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Gerardo Traverso

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Gerardo Traverso
Personal information
Full name Gerardo Adrián Traverso Píriz
Date of birth (1975-10-07)7 October 1975
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death 17 May 2019(2019-05-17) (aged 43)
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Rubio Ñú
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992 Rubio Ñú
1993–1997 Nacional (Paraguay)
1997 Tianjin TEDA
San Lorenzo
Monterrey
–2000 Durazno
2000Barcelona (loan)
2001 Guaraní
2002 Dundee 2 (0)
2002 Cerro Porteño
2003 Sportivo Luqueño
2003–2004 Tacuary
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gerardo Adrián Traverso Píriz (7 October 1975 – 17 May 2019)[1] was an Uruguayan football player.[2]

Club career

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Traverso moved to Paraguay as a youth player and began his professional career with Rubio Ñú before moving to Nacional in the Primera División de Paraguay.[3] He played on loan for Barcelona in Serie A de Ecuador.[4] He also had a brief spell with Dundee in the Scottish Premier League.[5]

Traverso's career ended following a serious injury sustained in an automobile crash in Asunción in May 2004. His wife was also injured in the accident.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Falleció Gerardo Traverso". ABC Color (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Ficha de GERARDO TRAVERSO". BDFA. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  3. ^ "GERARDO TRAVERSO LA PROMESA AMARILLA". Diario Hoy. 12 May 2000. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  4. ^ "Ficha del Jugador: TRAVERSO PIRIZ GERARDO ADRIAN". FEF. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  5. ^ Gerardo Traverso at Soccerbase
  6. ^ "Gerardo Traverso corre el riesgo de quedar parapléjico". El Universo. 26 May 2004. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2009.