Neri Espinosa

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Neri Espinosa
Personal information
Full name Neri Alberto Espinosa
Date of birth (1986-07-04) 4 July 1986 (age 35)
Place of birth La Llave, Argentina
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Deportivo Maipú
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004
2005–2006 15 (0)
2007–2008
2010 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 0 (0)
2010–2011 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 6 (0)
2012–2013 30 (4)
2013–2019 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 110 (5)
2019– Deportivo Maipú 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:43, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Neri Alberto Espinosa (born 4 July 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Deportivo Maipú.[1]

Career[]

Espinosa played for of Monte Comán, before appearing in fifteen fixtures with in the 2005–06 Torneo Argentino B season.[2][3] After periods with and La Plata's Gimnasia y Esgrima, Espinosa joined their namesakes from Concepción del Uruguay.[2][3] Six appearances followed in Torneo Argentino A.[2] 2012 saw Espinosa drop back down to the fourth tier with , subsequently netting four goals across thirty games.[2] In 2013, Espinosa completed a move to Mendoza's Gimnasia y Esgrima.[2] He won consecutive promotions as they rose from Torneo Argentino B to Primera B Nacional.[1][2]

In pro football, Espinosa scored against Instituto and Juventud Unida but it wasn't enough as they suffered relegation to tier three.[1] Gimnasia y Esgrima were promoted back up three campaigns later, with the midfielder taking his statistical tally to one hundred and twenty-eight matches and five goals in the process.[1][2]

Personal life[]

In December 2015, Espinosa was involved in a fatal road traffic collision.[3] He was travelling to his father's house when he collided with a motorcycle that was carrying two people, one of whom was driver Jorge Alberto Magallanes, 22, who died instantaneously while passenger Joel Cáceres, 19, suffered multiple injuries.[3] In 2018, Espinosa was charged with culpable homicide by judge María Eugenia Laigle after it was determined Espinosa was not under the influence or excessively speeding at the time of the accident, as well as the fact he had no criminal history.[3] He was handed a two-year suspended jail sentence and banned from driving for five years.[4]

Career statistics[]

As of 17 January 2019.[1][2]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2005–06 Torneo Argentino B 15 0 0 0 — 0 0 15 0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 2009–10 Primera División 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 2010–11 Torneo Argentino A 6 0 0 0 — 0 0 6 0
2012–13 Torneo Argentino B 30 4 0 0 — 0 0 30 4
Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 2013–14 19 1 0 0 — 0 0 19 1
2014 Torneo Federal A 3 0 1 0 — 4[a] 0 8 0
2015 Primera B Nacional 31 2 0 0 — 1[b] 0 32 2
2016 Torneo Federal A 5 0 0 0 — 0 0 5 0
2016–17 24 0 2 0 — 5[a] 0 31 0
2017–18 25 2 4 0 — 4[a] 0 33 2
2018–19 Primera B Nacional 3 0 0 0 — 0 0 3 0
Total 110 5 7 0 — 14 0 131 5
Career total 161 9 7 0 — 14 0 182 9
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in the Torneo Federal A play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the Primera B Nacional play-offs

Honours[]

Gimnasia y Esgrima (M)[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Argentina - N. Espinosa". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ficha Estadistica de NERY ESPINOZA". BDFA. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Condenaron al futbolista Neri Espinosa por un accidente fatal en 2015". Diario San Rafael. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Malas noticias para Neri Espinosa". Uno San Rafael. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

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