Marcelo Estigarribia

Marcelo Estigarribia
Estigarribia in 2013
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Alejandro Estigarribia Balmori
Date of birth (1987-09-21) 21 September 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
Sportivo Ameliano
Youth career
Unión Pacífico
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Sport Colombia 10 (0)
2006–2008 Cerro Porteño 45 (6)
2008–2011 Le Mans 12 (0)
2010–2011Newell's Old Boys (loan) 45 (0)
2011–2021 Deportivo Maldonado 15 (2)
2011–2012Juventus (loan) 14 (1)
2012–2013Sampdoria (loan) 34 (2)
2013–2014Chievo Verona (loan) 16 (0)
2014–2015Atalanta (loan) 25 (2)
2016–2017Cerro Porteño (loan) 22 (1)
2017Chiapas (loan) 6 (1)
2017–2020Colón (loan) 66 (4)
2021Olimpia (loan) 15 (0)
2022 Sol de América 35 (3)
2023– Sportivo Ameliano 10 (0)
International career
2007 Paraguay U20
2008– Paraguay 32 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Paraguay
Copa América
Runner-up 2011 Argentina Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 January 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 July 2013

Marcelo Alejandro Estigarribia Balmori (born 21 September 1987) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a left winger for Sportivo Ameliano in the Primera División Paraguaya.

Estigarribia has been known since youth as Chelo,[1] as a diminutive of his name Marcelo.[2] He also has an Italian passport by way of his mother.[3] At club level, Estigarribia has played for teams in Paraguay, France, Uruguay, Argentina, Italy, and Mexico. At international level, he has represented the Paraguay national football team, and was member of the squad that finished second at the 2011 Copa América.

  1. ^ ""Il violoncello" suona per la Juve". Juventus Football Club. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  2. ^ Enrico Zambruno (December 2011). "Estigarribia: "Qui realizzerò il mio sueño"" (PDF). Hurrà Juventus. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  3. ^ Andrea Bonino (25 August 2011). "Juve, esterni ok: ecco Estigarribia". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 22 September 2011.