Marcelo Alejandro Penta (born 26 August 1985) is a retired Argentine professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Marcelo Penta
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Alejandro Penta
Date of birth (1985-08-26) 26 August 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth Las Heras, Mendoza, Argentina
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Newell's Old Boys 24 (1)
2006–2007Tiro Federal (loan) ? (?)
2007–2008Chacarita Juniors (loan) ? (?)
2009–2012 Pierikos 74 (4)
2012–2013 Ethnikos Achna 18 (2)
2013–2016 Aiginiakos 56 (5)
2016–2017 Apollon Larissa 22 (1)
2017–2019 Volos 32 (3)
2019–2020 Veria 19 (0)
2020–2023 Ypato ? (?)
Total 245 (16)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 January 2023

Career

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Born in Las Heras, Mendoza, Marcelo Penta began his professional football career with Newell's Old Boys in the Argentine Primera División.[1] In order to gain regular playing time, he was loaned to Chacarita Juniors in July 2007.[2] After returning to Newell's, he did not make any first-team appearances and moved to Greece in July 2009 to continue his professional career.

Honours

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Newell's Old Boys

References

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  1. "Stats Centre: Marcelo Alejandro Penta". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  2. "MARCELO PENTA ES LA NUEVA INCORPORACION" (in Spanish). Chacarita Juniors. 12 July 2007. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010.
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