Alexis Zárate
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexis Joel Zárate Maldonado | ||
| Date of birth | 8 May 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | General Deheza, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Right back[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Independiente | 15 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | → Temperley (loan) | 28 | (2) |
| 2018 | FK Liepāja | 3 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2011 | Argentina U17 | 9 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 01:45, 2 January 2019 (UTC) | |||
Alexis Joel Zárate Maldonado (born 8 May 1994) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a right back.[2]
Zárate's career started with Independiente in 2013, making his professional bow during a win over Boca Unidos in the Copa Argentina on 22 May; his first league appearance arrived a month later against Colón.[2][3] Zárate scored the first goal of his career versus Godoy Cruz in October 2014.[2] On 1 January 2016, fellow Argentine Primera División team Temperley loaned Zárate until December 2017.[2] He scored goals against Huracán and Colón throughout thirty-one appearances for Temperley.[2] In January 2018, Latvian Higher League side FK Liepāja completed the signing of Zárate.[2] He made his debut in a March win over Riga FC.[2]
International career
2011 saw Zárate win a total of nine caps for the Argentina U17s at the 2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship and 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[2]
Personal life
In September 2017, Zárate was found guilty of rape.[4][5][6] However, he remained at liberty during the appeals process and was allowed to join Latvia's FK Liepāja in March 2018.[4][5][6] Zárate's appeal was dismissed by the Supreme Court of Argentina on 3 December 2018, with final sentencing awaiting determination.[7][8][9] A year later, on 5 December 2019, a court in Buenos Aires ruled against Zárate's second appeal.[10] Despite this, a request for Zárate's arrest was denied by a Lomas de Zamora court; with the Supreme Court case still pending.[11] On 3 July 2020, Zárate was taken into custody after his appeal was dismissed and jailed to serve his six-and-a-half-year sentence.[12][13] He submitted an additional complaint appeal to the Supreme Court, which was denied on 16 June 2022 and the ex-football player will have to spend his six-and-a-half years sentence imprisoned.[12][13]