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Marcelo Danubio Zalayeta (; born 5 December 1978 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan football striker, who currently plays for Peñarol. ==Club career== Zalayeta started his career with Danubio and then moving to Peñarol in Uruguay, where he made a name for himself. He moved to Juventus in 1997 but considered a promising young player at the time, he was not given much of a chance to prove himself. He spent a season on loan with Empoli, and he also starred in Uruguay's surge for the Copa América in 1999, who lost in the final to Brazil. Two more years away from the club followed, he played for Sevilla until 2001. At last when it seemed Juve lacked forwards he was brought back to Italy at the start of 2001–02, but he was loaned out to Perugia in 2004 before returning to Juventus in the same year. Although he did not play many matches he performed well when given a chance, winning three Serie A titles (1998, 2002, 2003), two Supercoppa Italiana medals (2002 and 2003), and a Serie B title in 2007, also helping the club to the 2002 Coppa Italia Final; during his time at the club, he was given the nickname "Panteron". He scored two very important extra time winners against Spanish opposition upon his return to Juventus. One came in 2003 in the quarter-finals of UEFA Champions League against FC Barcelona; the other against Real Madrid in the 2005 round of 16. In the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Zalayeta was one of the three Juventus players to have their penalty saved by A.C. Milan keeper Nelson Dida in the shootout after a 0-0 draw, as Milan won the title. After a decade with Juventus, he moved to Napoli in the summer of 2007.〔(Channel4.com )〕 Napoli paid €1.4million for half of the rights (co-ownership). He played 49 Serie A matches and scored 12 goals in 2 seasons, but at the start of 2009–10 season, he became surplus of the team, and not offered a shirt number.〔〔 On 21 August 2009 Zalayeta joined Bologna on loan from Napoli.〔 On 1 July 2010 Zalayeta returned to Napoli but failed to enter first team. On 25 August 2010 he left for Turkish side Kayserispor on 2-year contract.〔 On 17 July 2011 Zalayeta joined Uruguayan Peñarol as a free agent.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marcelo Zalayeta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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