Marcelo Barovero
Barovero lining up for River Plate in 2016
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Alberto Barovero[1]
Date of birth (1984-02-18) February 18, 1984 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth Porteña, Córdoba, Argentina
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Banfield
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Atlético de Rafaela 117 (0)
2007–2008 Huracán 38 (0)
2008–2012 Vélez Sarsfield 90 (0)
2012–2016 River Plate 118 (3)
2016–2018 Necaxa 72 (0)
2018–2020 Monterrey 74 (0)
2020–2021 Burgos 25 (0)
2021–2023 Atlético San Luis 67 (0)
2023– Banfield 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:37, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Marcelo Alberto Barovero (born 18 February 1984) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Argentine Primera División club Banfield. He often goes by the nickname of "Trapito" (Spanish for "Little Rag").

Career

Early years

His first steps in the practice of football were at the club of his hometown, Porteña Asociación Cultural y Deportiva, then he played at the youth academy of Atlético Rafaela until his professional debut.

Professional career

Atlético Rafaela

Barovero started his professional career in 2003 playing for Atlético de Rafaela in the Primera B Nacional (Argentine second division). In his first season, the club won the championship and promotion to the Primera División. Barovero was used as the club's third choice goalkeeper in the first division, behind Ángel David Comizzo and Ezequiel Medrán. Rafaela was relegated at the end of the 2003–04 season, but Barovero stayed with the club and established himself as the first choice goalkeeper back in the B Nacional. He totalled 113 appearances for Atlético de Rafaela, before his move to Huracán (of the first division) in 2007.

Huracán

In the 2007/2008 season, he played all the 38 matches that his team disputed. At the end of this season, he was bought by Vélez Sársfield.

Velez Sarsfield

In 2008, after one season as a starter in Huracán, Barovero was bought by Vélez Sársfield to compete with Germán Montoya for the position of first choice goalkeeper. During the 2009 Clausura he was part of the Vélez team that won the championship, being an unused substitute during the tournament.

He eventually caught his break during the 2010 Apertura, during which he started in all but three games of his team's runner-up campaign.[2] He finished the tournament with only 6 goals conceded in 16 games, and kept a clean sheet in 12 of the games. At the end of the tournament, he was awarded the Ubaldo Matildo Fillol Award for being the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio.[3][4] The following semester, Barovero started in all 19 games of Vélez 2011 Clausura winning campaign,[5] and all 12 of the team's Copa Libertadores semifinalist campaign.

River Plate

After his successful spell in Velez, in the 2012 Argentine winter transfer window giant River Plate picked him up for a US$250,000 season-long loan.[6] He soon became the undisputed starting goalkeeper during his first semester at the club, and upon completion of the loan, River made his move permanent for a reported fee of US$950,000. Since then he's been one of the stars of the Argentine side and was named Man of the Match in more than one occasion, but most notably on an intense fixture in the 2013 Copa Sudamericana against Buenos Aires rivals San Lorenzo to advance to the Round of Sixteen. He won multiple titles with the squad, most notably the 2015 Copa Libertadores. The fans consider him an idol of the team.

Club Necaxa

Marcelo Barovero was officially transferred from River Plate to Necaxa of Liga MX, on 9 July 2016.[7]

C.F. Monterrey

Monterrey football club unveiled May 23, 2018, the signing of Barovero, through the club's Twitter account. Barovero arrived for the 2018 Apertura MX tournament as one of the first reinforcements of the team led by Diego Alonso. The Argentine came from spending two years with Necaxa, where he won the Copa MX at the Clausura 2018.[8]

Atlético San Luis

Barovero was unveiled in 2021. He left san Luis in May of 2023.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 February 2021[9][10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atlético de Rafaela 2003–04 Argentine Primera División 0 0 — — — 0 0
2004–05 Primera B Nacional 37 0 — — 2[a] 0 39 0
2005–06 38 0 — — — 38 0
2006–07 42 0 — — — 42 0
Total 117 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 119 0
Huracán 2007–08 Argentine Primera División 38 0 — — — 38 0
Vélez Sarsfield 2008–09 Argentine Primera División 9 0 — — — 9 0
2009–10 11 0 — 2[b] 0 — 13 0
2010–11 35 0 — 20[c] 0 — 55 0
2011–12 35 0 0 0 9[d] 0 — 44 0
Total 90 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 121 0
River Plate 2012–13 Argentine Primera División 34 0 0 0 5[e] 0 — 39 0
2013–14 34 0 1 0 0 0 — 35 0
2014 18 0 1 0 10[e] 0 1[f] 0 30 0
2015 19 0 0 0 18[g] 0 5[h] 0 42 0
2016 13 0 0 0 8[d] 0 — 21 0
Total 118 0 2 0 41 0 6 0 167 0
Necaxa 2016–17 Liga MX 38 0 0 0 — — 38 0
2017–18 34 0 1 0 — — 35 0
Total 72 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 73 0
Monterrey 2018–19 Liga MX 40 0 1 0 8[i] 0 2[j] 0 51 0
2019–20 34 0 0 0 — — 34 0
Total 74 0 1 0 8 0 2 0 85 0
Burgos 2020–21 Segunda División B 14 0 1 0 — — 15 0
Career total 523 0 5 0 80 0 10 0 618 0
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Primera División Promotion
  2. ^ One appearance in Copa Sudamericana and one appearance in Copa Libertadores
  3. ^ Eight appearances in Copa Sudamericana and twelve appearances in Copa Libertadores
  4. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  5. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  6. ^ Appearance in Supercopa Argentina
  7. ^ Six appearances in Copa Sudamericana and twelve appearances in Copa Libertadores
  8. ^ Two appearances in Recopa Sudamericana, one appearance in J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship and two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  9. ^ Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League
  10. ^ Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup

Honours

Atlético Rafaela

Vélez Sársfield

River Plate

Necaxa

Monterrey

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: CF Monterrey" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Opening '10 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
  3. ^ Ubaldo Fillol (2010-12-14). "Marcelo Barovero: ganador del Premio Ubaldo Fillol a la valla menos vencida" (in Spanish). UbaldoFillol.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
  4. ^ "Barovero el mejor del Apertura" (in Spanish). Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield. 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
  5. ^ "Closing '11 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  6. ^ Barovero es el primer refuerzo de River Télam, 12 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ "Club Necaxa on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  8. ^ "Club Necaxa on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  9. ^ Marcelo Barovero at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Ficha Estadistica de Marcelo Barovero". www.bdfa.com.ar. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Barovero, el mejor de la Copa". BolaVip (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  12. ^ "Best Goalkeeper 2019". CONCACAF.com. 2 May 2019. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  13. ^ Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League [@TheChampions] (May 2, 2019). "Presenting the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League 2019 Team of the Tournament!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 May 2019 – via Twitter.

External links

Club Atlético Banfield – current squad
Copa Sudamericana winning captains
2014 South American Team of the Year
2015 South American Team of the Year
CONCACAF Champions League awards
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