Alejandro Melo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eduardo Alejandro Melo | ||
| Date of birth | 11 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | San Justo, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Estudiantes BA | ||
| 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 LP (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Nueva Chicago (loan) | 12 | (5) |
| 2019–2021 | Coquimbo Unido | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Nueva Chicago (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2021–2026 | Agropecuario | 137 | (19) |
| 2026– | Estudiantes BA | 6 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:15, 28 April 2026 (UTC) | |||
Eduardo Alejandro Melo (born 11 January 1996), usually known as Alejandro Melo, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Estudiantes BA.[1]
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]