Alejandro Lembo

Daniel Alejandro Lembo Bentancor (* February 15, 1978 in Montevideo ) is a former Uruguayan football player.

Career

Association

Alejandro Lembo began his career in 1996 in his hometown of Montevideo in CA Bella Vista, for whose team it ran aground three years in the Uruguayan league. In 1997, he won the championship with the team 's second highest Uruguayan league, Segunda División Profesional de Uruguay. In 2000, he signed with the Italian first division club AC Parma, however, in which he could never prevail and in the same year returned to Uruguay. The defender signed for Nacional Montevideo. The defender won with Nacional three times the Uruguayan championship. 2000, 2001 and 2002, the trophy could be won. In August 2003, the Spanish club Real Betis took him under contract.

In Seville Lembo was used at the beginning regularly from his third season he was only sporadically for the Andalusians on. The highlight of his time in Spanish football selected to participate in the UEFA Champions League during the 2005/ 06 season, when the team with seven points in the group stage progress to the next round missed and then continued to play in the UEFA Cup. With a 4-0 victory in the final against Middlesbrough FC trophy was won, but Lembo was not for that game on the field. In the Primera División placed the team in 14th overall place, in the following year could be saved with just a point clear of the relegation zone of the league.

In August 2007 he returned to his homeland and signed at Danubio FC, ​​where he spent a year working. For the season 2008/ 09 was followed for the Uruguayan again a career station in Europe. Lembo graduated 19 league appearances for the Greek club Aris Thessaloniki in the Super League and scored one goal. In summer 2009 he joined after six years again Nacional Montevideo. 52 Inserts for Bolsos in the Primera División Apertura 2009 and completed ten matches in the Copa Libertadores later, he found his way into the Argentine neighboring country. There he played in the Apertura 2011 and Clausura in 2012 for Club Atlético Belgrano. In Argentina's highest league he played in this period 28 games ( no goals ). There followed a further commitment to Nacional. In the season 2012/13 he completed another 16 Erstligapartien and three games in the Copa Libertadores. After the season, he ended his active career.

National

Lembo took part with the Uruguayan U -20 team at the U-20 South American Championship in 1997 and finished with the team to fourth place. In the same year he became vice - world champion with the junior selection. Lembo finally debuted on 17 June 1999 in a friendly against Paraguay in the Uruguayan national team. The defender took the same year with Uruguay at the Copa America in part. After a mixed group stage with only one win was in the quarterfinals and defeated Paraguay in the semifinals Chile. In the semi-final Lembo also scored his first goal for Uruguay. The final against Brazil eventually lost 3-0. With the selection of qualifying for the finals of the football World Cup succeeded in 2002. Defender was used in the two group matches against Senegal and France. Uruguay difference as third in the group with two points from the tournament. The last of his 39 caps, he completed on 9 October 2004. Throughout his national team career, he scored two goals.

Achievements

  • 4x Uruguayan champion: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010/11
  • Junior Vice World Champion: 1997

Coaching career

For the season 2013/14 he will be integrated into the coaching staff Nacional Montevideo.

Defender (association football) 2005–06 UEFA Cup Middlesbrough F.C. El Observador (Uruguay)
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