Alejandro Melo

Alejandro Eduardo Melo (born 11 January 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Nueva Chicago, on loan from Coquimbo Unido.[1]

Alejandro Melo
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Eduardo Melo
Date of birth (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996
Place of birth San Justo, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder[2]
Club information
Current team
 Nueva Chicago
(on loan from Coquimbo Unido)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Nueva Chicago 35 (4)
2014–2019 San Lorenzo 0 (0)
2015 → Sarmiento (loan) 3 (0)
2016–2017 → Nueva Chicago (loan) 56 (12)
2017–2018 → Atlético Tucumán (loan) 15 (1)
2018–2019 → Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan) 1 (0)
2019 → Nueva Chicago (loan) 12 (5)
2019– Coquimbo Unido 1 (0)
2020– → Nueva Chicago (loan) 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:17, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Career

Melo started his career in 2013 with Nueva Chicago, appearing on the club's substitutes bench for their final Primera B Nacional fixture of 2012–13 against Ferro Carril Oeste.[1] He made his professional debut in the following season in Primera B Metropolitana, playing eighty-three minutes in a 1–1 draw with Atlanta on 4 August.[1] Melo scored the first goal of his career in February 2014 versus Deportivo Armenio.[1] He scored two further goals in twenty-six overall appearances as Nueva Chicago won the 2013–14 title.[1] He scored in his first Primera B Nacional game, in a 3–1 win over Guaraní Antonio Franco on 16 August.[1]

He made nine appearances in the second tier in 2014, prior to joining Argentine Primera División side San Lorenzo in December.[1][3] In February 2015, Melo joined fellow Primera División team Sarmiento on loan.[4] His top-flight debut came in a goalless draw with Gimnasia y Esgrima on 11 May.[1] He returned to San Lorenzo after just four games for Sarmiento.[5][6] January 2016 saw Melo rejoin Nueva Chicago on a loan deal.[1][7] He played a total of fifty-six matches and scored twelve goals across the 2016 and 2016–17 seasons.[1] On 3 July 2017, Melo joined Atlético Tucumán for his third loan away from San Lorenzo.[8]

He made his Atlético Tucumán debut in October in the Copa Argentina against former club Sarmiento, scoring the fourth goal in a 4–0 victory.[1] Melo achieved his 100th career league appearance on 4 December versus Colón.[1] On 25 July 2018, Gimnasia y Esgrima completed the loan signing of Melo.[9] Four days later, he made his first appearance as his new club eliminated Olimpo from the Copa Argentina on 29 July.[1] Only one more match followed, versus Talleres in the Primera División, before he terminated his loan in January 2019.[1][10] Melo then penned a six-month loan with ex-team Nueva Chicago.[11]

After five goals in fourteen fixtures for Nueva Chicago, as they reached the play-offs, Melo departed in June 2019.[1] In July, having ended his San Lorenzo contract, Melo signed for Coquimbo Unido of the Chilean Primera División.[12] He made his debut on 17 August versus Curicó Unido, coming on for the final fifteen minutes of the match that would be his only one for the club.[1] January 2020 saw Melo rejoin Nueva Chicago on loan for a fourth stint.[1][13]

Career statistics
As of 26 June 2020.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nueva Chicago 2012–13 Primera B Nacional 0000——0000
2013–14 Primera B Metropolitana 26300——00263
2014 Primera B Nacional 9100——0091
Total 35400——00354
San Lorenzo 2015 Argentine Primera División 0000—000000
2016 0000—000000
2016–17 0000—000000
2017–18 0000—000000
2018–19 000000000000
Total 000000000000
Sarmiento (loan) 2015 Argentine Primera División 3010——0040
Nueva Chicago (loan) 2016 Primera B Nacional 18200——00182
2016–17 381020——004010
Total 561220——005812
Atlético Tucumán (loan) 2017–18 Argentine Primera División 15131—7[lower-alpha 1]000252
Gimnasia y Esgrima (loan) 2018–19 1010—000020
Nueva Chicago (loan) 2018–19 Primera B Nacional 12500——2[lower-alpha 2]0145
Coquimbo Unido 2019 Chilean Primera División 1000——0010
2020 0000—000000
Total 10——000010
Nueva Chicago (loan) 2019–20 Primera B Nacional 6000——0060
Career total 129227100702014523
  1. Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
  2. Appearance(s) in Primera B Nacional play-offs

Honours
Nueva Chicago[1]

References
  1. "Alejandro Melo profile". Soccerway. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. "Alejandro Melo". World Football. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  3. "Mussis quedó a un paso de ser el primer refuerzo". Clarín. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  4. "El volante ofensivo Alejandro Melo finalmente seguirá su carrera en Sarmiento de Junín". Junín24. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  5. "Alejandro Melo, un viejo conocido para Guede". Goal. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  6. "Alejandro Melo profile". BDFA. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  7. "Contento por volver al club que amo". Solo Ascenso. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  8. "Alejandro Melo y Gervasio Núñez, las nuevas caras del Decano". TyC Sports. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  9. "Alejandro Melo firmó con el Lobo". TyC Sports. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  10. "Vuelve a Mataderos: Melo jugará en Nueva Chicago". Infocielo. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  11. "Melo veía venir". Olé. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  12. "Coquimbo Unido confirma fichaje de volante argentino". Diario El Día. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  13. "Nueva Chicago sumó dos refuerzos". TyC Sports. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
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