Ezequiel Schelotto

Ezequiel Schelotto

Personal information
Full name	Ezequiel Matias Schelotto
Date of birth	23 May 1989 (1989-05-23) (age 22)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Atalanta
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2008–2009	Cesena	6	(1)
2009–	Atalanta	9	(1)
2009–2011	→ Cesena (loan)	57	(6)
2011	→ Catania (loan)	14	(1)
National team‡
2009–2010	Italy U-21	7	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 May 2011

Ezequiel Matias Schelotto (born 23 May 1989) is an Argentine-born Italian footballer who currently plays for Atalanta B.C. in Italy also known as El Galgo, El Melli or El Mosquetero.

Club career

A.C. Cesena

Ezequiel Schelotto joined Italian Serie C1 side A.C. Cesena in July 2008.^[1] Then in April 2009, his transfer was finally cleared by FIFA.^[2] During that season, following his approved transfer, Schelotto played 6 matches (out of possible 7) for Cesena scoring one goal, and helping Cesena to promotion back up to the Italian Serie B. In June 2009, he was signed by Serie A side Atalanta B.C. on a co-ownership deal and in July 2009, he was instantly loaned back to his previous club, A.C. Cesena. During the 2009-10 Serie B campaign, Schelotto made 40 league appearances for the side, scoring 6 goals. Of his 40 matches, 33 of them were from the starting eleven. On June 24, 2010, he was signed outright by Atalanta, who were just relegated to the Serie B following and 18th place finish during the 2009-10 Serie A, whilst Cesena earned their second consecutive promotion. as the club earned promotion to the top flight following a top 3 Serie B finish. Following his purchase the player was again loaned back to the Emilia-Romagna based club, along with veteran midfielder Fabio Caserta and central defender, Maximiliano Pellegrino.^[3] He had a bitter Serie A season with Cesena, one in which the team started brightly, even topping the league table by round 3, but then endured a landslide that saw the team drop to 18th place and into the relegation places by November. He lost his starting place on 24 October as the coach used Luis Jiménez as new supportive striker in the 3 forward formation. Since then he only made 4 start to replace Giuseppe Colucci (who injured) and Stephen Appiah (twice) respectively as one of the midfielders. His last start (and last match) with Cesena was on 23 January 2011, that match Cesena fielded inferior squad against Milan, which the 3 forwards: Schelotto, Igor Budan and Dominique Malonga were not the regular starter.

During the first half of the 2010-11 campaign, Schelotto made 17 league appearances with one goal. His last start (and last match) with Cesena was on January 23, 2011. On January 31, 2011, he was transferred to fellow Serie A side Calcio Catania.

Calcio Catania

On January 31, 2011, Schelotto transferred to Sicilian Calcio Catania, on loan from Atalanta. In his transfer deal, Catania were sold the option to sign the player on a permanent basis at the conclusion of the current campaign. Schelotto started his first match for the Sicilians on February 6, 2011, a match that Catania lost 1-0 away to Bologna F.C., in part due to an early red card by Argentine defender, Pablo Sebastian Alvarez. His second game however, proved very successful^{[says who?]} as the speedy winger was an integral part of Catania's 3-2 comeback victory over U.S. Lecce.

International career

In November 2009, he was call-up to Italy national under-21 football team,^[4] and was immediately featured in the starting lineup in a game against Hungary U21 on November 13.

Since made his debut, he played all available 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification matches, and unusually as right back in the last qualification match against Wales in September.^[5] That match Italy won Wales 1-0 and narrowly ahead Wales as the group winner. He assisted Stefano Okaka to score the second goal in the first leg of the playoff round against Belarus, but missed the second leg due to suspension.^[6] Italy eventually eliminated due to a 0-3 lost at Borisov.

References

1. ^ "I convocati per il ritiro di Castrocaro" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 2008-07-20. http://www.cesenacalcio.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=826:i-convocati-per-il-ritiro-di-castrocaro&catid=9:squadra&Itemid=126. Retrieved 2 November 2010. 
2. ^ "Arrivato il transfer di Schelotto" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 2009-04-04. http://www.cesenacalcio.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1739:arrivato-il-transfer-di-schelotto&catid=1:news&Itemid=124. Retrieved 2 November 2010. 
3. ^ "Accordo con l'Atalanta per la cessione di Schelotto" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 24 June 2010. http://www.cesenacalcio.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3511:accordo-con-latalanta-per-la-cessione-di-schelotto&catid=1:news&Itemid=124. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
4. ^ "Ezequiel Schelotto convocato nell'Under 21" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 2009-11-06. http://www.cesenacalcio.it/notizie/news/ezequiel-schelotto-convocato-nellunder-21.html. Retrieved 2009-11-09. 
5. ^ "Europei U.21, l'Italia vince e si qualifica per i playoff" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport – Stadio. 7 September 2010. http://www.corrieredellosport.it/calcio/azzurri/2010/09/07-127847/Europei+U.21,+l'Italia+vince+e+si+qualifica+per+i+playoff. Retrieved 11 September 2010. 
6. ^ "U-21: No replacements". Football Italia. 9 October 2010. http://www.football-italia.net/oct09w.html. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 

External links

• Profile at AIC.Football.it (Italian)
• Profile at Cesena (Italian)
• Profile at Soccerway

Persondata
Name	Schelotto, Ezequiel
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Date of birth	23 May 1989
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
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