Maximiliano Pellegrino

Maximiliano Pellegrino ( born January 26, 1980 in Leones ) is an Argentine footballer who plays for CA Colón since the summer of 2011. He is the younger brother of Mauricio Pellegrino, who was also active as a football player.

Career

Association

He learned to play football in the youth of CA Velez Sarsfield. In 1999, he was inducted into the first team of Velez Sarsfield and played ten games in his first season in the Argentine championship. In the 2000 /01 season he played 16 league games and scored his first two goals as a professional. In 2004 he reached with Sarsfield ranks second in the Apertura. A year later, he won his first title with the club, the Argentine Clausura. In the season 2005/ 06 he graduated with 29 league games so far most in his career.

After the Apertura 2006 and the Clausura 2007 had only limited success with the seventh and eighth grade, he moved to Italy in summer 2007 in the Serie A, and signed with Atalanta Bergamo. In his first season in Bergamo on 26 inserts he came in the league and scored one goal for the Lombards. The season was finished on the 9th place. In the following season, he ran in 13 games for Atalanta and was able to score them credited. After the 2009/10 season, he rose with Atalanta as third from bottom in Serie B from.

In June 2010 he signed a loan agreement with AC Cesena, the limited for one year valid.

National

For the Argentine national football team he did not previously used. Since he also owns the Italian passport, he is also eligible to play for Italy.