Carlos Marinelli

Carlos Marinelli

Personal information
Full name	Carlos Ariel Marinelli
Date of birth	(1982-03-14) 14 March 1982
Place of birth	Villa de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1996–1999	Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Boca Juniors	2	(0)
2000–2003	Middlesbrough	43	(3)
2002–2003	Boca Juniors	7	(0)
2004	Racing Club	3	(1)
2004	Torino	11	(0)
2005	Braga	16	(1)
2005–2006	Kansas City Wizards	4	(0)
2007–2008	Millonarios	41	(1)
2009	Aldosivi	12	(0)
2010	Győri	13	(2)
2010	USMP	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 April 2015

Carlos Marinelli (born 14 March 1982 in Villa de Mayo, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former footballer, who played as an attacking midfielder.

Career

Marinelli started off his career with his boyhood club Boca Juniors. He stayed at Boca until 1999 when Middlesbrough signed him for £1.5 million. He was billed as the new Maradona, but he scored just four times, in games against Derby County (twice), Fulham, and Brentford in the League Cup. He generally failed to live up to expectations, and on 31 January 2003 left the Riverside Stadium to sign on loan for Torino F.C. During the 2005–06 season, he joined Portuguese side SC Braga on a transfer, playing until the end of that season.

In 2007, he joined the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer. Marinelli spent two seasons with the Wizards, but struggled in his time there. He was eventually waived by the club at the end of the 2008 season. He later signed with Colombian first division team Millonarios de Bogota.

However, twelve games into the Copa Mustang I 2009, he was released by Millonarios along with four other under-productive players. He was linked with a return to England with Exeter City before moving back to Argentina in the second division with Aldosivi.

Marinelli then signed with Peruvian first division team Universidad San Martín de Porres.

External links

• Guardian statistics
• (Spanish) BDFA statistics