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Alejandro Gavatorta

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Alejandro Gavatorta
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Roberto Gavatorta
Date of birth (1980-03-21) March 21, 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth Gálvez, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Colón 23 (0)
2004 Aosta Sarre 4 (0)
2005–2007 Politehnica Iași 44 (2)
2007–2008 FC Thun 45 (1)
2008–2009 Politehnica Iași 15 (0)
Total 131 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 October 2015

Alejandro Roberto Gavatorta (born 21 March 1980) is an Argentine retired football midfielder.[1]

Career

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Gavatorta was born on 21 March 1980 in Gálvez, Santa Fe, Argentina.[2][3] He made his Argentine Primera División debut, playing for Colón on 3 March 2002 when coach Jorge Fossati sent him on the field in the 65th minute in order to replace Gerardo Solano in a 1–1 with Chacarita Juniors.[2][4] He made 23 league appearances for Colón over the course of three seasons, going afterwards in Italy at Serie D side, Aosta Sarre.[2][3]

He left Italy after a few months to go play for Romanian club, Politehnica Iași, making his Divizia A debut on 12 March 2005 as coach Ionuț Popa sent him on the field in the 43rd minute to replace Irinel Ionescu in a 2–0 away loss to Rapid București.[2][3][5][6] He netted his first goal on 14 May 2005 in a 2–1 home loss to Național București.[2][5] His second goal scored was on 12 August 2006 in another 2–1 loss to Național București.[2][7]

In 2007, Gavatorta went to play for FC Thun, making his Swiss Super League debut on 11 February 2007 when coach Heinz Peischl used him all the minutes in a 2–1 away victory against FC Schaffhausen.[2][3][8] He scored his only league goal on 12 August 2007 in a 5–2 home loss to FC Aarau, gaining a total of 45 appearances in the competition.[2][9]

In September 2008, the midfielder returned to Politehnica Iași.[2][3][10] On 23 May 2009 he played his last Divizia A match which was a 4–1 away loss to Otopeni, having a total of 59 matches with two goals netted in the competition.[2]

After retirement

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After he ended his playing career, Gavatorta worked as a scout and as a junior coach.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Alejandro Gavatorta at Soccerway
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Alejandro Gavatorta at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Argentinianul Alejandro Gavatorta, fost fotbalist la Poli Iași timp de aproape 4 sezoane, dornic să revină în fotbalul românesc. "Simt că am lăsat ceva la Poli. Suporterii și echipa au rămas în sufletul meu"" [Argentinian Alejandro Gavatorta, former footballer at Poli Iași for almost 4 seasons, eager to return to Romanian football. "I feel I left something at Poli. The fans and the team remained in my soul"] (in Romanian). Radiohit.ro. 28 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Alejandro Gavatorta. Primera División 2001/2002 Clausura". WorldFootball. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
    "Colón de Santa Fe - Chacarita Juniors 1:1". WorldFootball. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Alejandro Gavatorta. Liga 1 2004/2005". WorldFootball. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Rapid Bucureşti - Politehnica Iasi 2:0". WorldFootball. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Alejandro Gavatorta. Liga 1 2006/2007". WorldFootball. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Alejandro Gavatorta. Swiss Super League 2006/2007". WorldFootball. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
    "FC Schaffhausen - FC Thun 1:2". WorldFootball. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Alejandro Gavatorta. Swiss Super League 2007/2008". WorldFootball. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
    "FC Thun - FC Aarau 2:5". WorldFootball. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Gavatorta: "Nu am venit la Iași pentru bani"" [Gavatorta: "I didn't come to Iasi for money"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 6 September 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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