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Marcelo Zalayeta

1978 - Today

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Marcelo Danubio Zalayeta ([maɾˈselo salaˈʝeta]; born 5 December 1978) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a striker. Zalayeta began his club career with Danubio before moving to Peñarol for a season in 1997, where he won the Uruguayan Primera División and the Uruguayan Liguilla Cup. Later that year, he was acquired by Italian club Juventus, where he remained for ten seasons, winning three Serie A titles and reaching the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final, although he was sent on several loan spells with Empoli, Spanish side Sevilla and Perugia during his time at the Turin club, due to heavy competition from other strikers in the team's line-up. He moved to Napoli in 2007, where he remained for three more seasons, aside from a loan spell with Bologna during the 2009–10 season. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcelo Zalayeta is the 5,094th most popular soccer player (down from 4,861st in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 241st in 2019) and the 137th most popular Uruguayan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Marcelo Zalayeta ranks 5,094 out of 21,273. Before him are Nenad Đorđević, Terry McDermott, Jack Rowley, Gustavo de Simone, José Carlos de Almeida, and Adalbert Püllöck. After him are Michael Krohn-Dehli, Jacques N'Guea, Yasuaki Kato, Ivica Kralj, Ray Kennedy, and Jordi Roura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Marcelo Zalayeta ranks 219. Before him are Pieter van den Hoogenband, Takumi Hayama, Alireza Faghani, Tyler Reks, Paola Núñez, and Chris Brown. After him are Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Koichi Higashi, Albert Luque, Luke Kirby, and Bonaventure Kalou.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Marcelo Zalayeta ranks 243 out of 444. Before him are Lucas Torreira (1996), Fabián O'Neill (1973), Alberto Héber Usher (1918), Luisa Cuesta (1920), Álvaro Pereira (1985), and Gustavo de Simone (1948). After him are José Naya (1896), Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo (1922), Darwin Núñez (1999), Rodolfo Nin Novoa (1948), Walter Corbo (1949), and Rúben Bareño (1944).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Uruguay

Among soccer players born in Uruguay, Marcelo Zalayeta ranks 137. Before him are Cristhian Stuani (1986), Luis Ubiña (1940), Lucas Torreira (1996), Fabián O'Neill (1973), Álvaro Pereira (1985), and Gustavo de Simone (1948). After him are José Naya (1896), Darwin Núñez (1999), Walter Corbo (1949), Rúben Bareño (1944), Martín Lasarte (1961), and Darío Silva (1972).

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