Marcelo Barovero

Marcelo Barovero

Barovero lining up for River Plate in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Alberto Barovero [1]
Date of birth	(1984-02-18) February 18, 1984 (age 40) [1]
Place of birth	Porteña, Córdoba, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2007	Atlético de Rafaela	117	(0)
2007–2008	Huracán	38	(0)
2008–2012	Vélez Sarsfield	90	(0)
2012–2016	River Plate	118	(3)
2016–2018	Necaxa	72	(0)
2018–2020	Monterrey	74	(0)
2020–2021	Burgos	25	(0)
2021–2023	Atlético San Luis	67	(0)
2023–2024	Banfield	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:37, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Marcelo Alberto Barovero (born 18 February 1984) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He often goes by the nickname of "Trapito" (Spanish for "Little Rag").

Career

Early years

His first steps in the practice of football were at the club of his hometown, Porteña Asociación Cultural y Deportiva, then he played at the youth academy of Atlético Rafaela until his professional debut.

Atlético Rafaela

Barovero started his professional career in 2003 playing for Atlético de Rafaela in the Primera B Nacional (Argentine second division). In his first season, the club won the championship and promotion to the Primera División. Barovero was used as the club's third choice goalkeeper in the first division, behind Ángel David Comizzo and Ezequiel Medrán. Rafaela was relegated at the end of the 2003–04 season, but Barovero stayed with the club and established himself as the first choice goalkeeper back in the B Nacional. He totalled 113 appearances for Atlético de Rafaela, before his move to Huracán (of the first division) in 2007.

Huracán

In the 2007/2008 season, he played all the 38 matches that his team disputed. At the end of this season, he was bought by Vélez Sársfield.

Velez Sarsfield

In 2008, after one season as a starter in Huracán, Barovero was bought by Vélez Sársfield to compete with Germán Montoya for the position of first choice goalkeeper. During the 2009 Clausura he was part of the Vélez team that won the championship, being an unused substitute during the tournament.

He eventually caught his break during the 2010 Apertura, during which he started in all but three games of his team's runner-up campaign. ^[2] He finished the tournament with only 6 goals conceded in 16 games, and kept a clean sheet in 12 of the games. At the end of the tournament, he was awarded the Ubaldo Matildo Fillol Award for being the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio. ^{[3] [4]} The following semester, Barovero started in all 19 games of Vélez 2011 Clausura winning campaign, ^[5] and all 12 of the team's Copa Libertadores semifinalist campaign.

River Plate

After his successful spell in Velez, in the 2012 Argentine winter transfer window giant River Plate picked him up for a US$250,000 season-long loan. ^[6] He soon became the undisputed starting goalkeeper during his first semester at the club, and upon completion of the loan, River made his move permanent for a reported fee of US$950,000. Since then he's been one of the stars of the Argentine side and was named Man of the Match in more than one occasion, but most notably on an intense fixture in the 2013 Copa Sudamericana against Buenos Aires rivals San Lorenzo to advance to the Round of Sixteen. He won multiple titles with the squad, most notably the 2015 Copa Libertadores. The fans consider him an idol of the team.

Later career

In 2016, Barovero moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined Mexican club Necaxa. He later played for Monterrey, Burgos and Atlético San Luis before returning to Argentina where he joined Banfield.

On 19 July 2024, Barovero announced his retirement from professional football.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 February 2021 ^{[7] [8]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Atlético de Rafaela	2003–04	Argentine Primera División	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	2004–05	Primera B Nacional	37	0	—		—		2 [a]	0	39	0
	2005–06		38	0	—		—		—		38	0
	2006–07		42	0	—		—		—		42	0
	Total		117	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	119	0
Huracán	2007–08	Argentine Primera División	38	0	—		—		—		38	0
Vélez Sarsfield	2008–09	Argentine Primera División	9	0	—		—		—		9	0
	2009–10		11	0	—		2 [b]	0	—		13	0
	2010–11		35	0	—		20 [c]	0	—		55	0
	2011–12		35	0	0	0	9 [d]	0	—		44	0
	Total		90	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	121	0
River Plate	2012–13	Argentine Primera División	34	0	0	0	5 [e]	0	—		39	0
	2013–14		34	0	1	0	0	0	—		35	0
	2014		18	0	1	0	10 [e]	0	1 [f]	0	30	0
	2015		19	0	0	0	18 [g]	0	5 [h]	0	42	0
	2016		13	0	0	0	8 [d]	0	—		21	0
	Total		118	0	2	0	41	0	6	0	167	0
Necaxa	2016–17	Liga MX	38	0	0	0	—		—		38	0
	2017–18		34	0	1	0	—		—		35	0
	Total		72	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	73	0
Monterrey	2018–19	Liga MX	40	0	1	0	8 [i]	0	2 [j]	0	51	0
	2019–20		34	0	0	0	—		—		34	0
	Total		74	0	1	0	8	0	2	0	85	0
Burgos	2020–21	Segunda División B	14	0	1	0	—		—		15	0
Career total			523	0	5	0	80	0	10	0	618	0

1. Appearance(s) in Primera División Promotion
2. One appearance in Copa Sudamericana and one appearance in Copa Libertadores
3. Eight appearances in Copa Sudamericana and twelve appearances in Copa Libertadores
4. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
5. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
6. Appearance in Supercopa Argentina
7. Six appearances in Copa Sudamericana and twelve appearances in Copa Libertadores
8. Two appearances in Recopa Sudamericana, one appearance in J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship and two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
9. Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League
10. Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup

Honours

Atlético Rafaela

• Primera B Nacional: 2002–03

Vélez Sársfield

• Argentine Primera División: 2009 Clausura, 2011 Clausura

River Plate

• Argentine Primera División: 2014 Final
• Copa Campeonato: 2013–14
• Copa Libertadores: 2015
• Copa Sudamericana: 2014
• Recopa Sudamericana: 2015
• Suruga Bank Championship: 2015

Necaxa

• Copa MX: Clausura 2018

Monterrey

• Liga MX: Apertura 2019
• CONCACAF Champions League: 2019

Individual

• Ubaldo Fillol Award  : 2010 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2013 Inicial, 2014 Primera División
• Copa Sudamericana Best Player: 2014 ^[9]
• Liga MX Golden Glove: 2017–18
• CONCACAF Champions League Golden Glove: 2019 ^[10]
• CONCACAF Champions League Team of the Tournament: 2019 ^[11]

References

1. "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: CF Monterrey" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2019.
2. "Opening '10 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
3. Ubaldo Fillol (2010-12-14). "Marcelo Barovero: ganador del Premio Ubaldo Fillol a la valla menos vencida" (in Spanish). UbaldoFillol.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
4. "Barovero el mejor del Apertura" (in Spanish). Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield. 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
5. "Closing '11 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
6. Barovero es el primer refuerzo de River Télam, 12 July 2012 (in Spanish)
7. Marcelo Barovero at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
8. "Ficha Estadistica de Marcelo Barovero". www.bdfa.com.ar. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
9. "Barovero, el mejor de la Copa". BolaVip (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-05-04.
10. "Best Goalkeeper 2019". CONCACAF.com. 2 May 2019. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
11. Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League [@TheChampions] (2 May 2019). "Presenting the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League 2019 Team of the Tournament!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 May 2019– via Twitter.

External links

• Profile at Vélez Sársfield's official website (in Spanish)
• Argentine Primera statistics ^[usurped] at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
• Statistics at Irish Times