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Uruguayan footballer (1975–2019)

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
2000 → Barcelona (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) was an Uruguayan football player.

Club career

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. He played on loan for Barcelona in Serie A de Ecuador. He also had a brief spell with Dundee in the Scottish Premier League.

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.

References

  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.


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