Marcos Alberto Angeleri (born 7 April, 1983 in 30 de Agosto, near Trenque Lauquen, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football defender, who currently plays for Estudiantes de La Plata of the Argentine Primera.

Angeleri made his first appearance for Estudiantes in 2002. He played in the championship decider for the Apertura 2006 title, and in 2008 was called by Diego Maradona to the Argentina national football team.

Angeleri is mostly deployed as a wingback on the right, where he is noted for his aggressive defense and solid transition play along the right flank. Under coach Diego Simeone he also played as a libero. His freedom to join the attack was increased after the arrival of Leonardo Astrada as coach in mid-2008, causing Angeleri to be noticed by Maradona and by South American sports journalists, who voted Angeleri in a top-ten place in the 2008 edition of the South American Footballer of the Year award ^[1].

Angeleri's nicknames have been a matter of some good-natured controversy. Former Estudiantes coach Carlos Bilardo, who is noted for his superstitions, argued that "Mambrú" was a poor choice ^[2] ("Mambrú" is the subject of a nursery rhyme that relates how the Duke of Marlborough died fighting a war). "Comandante" was proposed (referring to Subcomandante Marcos), as well as "Cacique" (chief), but eventually the fans and the press settled on "Gordo" (fat guy), which Angeleri was called as a baby ^[3]

In 2008 he experienced finishing as runners up in Copa Sudamericana 2008. He was then a regular player in the team that won Copa Libertadores 2009, although he missed the latter stages of the tournament through injury.

[edit] Honours

Estudiantes de La Plata

• Primera Division Argentina: Apertura 2006
• Copa Libertadores: 2009

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• ESPN statistics
• Statistics at Football-Lineups
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics

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