Gonzalo Zárate

Argentine footballer

Gonzalo Eulogio Zárate (born 6 August 1984 in Rosario, Santa Fe) is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a forward.[1]

Gonzalo Zárate
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Eulogio Zárate
Date of birth (1984-08-06) 6 August 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Lanús
2005–2006 Tiro Federal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 PCC San José 12 (4)
2007–2008 Kriens 5 (5)
2007–2008Grasshoppers (loan) 24 (3)
2008–2010 Grasshoppers 65 (25)
2010–2012 Red Bull Salzburg 65 (7)
2012–2015 Young Boys 66 (9)
2015–2016 Thun 27 (0)
2016–2017 Vaduz 31 (4)
2017–2018 Lausanne-Sport 24 (5)
2018–2019 Enosis Neon Paralimni 24 (1)
2019–2020 Black Stars Basel 10 (1)
Teams managed
2020–202? Grasshoppers (youth coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He started playing football in the youth teams of CA Lanús und CA Tiro Federal. Zarate played his first professional matches in the second league of Argentina for PCC San José. In 2007 he went to Switzerland playing for SC Kriens (Second League), scoring five goals in five matches. Then he went on loan to Grasshopper-Club Zürich, who then bought him in 2010. He scored 14 goals in 2009–10 and was the most successful scorer in the team. In May 2010 he signed with FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga.

In September 2019, Zárate joined Swiss Promotion League club FC Black Stars Basel.[2] After retiring, Zárate was hired as a youth coach at Grasshopper Club Zürich.

Career statistics change

As of match played on 22 April 2019[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grasshopper 2007–08 Swiss Super League ? 3 0 0 ? 3
2008–09 30 8 0 0 30 8
2009–10 35 14 0 0 35 14
Total 65 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 25
Salzburg 2010–11 Austrian Football Bundesliga 35 5 0 0 11 2 46 7
2011–12 Austrian Football Championship 25 1 4 0 8 1 37 2
2012–13 Austrian Football Bundesliga 5 1 1 0 2 1 8 2
Total 65 7 5 0 0 0 21 4 91 11
Young Boys 2012–13 Swiss Super League 16 2 1 0 6 2 23 4
2013–14 29 5 1 0 30 5
2014–15 21 2 0 0 4 0 25 2
Total 66 9 2 0 0 0 10 2 78 11
Thun 2015–16 Swiss Super League 27 0 3 0 2 0 32 0
Vaduz 2016–17 Swiss Super League 31 4 0 0 4 0 35 4
2017–18 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Total 31 4 0 0 0 0 5 1 36 5
Lausanne-Sport 2017–18 Swiss Super League 24 5 1 0 25 5
Enosis Neon Paralimni 2018–19 Cypriot First Division 24 1 6 0 30 1
Career totals 302 51 17 0 0 0 38 7 357 58

Honours change

FC Red Bull Salzburg
FC Vaduz

References change

  1. "Zárate! Von Zürich nach Salzburg. Von den Grasshoppers zu den Roten Bullen". fussballdaten.de (in German). Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  2. Vom Profifussballer zum Quartierclub-Kicker, srf.ch, 3 November 2019
  3. Gonzalo Zárate at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

Other websites change