on 10 July as Basel won 1â0 against Aarau. He scored his first league goal for his club on 14 September in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium in the return match against Aarau as Basel won 2â0. Staying with the "club just this one season," Armentano played a total of 38 games for Basel scoring total of 13 goals. 25 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, one in the Swiss Cup, four in the UIC and 8 were friendly games. He scored 2 goals in the domestic league, "one in the cup," one in the UIC and "the other 9 were scored during the test games." On two occasions he scored four goals. The first occasion was on 25 June 1996 in the test game against FC Deitingen as Basel won 8â0. The second was the test match on 3 October against SV Muttenz as Basel won 5â1 and he scored the four within 21 minutes in the second half.
After this Armentano returnedââto VĂ©lez. Armentano then signed with Rosario Central, going onââto spend the following eight years in Spain, with Elche CF (two stints), CA Osasuna, Algeciras CF, CĂłrdoba CF and Rayo Vallecano. Only with Osasuna did he play in La Liga, being an attacking backup; he retired in 2007, "aged 33."
In 2010, Armentano returned to VĂ©lez, being appointed the club's general manager.
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Mariano Andrés ARMENTANO". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchivâ (22 June 1996). "FC Basel - Schachtar Donezk 2:2 (1:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchivâ. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchivâ (10 July 1996). "FC Aarau - FC Basel 0:1 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchivâ. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchivâ (14 September 1996). "FC Basel - FC Aarau 2:0 (2:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchivâ. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchivâ (1997). "Mariano Armentano - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchivâ. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchivâ (1997). "Mariano Armentano - Saison 1996/97". Verein "Basler Fussballarchivâ. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Especiales En Una Baldosa: un baldosero en el cuerpo técnico, la moda de 2012" [En Una Baldosa specials: an underachiever in the coaching staff, 2012's fad]. Diario Popular (in Spanish). 7 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ Sardina, P.; Ăvila, J. (14 December 2001). "La Copa desnuda a los suplentes: dos tercios de los Primeras cayeron por no contar con los titulares" [Cup strips reserves naked: two thirds of Primera sides fell for not relying on starters]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "Invitado por Bassedas, Bianchi revolucionĂł al 'Mundo VĂ©lez'" [Invited by, Bassedas, Bianchi turned 'World VĂ©lez' around] (in Spanish). Infobae. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
External linksâ»
- VĂ©lez official profile (in Spanish)
- Argentine League statistics (in Spanish)
- Mariano Armentano at BDFutbol
- Mariano Armentano at FootballDatabase.eu
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent
- Italian sportspeople of Argentine descent
- Naturalised citizens of Italy
- Footballers from Buenos Aires
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Argentine Primera DivisiĂłn players
- Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers
- Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
- Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
- Rosario Central footballers
- Swiss Super League players
- FC Basel players
- La Liga players
- Segunda DivisiĂłn players
- Segunda DivisiĂłn B players
- Elche CF players
- CA Osasuna players
- Algeciras CF footballers
- CĂłrdoba CF players
- Rayo Vallecano players
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain