Sergio Zárate

Sergio Zárate
Personal information
Full name	Sergio Fabián Zárate Riga
Date of birth	14 October 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Haedo, Argentina
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1987–1990	Vélez Sarsfield
1991–1992	1. FC Nürnberg
1992–1993	Ancona
1993–1994	1. FC Nürnberg
1994	Hamburger SV
1995–1997	Necaxa
1997–1998	Club América
1998–1999	Necaxa
1999–2000	Vélez Sarsfield
2000–2001	Puebla
2002–2003	Deportivo Merlo
Total
International career
1992	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergio Fabián Zárate Riga (born 14 October 1969) was an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career in the Bundesliga and the Primera División de México apart from his native Argentina.

Club career

Born in Haedo, Morón Partido, Zárate started his career with Vélez Sarsfield where he spent four years in the Argentinian Primera División. He then moved to Europe where he would eventually make 80 appearances in the Bundesliga for 1. FC Nürnberg and Hamburger SV as well as a season in Italy with Ancona. In 1995 Zárate moved to Mexico where he played 190 games for Necaxa, Club América and Puebla during two stints.

International career

Zárate won his only international cap for Argentina in 1992.

Personal life

Sergio is the eldest of five brothers of whom four became professional footballers; Ariel played in Spain for Málaga among other teams, Rolando (also an Argentinian international) and youngest brother Mauro is a U-20 World Cup winner. Sergio works as an agent for his brothers.^[1]^[2] Sergio's nephew, Tobías, also became a professional footballer.^[3]

References

^ "Oh brother!". Channel4.com.
^ "Extorsionan a una familia de futbolistas y les balean una casa" [A family of footballers is blackmailed and has house shot at]. Clarín (in Spanish). 10 August 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
^ "Vélez: Debutó otro Zárate en Vélez 32 años después". Marca. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

External links

Sergio Zárate at National-Football-Teams.com
Player article (in German)
Player article (in Italian)

[1] "Oh brother!". Channel4.com.

[2] "Extorsionan a una familia de futbolistas y les balean una casa" [A family of footballers is blackmailed and has house shot at]. Clarín (in Spanish). 10 August 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[MAR1-3] "Vélez: Debutó otro Zárate en Vélez 32 años después". Marca. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

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