Gastón Machín (born 20 February 1983) is an Argentine retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Gastón Machín
Personal information
Full name Gastón Machín[1]
Date of birth (1983-02-20) February 20, 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Del Viso, Argentina
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right midfielder / Centre midfielder
Youth career
Argentinos Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Argentinos Juniors 110 (7)
2006–2009 Independiente 73 (3)
2008–2009Newell's Old Boys (loan) 15 (0)
2010–2012 Huracán 72 (6)
2012–2014 Patronato 54 (3)
2014–2016 Instituto 61 (0)
2016–2019 Argentinos Juniors 55 (1)
2019 Burgos 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Machín is a product of the famous youth system at Argentinos Juniors, he made his senior debut for the club in 2002. In 2004, he was part of the squad that earned promotion to the Argentine Primera.

Machín played for Argentinos in the Primera until the end of 2005 when he signed for Independiente for the beginning of the Clausura 2006 tournament.

Machin was loaned to Newell's Old Boys but the club did not respect some issues with the contract in terms of money and Machin decided to go back to Independiente for the 2009 season.

In January 2010 Club Atlético Huracán signed the midfielder on loan for one year, with an option of deal extension and purchase.

On 26 June 2019 it was confirmed, that Machín had joined Spanish Segunda División B club Burgos CF on a 1-year contract.[2] However, he announced his retirement on 12 January 2020.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Fichajes.com". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  2. ^ GASTÓN MACHÍN ES NUEVO JUGADOR DEL BURGOS CF DE ESPAÑA Archived 2021-04-20 at the Wayback Machine, balonlatino.net, 27 June 2019
  3. ^ El ex Instituto Gastón Machín se retiró del fútbol, cadena3.com, 12 January 2020
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