Ezequiel Melillo (footballer, born 1993)

Ezequiel Alejandro Melillo (born 5 August 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Messina.[1]

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Ezequiel Melillo
Personal information
Full name Ezequiel Alejandro Melillo
Date of birth (1993-08-05) 5 August 1993
Place of birth San Isidro, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder[2]
Club information
Current team
 Messina
Youth career
Boca Juniors
2004–2005 River Plate
Tigre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
San Basilio Palestrina
2013–2015 Racing Club 3 (0)
2015 → Unión Mar del Plata (loan) 10 (0)
2016–2018 Troina
2018–2019 Vibonese 28 (0)
2019– Messina 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:34, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Career

Melillo played for the youth system of Boca Juniors, before spending time with the academies of River Plate and Tigre.[3] Melillo applied for Italian citizenship at the age of fifteen, while playing five-a-side football in Bari.[3] He went back to Argentina months later, but returned to Italy after agreeing terms of San Basilio Palestrina.[3] He won promotion from the Eccellenza in his time there, as he also had a trial at Napoli.[3][4] A return to his homeland came again, as the midfielder played for Racing Club of the Primera División from 2013.[1] Appearances in the 2013–14 campaign against Colón, Estudiantes and Godoy Cruz came.[1][5]

In 2015, Melillo was loaned to Primera B Nacional's Unión Mar del Plata.[1] Ten matches followed as they suffered relegation, he was notably sent off during his final encounter on 8 November 2015 versus Guillermo Brown.[1] 2016 saw Melillo sign for Eccellenza Sicily side Troina.[3] They, in 2016–17, won a place in the 2017–18 Serie D; where he appeared fifteen times and scored once.[3][6] On 27 July 2018, Serie C outfit Vibonese signed Melillo.[7][8] His opening appearances arrived in the succeeding September in fixtures with Bisceglie, Trapani and Catanzaro.[1][9] Ahead of 2019–20, Melillo joined Messina of Serie D.[10]

Career statistics
As of 17 July 2020.[1][6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Racing Club 2013–14 Primera División 3000—000030
2014 0000——0000
2015 0000—000000
Total 3000—000030
Unión Mar del Plata (loan) 2015 Primera B Nacional 10000——00100
Troina 2017–18 Serie D 1510000—00151
Vibonese 2018–19 Serie C 2800000—00280
Messina 2019–20 Serie D 1000000—00100
Career total 66100000000661

    References
    1. "Argentina - E. Melillo". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
    2. "Ezequiel Melillo". World Football. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
    3. "Melillo a GS.it: La mia storia dal Boca al River a Milito. A Troina sono stato bene, in futuro...". GoalSicilia. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
    4. "GDS – Napoli, in prova c'è Ezequiel Melillo". IamNaples. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
    5. "Doble turno con el plantel dividido en dos grupos". Racing Club. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
    6. "Melillo Ezequiel Alejandro - Carriera". TuttoCalciatori. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
    7. "La Vibonese trova l'accordo con Ezequiel Melillo". Vibonese. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
    8. "Vibonese, Ezequiel Melillo una storia da raccontare". CalabriaSport24. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
    9. "Vibonese, Melillo: "Sarà bello rivedere tanti ex compagni"". TuttoC. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
    10. "Fc Messina, ufficiali gli acquisti dell'over Melillo e dell'under Puleo". Messina Sportiva. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2019.


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