Name Alejandro Melono Current team Boca Unidos 1998 San Lorenzo | 1997 Rentistas Height 1.9 m Years Team Role Football player | |
Full name Alejandro Gabriel Melono Botta Date of birth (1977-04-27) April 27, 1977 (age 38) | ||
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Alejandro Gabriel Meloño Botta (born April 27, 1977 in Montevideo) is a football player from Uruguay who currently plays for Boca Unidos.
Meloño is a left sided central defender. He started his career in 1997 with Rentistas in Uruguay. In 1998, he moved to Argentina where he played for San Lorenzo, Nueva Chicago and Almagro. In 2000, he came to Europe for the first time and played for Real Murcia in Spain before returning to Argentina a year later in 2001 to play for Almagro again. In 2004, he joined Rosario Central and in 2005 he moved to Chacarita Juniors. He returned to Europe later in 2005 where he joined Yeovil Town on a short term contract before signing for Deportivo Quito of Ecuador. He spent 2006 at minor Argentinian club La Plata FC and the spring of 2007 at Ben Hur before returning to Almagro for a third spell.
He has also played for the Uruguayan Under 20 and Under 23 national teams.